Fairview Heights regulates door-to-door soliciting through its Revised Code of Ordinances. Solicitors must register/permit with the City unless exempt under Article 8-2-9. The City honors 'No Soliciting' signs on private property and Fairview Heights Police (618-489-2100) enforce the ordinance. Illinois generally allows municipalities to require permits and maintain no-knock lists.
Article 8 of the Fairview Heights Revised Code of Ordinances regulates door-to-door soliciting. Section 8-2-9 lists exemptions (typically charitable, religious, political, and minor sales like Boy/Girl Scout cookies). All other commercial solicitors must register with the City and carry a permit identifying them. Soliciting is restricted to daytime hours (commonly 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.) and 'No Soliciting' signs on private property must be respected. The Illinois Supreme Court (under Watchtower v. Stratton and follow-up cases) has upheld registration ordinances that don't burden non-commercial speech. Fairview Heights Police enforce the ordinance and respond to complaints; trespass charges under 720 ILCS 5/21-3 apply if solicitors refuse to leave.
Soliciting without a permit, soliciting outside permitted hours, or refusing to leave after being asked to do so may result in a citation under Article 8 plus possible state trespass charges (720 ILCS 5/21-3). Daily fines apply for repeat violations.
St. Clair County, IL
St. Clair County has no rule against backyard composting. Statewide, Illinois bans landscape waste (leaves, grass, brush) from sanitary landfills under 415 I...
St. Clair County, IL
St. Clair County has no ordinance addressing artificial turf, so installing synthetic grass in an unincorporated yard is not prohibited. Drainage, setbacks a...
St. Clair County, IL
St. Clair County has no ordinance requiring or restricting native plants or prairie/naturalized landscaping. The only limit is the weed nuisance rule: plants...
St. Clair County, IL
St. Clair County has no rainwater ordinance. Illinois' Rainwater Capture Act allows capturing and reusing rainwater for non-potable uses statewide. Systems m...
St. Clair County, IL
St. Clair County imposes no countywide lawn-watering or drought restrictions. Any watering limits come from your water utility (largely Illinois American Wat...
St. Clair County, IL
St. Clair County Code Chapter 25 names specific weeds (ragweed, thistle, poison ivy, Johnson grass and others) and declares them a nuisance on unincorporated...
See how Fairview Heights's no-knock registry rules stack up against other locations.
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.