Short-Term Rentals in Illinois (2026)

Oak Lawn does not issue short-term rental permits because the Village bans the use outright in every zoning district…

Chicago requires every shared housing host to register each rental unit with the city, obtain a unique registration…

In unincorporated Cook County, hosted short-term rentals are allowed as an accessory residential use, but…

Operating a vacation rental in Evanston without a City license is illegal; non-owner-occupied units need Planning and…

Anyone operating a short-term rental dwelling unit in Joliet, whether booked directly or through a hosting platform…

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Kendall County must register annually with the Planning, Building and Zoning…

McLean County requires an annual Health Department permit before anyone can operate a bed-and-breakfast that serves…

Peoria's Unified Development Code lets short-term rentals operate by right only where the owner personally occupies an…

Rockford requires anyone offering short-term paid lodging as a bed-and-breakfast to get a license from the city…

Schaumburg requires a rental license before offering any short-term rental, defined as a room or unit rented for 30…

It is unlawful in Tinley Park to operate, offer for rent, or even advertise a short-term/vacation rental without a…

Waukegan requires every short-term rental to first be registered as a rental property and then licensed specifically as…

Running a bed and breakfast, Will County's zoning category for short-term paid lodging in a home, requires a special…

Winnebago County classifies whole-house vacation rentals as a distinct zoning use that needs a special use permit and…

Des Plaines has no separate short-term rental permit; any dwelling rented for any period must hold a Residential Rental…

Operating a short-term rental in unincorporated Kane County requires a license from the Development and Community…

Unincorporated Lake County treats bed and breakfasts as a home occupation needing zoning approval, Health Department…

In unincorporated McHenry County, a furnished home may be rented short-term up to 12 rental periods or 90 days a year…

Anyone operating a short-term rental in the Village of Oak Park must hold an annual Village license before renting…

Anyone renting rooms short-term in unincorporated Peoria County must hold a bed and breakfast license from the health…

Springfield has no standalone short-term-rental permit. Operators must hold a city business license under City Code…

St. Clair County has no dedicated short-term rental permit. In unincorporated areas, an occupancy permit and inspection…

In unincorporated Cook County, a Non-Supervised short-term rental, one where the host isn't present, may host private…

Short-term rental guests follow the same noise rules as residents: Champaign's Chapter 21 or Urbana's Chapter 16 code…

Chicago's shared housing ordinance bans excessive loud noise from short-term rentals between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m…

Kendall County requires every registered short-term rental in the unincorporated area to comply with the county's Noise…

Short-term rental guests follow the same noise rules as residents: the City of Peoria's noise code, including Sec…

Illinois imposes a 6% state Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax on short-term rentals of fewer than 30 consecutive days…

Elgin treats Airbnb and VRBO rentals as licensed rental residential property under Chapter 6.37, not as hotels. Owners…

Evanston does not impose a hotel-style occupancy tax on vacation rentals; instead, City Code Section 5-9-4(F) sets flat…

Peoria treats short-term rentals like Airbnb stays the same as hotel rooms for tax purposes: the same 7 percent room…

Skokie requires whoever collects payment for a short-term rental, including a third-party booking platform like Airbnb…

Short-term stays owe Illinois's 6% Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax, which the state extended to short-term rentals…

Chicago taxes short-term rentals at 10.5% total: a 4.5% base hotel tax plus 4% and 2% homeless-services and…

Cook County charges a 1% tax on short-term rentals of houses, condos and apartments countywide, collected by the host…

Kane County charges $200 to issue a new short-term rental license and $100 a year to renew it, due by January 31. Miss…

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Kankakee County, including Airbnb and VRBO listings, are taxed as hotels and…

Short-term rental owners in Oak Park pay an annual Village license fee, from $100.00 for an owner-occupied unit up to…

Short-term stays owe Illinois's 6% Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax plus the City of Peoria's 8% short-term rental tax…

Rockford imposes a 5% Hotel/Motel Tourism Tax on the room rental rate for anyone renting sleeping accommodations for…

Schaumburg requires a rental license before anyone operates a short-term rental, with a $300 annual license fee set by…

Illinois charges a 6% state Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax on rentals under 30 days. Counties may add up to 5% under…

Tinley Park charges a $50.00 annual license fee for a short-term/vacation rental, on top of any other Village fees that…

Every short-term rental transaction in Waukegan is subject to the hotel/motel-style occupancy tax imposed under Article…

Guests at a licensed Kane County short-term rental can only park overnight on an improved hard surface located on the…

McHenry County's off-street parking table sets a bed-and-breakfast's minimum at two spaces plus one per guestroom, and…

Oak Park short-term rental owners must tell guests upfront whether the unit provides parking and, if not, walk them…

Chicago requires every vacation rental listing to state whether the unit has parking availability or restrictions…

Cook County's zoning ordinance does not require a short-term rental host to add parking spaces beyond what already…

Evanston does not set a minimum parking count for vacation rentals; it instead requires every listing to disclose…

Schaumburg caps short-term rentals to one licensed unit per location each year and bars total guests from exceeding…

Will County's only licensed short-term-stay use in a private home, the bed and breakfast, is capped at four guest rooms…

Chicago caps shared housing rentals at two guests per bedroom, or the building code's lower posted capacity, whichever…

In unincorporated Cook County, the zoning ordinance caps short-term rental guests at two per bedroom, limits Supervised…

A licensed Des Plaines rental zoned as a single-family dwelling may not operate as a hotel, motel, boarding house…

Unincorporated Kane County limits every licensed short-term rental to two guests per bedroom and sixteen guests total…

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Kendall County have occupancy set by bedroom count and septic capacity, but no…

Unincorporated Lake County has no dedicated short-term-rental ordinance; the closest local rule is the Unified…

McHenry County sets no per-person occupancy cap for unincorporated vacation rentals, limiting them by rental frequency…

McLean County caps a bed-and-breakfast establishment at five guestrooms for rent and limits each guestroom to two…

Oak Park caps how many people can stay in a short-term rental at one time based on bedroom count, from 3 people in a…

Peoria caps short-term rental stays at six adult guests at any one time, on top of whatever maximum occupancy the…

Short-term lodging in unincorporated Peoria County is regulated as a bed and breakfast establishment, capped at five…

Rockford has no separate short-term-rental ordinance: its closest paid-lodging-in-a-home category, licensed bed and…

Springfield does not set a guest-headcount cap for short-term rentals. The zoning code (Sec. 155.001) limits a tourist…

Tinley Park caps every short-term/vacation rental sleeping room at two adults per night, bars renting more than once in…

Waukegan caps every licensed short-term rental at the maximum occupancy figure set under Chapter 6 of the city code…

Unincorporated Cook County does not have a dedicated short-term rental licensing or insurance ordinance. Short-term…

Kane County will not issue or renew a short-term rental license unless the owner submits proof of landlord's liability…

Before the Village of Oak Park issues a short-term rental license, the owner must show proof of homeowner's insurance…

Tinley Park requires every short-term/vacation rental owner to carry general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per…

Kane County limits each licensed short-term rental property to twelve rental contracts or 180 rental days per calendar…

In unincorporated McHenry County a vacation rental may operate by right up to 12 rental periods OR 90 total days per…

Oak Lawn bans short-term rentals outright in every zoning district, so there's no host-presence exception to speak of…

Cook County's zoning ordinance splits short-term rentals into two tracks based on whether the host is present. A…

Unincorporated McHenry County only recognizes a short-term lodging use as a bed and breakfast if the operator remains…

Chicago bars licensees from renting out a single-family home or a unit in a 2-4 unit building as a vacation rental…

Evanston does not limit vacation rentals to owner-occupied homes, but a license for a non-primary residence needs…

Peoria only allows a short-term rental by right in its Estate Residential and Single-Family Residential districts, and…

A Tinley Park short-term/vacation rental must be the owner's primary residence: the owner must show they lived there…

Joliet's rental housing ordinance defines a "short-term rental unit" as a dwelling that is primarily owner-occupied…

Unincorporated McHenry County's vacation rental definition applies regardless of whether the dwelling is the operator's…

Cook County's zoning ordinance sets no primary-residence requirement for short-term rentals in unincorporated areas: a…

Naperville prohibits operating, offering, or advertising any residential property as a short-term rental, a stay of 30…

Short-term rentals are banned outright in every zoning district in Oak Lawn: no one may rent or offer to rent a home…

Cook County taxes short-term and vacation rentals of houses, condos and apartments at 1% of the rental charge under the…

Chicago pulls a short-term rental's platform listing after just two nuisance incidents in 12 months, alongside eleven…

Evanston fines vacation rental violations on an escalating scale -- $200 for a first offense, $500 for a second, and…

Kendall County reviews complaints filed against a short-term rental every time its registry placement comes up for…

A rental property owner, including a short-term rental operator, who lets the property become a nuisance risks license…

Tinley Park escalates fines for repeat short-term/vacation rental violations under Village Code § 129J.99: $200 for a…

Oak Park's short-term rental ordinance in Cook County, Illinois escalates fines for repeat violations under Village…

Airbnb, Vrbo and every other booking platform operating in Chicago must hold an intermediary license and may not…

Oak Park requires every short-term rental to be marketed through a hosting platform, and puts the burden of checking…

Waukegan's hotel-motel tax code treats booking platforms and online travel companies as "owners" of the rental, making…