Sign Regulations in Illinois (2026)

Illinois condominium law bars board rules that impair First Amendment rights, protecting unit owners' political sign…

Aurora, Illinois lets residents in Kane, DuPage, Will, and Kendall counties display election signs on residential…

Political signs count as noncommercial messages and must fit the same size, height and duration limits as any temporary…

Elgin caps election signs at one per quarter-acre, 32 square feet and 10 feet tall, allowed for 60 days before an…

Political and campaign signs are exempt from Evanston's sign permit but capped at six square feet per occupancy and…

The Kane County Zoning Ordinance sets no separate political-sign rule. Signs in residential and farming districts are…

Yard signs are an exempted sign type under the McHenry County UDO and need no permit. Any exempted or temporary sign…

Rock Island County limits campaign and election signs to six square feet per face on residential land and 32 square…

Sangamon County allows unlimited political signs in unincorporated areas but caps total area at 12 square feet in…

Village of Skokie Code lets residents post political signs, meaning signs for candidates, parties or referenda, in…

The county Zoning Ordinance has no separate political-sign category. Campaign signs fall under temporary signs, limited…

Unincorporated Will County allows campaign signs without a permit for 60 days before an election and requires removal…

Political campaign signs on private property in unincorporated Champaign County need no permit but are capped at 10…

In unincorporated Cook County, political campaign signs count as temporary signs: one per lot (two on corners), 12 sq…

DuPage County lets temporary political signs go up in any zoning district starting 60 days before an election and…

Oak Lawn exempts election and candidate signs from sign permits, but caps them at 8 square feet and bars placement in…

Peoria treats political signs as 'Temporary Non-Commercial' signs under its Unified Development Code. In residential…

Temporary political campaign signs in unincorporated Tazewell County need no permit but must stand at least one foot…

Waukegan has no sign category labeled 'political signs'; it regulates yard signs about candidates and issues under its…

Joliet exempts political signs from its temporary-sign permit division entirely under § 8-475(c), with one condition…

Kendall County exempts political signs from its sign permit and standards regime entirely: item (13) of the exemption…

McLean County zoning treats political signs, defined as any sign relating to a candidate, party, election or ballot…

Oak Park lets residents put up political and noncommercial signs without a sign permit under Village Code § 7-7-12, so…

Springfield's sign chapter carves outdoor political campaign signs out of its permit and design rules entirely wherever…

Garage sale signs in Arlington Heights count as temporary signs under Municipal Code Sections 30-601 through 30-604: a…

Aurora has no separate garage-sale sign rule: garage sale signs fall under the general residential temporary sign cap…

Bolingbrook requires a free permit from the finance department before any garage, attic, basement, yard or house sale…

Champaign caps garage sale and auction signs at 5 square feet, and they can only go up two days before the sale and…

Chicago confines garage-sale signage to the seller's own property and sets a hard removal deadline: every sign…

Garage sale signs in Cicero must stay in the front yard of the sale property; Section 26-172(b)(5) bars posting them on…

In unincorporated Cook County, a garage sale sign skips the permit but is capped at one per lot, 12 square feet, and…

DuPage County bans garage-sale signs on utility poles and trees and bars them from the public right-of-way unless the…

Elgin limits residential garage sale signs to the sale's own property and sale hours only. City code caps each sign at…

Unincorporated Lake County allows up to two garage sale signs per event, each capped at four square feet, placed only…

Small garage-sale yard signs are exempt from permitting under the McHenry County UDO. A larger temporary structural…

Naperville caps temporary non-commercial signs like garage-sale placards at 6 square feet and 5 feet tall, with no…

Oak Lawn regulates garage sale signs as "private sale signs" under its temporary sign code: one per lot, capped at 8…

Garage sale signs in Oak Park may only be posted on the property where the sale is happening, only while the sale is…

Garage sale signs count as Temporary Commercial Signs under Peoria's Unified Development Code, and § 8.3.11.A confines…

Skokie caps garage sale advertising at two signs in the public right-of-way per sale, bans flags, banners and buntings…

A garage sale sign in Springfield is a temporary sign under Zoning Code Sec. 155.300, and it has to fit inside the same…

The Zoning Ordinance has no garage-sale sign category; such signs would be temporary signs (max 48 sq ft, 30-day…

Garage and yard sale signs in Waukegan must follow the City's yard sign standard: a maximum of eight square feet in…

Winnebago County exempts garage and yard sale signs from a sign permit, but caps size, count, and how long they can…

A garage sale sign in Joliet counts as an exempt 'directional sign' and needs no permit if it stays up three days or…

Kendall County lets residents skip a sign permit for garage sale signs, but only if the sign is 5 square feet or…

McLean County zoning exempts household-goods sale signs, the kind posted for a garage sale or auction, from the sign…

Garage sale signs in unincorporated Peoria County don't need a sign permit, but they still have to follow the Unified…

Garage and yard sale signs count as temporary signs in unincorporated Sangamon County: no permit is required, but they…

Aurora limits exterior holiday and seasonal decorations visible from the public right-of-way to a 60-day window before…

Bolingbrook exempts holiday decorations from its sign code, but only for up to 60 days of display. Sec. 54-342(2) sets…

Evanston caps exterior lighting at 0.5 foot-candle at the property line, but holiday lighting is exempted from that cap…

Unincorporated Lake County exempts holiday lights and decorations from sign permitting, but only if displayed no more…

Naperville exempts decorative seasonal lighting from its general exterior lighting standards, but only if the total…

Oak Lawn's sign code exempts holiday inflatable decorations from the duration, height and permit limits it sets for…

Unincorporated Sangamon County lets holiday decorations and signs go up seven days before a holiday and requires…

Chicago's zoning code exempts holiday decorations with no commercial message from all sign regulations, meaning no…

Tazewell County's outdoor lighting rules ban flickering or flashing fixtures countywide, but Section 157.056(F) carves…

Unincorporated Will County's outdoor lighting ordinance, Zoning Code § 155-14.110, exempts temporary holiday lighting…

Oak Lawn bans new or replacement billboards village-wide, including electronic ones, except on a narrow public-lands…

Oak Park bans electronic message signs outright and limits electronic display screens to the downtown and neighborhood…

Sangamon County bans off-premise billboards outright unless they meet Illinois's Outdoor Advertising Control Act, and…

Arlington Heights, Illinois (Cook County) allows electronic message signs only in designated major arterial commercial…

Aurora limits digital billboards to non-residential parcels within 500 feet of the I-88 Tollway right-of-way, capping…

Champaign lets outdoor advertising sign structures (OASS) run digital displays, but the Zoning Administrator caps how…

Off-premise digital billboards must stand at least 125 feet from any residential district: tighter than the 100-foot…

Cook County zoning caps how bright and how fast digital signs can change: Article 12.4 limits dynamic image display…

DuPage County bars any electronic display sign within 500 feet of an interstate highway or state tollway, and…

Elgin bans off-premises digital billboards outright: electronic changeable copy graphics may only be on-premise…

Kendall County allows electronic message board displays only in business and manufacturing districts along an arterial…

Naperville treats electronic message boards as a 'changeable copy sign' under Municipal Code section 6-16-5, subsection…

Electronic message signs and digital billboards in Peoria must hold each static image for at least ten seconds with…

Schaumburg bans off-premises billboards outright under Village Code § 155.50(D). On-premises electronic message boards…

Springfield has no separate digital-billboard ordinance: electronic message signs fall under the same billboard…

St. Clair County bans flashing, intermittent or moving-light signs anywhere in the unincorporated county under Zoning…

In unincorporated Will County, a new digital billboard requires special use approval under the zoning code's dynamic…

Electronic billboards are permitted only in CG and Industrial districts, need a special use permit in CC and OP…

Bolingbrook caps electronic and digital signs at 5,000 nits by day and 150 nits at night, with brightness above ambient…

Commercial-district signs in unincorporated Kankakee County, including electronic and digital displays, may carry…

Electronic message board signs are allowed on unincorporated Lake County land but capped in size, dimmed at night, and…

Macon County's zoning code never uses the phrase 'digital billboard,' but it regulates any sign whose light is not…

Digital message centers on signs in Madison County business districts are capped at 50% of the sign's face under County…

Digital signs in unincorporated McHenry County must hold each message static for at least ten seconds, skip blinking or…

Digital signs in Skokie, called Electronic Message Centers, must comply with Skokie Village Code § 82-18: no flashing…

Waukegan allows electronic message center signs only on lots with at least 200 feet of frontage and 1.5 acres, capped…

Arlington Heights, Illinois caps window signs at 40 percent of the individual window pane under Village Code Chapter…

Aurora caps window signage at 25 percent of total window area in non-residential districts, with window and…

Chicago caps temporary paper, vinyl, or cling window signs at 25% of a window's glazing area, with no permit needed…

Temporary window signs in DuPage County business districts cannot cover more than 25% of a show window's surface area…

Temporary window signs in Evanston can cover only 25% of the window area, rising to 35% if no other permanent signage…

In unincorporated Lake County, window signs need no permit in nonresidential and institutional zoning districts but are…

Oak Lawn caps window signs at 40% of a storefront's glass and requires waterproof, fade-resistant material, with rules…

Oak Park caps temporary window signs at 25 percent of the window area under Village Code § 7-7-13B6, allows them only…

Window signs in Peoria's commercial, office, industrial and Central Business districts are capped at 20 percent…

Schaumburg caps window signs at 50% coverage of each window under Village Code § 155.50(N). Illuminated signs or lit…

Skokie caps window signage at 25 percent of an individual window pane's surface, counting signs, packaged products…

Businesses licensed to sell alcohol in Tinley Park cannot cover more than 25% of their window area with signage, and no…

Waukegan caps window signage at 20 percent of the glass it's displayed on, counting every accessory sign in that window…

Unincorporated Will County caps temporary window signs at 64 square feet and 33% of window area, with a 100-square-foot…

Window signs are exempt from a sign permit as long as all of them combined cover no more than 40% of the total window…

Bolingbrook exempts non-illuminated window signs from its sign article as long as they cover no more than 60 percent of…

Kendall County exempts window signs from permits but caps them at 35 percent of the window surface per building face…

Temporary window signs in unincorporated Madison County are exempt from a sign permit under County Code § 93.122(A)(1)…

In McLean County's commercial and manufacturing districts, a window sign covering 25% or less of the window surface…

Naperville exempts window signs from a sign permit but still caps their size under Municipal Code section 6-16-5(1.7)…

Peoria County does not require a sign permit to change the message or artwork inside a window display, window sign, or…

Window signs in unincorporated Sangamon County need no zoning permit under County Code Section 17.62.050, though they…

Off-premises freestanding advertising signs along interstate highways in unincorporated Champaign County are tightly…

Off-premise signs (billboards) are banned within 500 feet of any designated expressway or toll road right-of-way, plus…

In the interchange areas the county's overlay zoning covers near freeway ramps in unincorporated Macon County, Macon…

Sangamon County bans off-premise signs, billboards advertising a business not on the sign's own lot, including those…

Off-premises billboards along state, U.S., and interstate highways in unincorporated Tazewell County are allowed only…

Unincorporated Will County limits advertising signs, the billboards oriented toward highway traffic, under Zoning Code…

Businesses along Interstate 74 in Champaign's CG district can put up an oversized interstate-oriented sign up to 150…

DuPage County lets signs permitted under the state Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971 stand near interstates and…

Unincorporated Kendall County bars new advertising signs and structures from standing within five hundred feet of any…

McLean County caps advertising signs (billboards) along roads at five per linear mile with at least 1,000 feet between…

Rock Island County caps freestanding signs at 25 feet, but a sign within 660 feet of an interstate highway can rise…

Properties fronting Interstate 90, I-290/Route 53 or I-390 get extra signage rights under Village Code §§ 155.99 and…

Advertising signs and billboards facing a highway in unincorporated St. Clair County must sit at least 1.5 miles from…