Cook County's Land Use Policy Plan and Chapter 102 zoning ordinance set district categories and standards for unincorporated areas, while each suburban municipality maintains its own comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance under Illinois Municipal Code authority.
Cook County Department of Planning and Development administers the Cook County Comprehensive Land Use Policies and the Chapter 102 zoning ordinance covering unincorporated residential, business, manufacturing, and open-space districts. Strategic plans like Planning for Progress, Connecting Cook County, and Fair Housing Equity Assessment guide infrastructure and equity decisions. The county zoning code applies only in unincorporated areas (about 140,000 residents). Each of roughly 130 Cook municipalities adopts its own comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance under the Illinois Municipal Code. CMAP regional plans (ON TO 2050) coordinate transportation and land use across the seven-county Chicago region.
Construction without zoning approval, in the wrong district, or contrary to comprehensive-plan policies triggers stop-work orders, permit revocation, daily fines, and required removal of nonconforming improvements through the Zoning Board of Appeals process.
Other ordinances people look up for this city. Green dot = verified primary-source excerpt.
Des Plaines, IL
Des Plaines City Code 6-2-7(E) applies its dBA limits to vehicles and equipment on the public right of way (excessive at 65 dBA daytime / 50 dBA quiet hours ...
Des Plaines, IL
Des Plaines City Code 6-2-7(D) makes it unlawful to make or continue any sound determined to be excessive. Outside quiet hours, 6-2-7(E)(5) sets the threshol...
Des Plaines, IL
Des Plaines City Code 6-2-7(F) makes it unlawful to operate any sound-production or amplification device whose sound crosses a property line and raises total...
Des Plaines, IL
Des Plaines City Code Section 7-3-8 prohibits parking on designated streets during declared snow removal operations so that plows can clear the roadway; viol...
Des Plaines, IL
Des Plaines requires fences and the full lot to be properly maintained, including portions of a lot where a fence is not on the property line, and limits fen...
Des Plaines, IL
Des Plaines prohibits barbed-wire and electrically charged fences in residential areas; they are allowed only in nonresidential districts where the Zoning Ad...
Side-by-side rule comparisons with other cities in Cook County.
See how Des Plaines's specific plans overview rules stack up against other locations.
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.