The municipal code (American Legal Publishing) is the day-to-day public-law layer for most daily-life rules. Source →
Sheds and accessory structures
A shed is defined and regulated at Village Code 10-5-5: a building permit is required to install one, with an initial permit fee of $200. Related miscellaneous building regulations are at 10-5-4. Most fence and accessory-structure rules sit under Title 10 (Building and Development).
Garage and yard sales
Title 4, Chapter 10 (4-10-1 to 4-10-6) limits garage/yard sales to two per address per 12 months, up to 3 consecutive days, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., with a $5 permit. Sale signs may be placed on private property only. These operational details are also restated on the Village's Garage Sales page.
Parking, RVs, boats and trailers
Title 7 (Motor Vehicles and Traffic) governs parking, including RV parking and storage. 7-5-2 limits boats, trailers and RVs to 48 hours on the street and bars parking on unimproved surfaces; 7-5-6 covers commercial vehicles and RVs. Overnight on-street parking is banned 2-5 a.m., with up to 5 exceptions per month requested via the FrontlinePSS portal.
Open burning and fire pits
5-6-2 restricts burning: no burning on wooden decks or balconies, no accelerants, and safe distances must be kept. This runs concurrently with the Pingree Grove & Countryside Fire Protection District's district-wide rules and Red Flag no-burn declarations, so check both before any open burning.
Home-based business / home occupations
Home occupations are governed by the zoning code at Title 11, Chapter 6, Section 2 (Ord. 2018-O-23). The Village requires a Home-Based Business affidavit. Operational detail is also restated on the Village's CMS pages, so a code-only reading can miss the affidavit step.
Signs
Sign regulations live in the Title 11 zoning code; an updated 2025 sign ordinance applies per the Building Department. Confirm the current sign ordinance with the Village Building Department, as the freshest ordinance may not yet be merged into the online code tree.
Chickens and livestock
Farm-animal and chicken keeping is handled within Title 5 (Health, Sanitation and Environment) together with the zoning and accessory-structure rules. There is no standalone backyard-chicken ordinance located in the code, so confirm the keeping/coop requirements with the Village before getting hens.
Property maintenance and nuisance
Property-maintenance and nuisance rules sit across Title 5 (Health, Sanitation and Environment) and Title 8 (Public Ways and Property).
Short-term rentals (status uncertain)
No dedicated short-term-rental ordinance was located in the code; 11-6-3 is marked [RESERVED]. Do NOT assume short-term rentals are unregulated. They appear to fall under general zoning/use rules, and a dedicated ordinance may be pending. Confirm directly with the Village before listing a short-term rental.
Zoning and land use
Land use is governed by Title 11 (Zoning Regulations), Title 12 (Subdivision Regulations) and Title 10 (Building and Development). Setbacks, permitted uses and accessory-structure rules flow from here.