Crystal Lake, IL — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2026-02-17. Official source: https://ecode360.com/CR2206

Every town writes its own rules, and Crystal Lake's live in its municipal code — 113 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.

What's in the Crystal Lake code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-25)
• Ch 3 — Administrative Adjudication (§ 3-1 – § 3-7)
• Ch 5 — Audit (§ 5-1)
• Ch 11 — Boards, Commissions and Committees (§ 11-1 – § 11-9)
• Ch 18 — City Council (§ 18-1 – § 18-8)
• Ch 22 — Clerk (§ 22-1 – § 22-6)
• Ch 26 — Comprehensive Plan (§ 26-1 – § 26-4)
• Ch 31 — Delinquent Accounts (§ 31-1 – § 31-4)
• Ch 33 — Divisions and Departments (§ 33-1 – § 33-21)
• Ch 39 — Elections (§ 39-1 – § 39-3)
• Ch 44 — Ethics (§ 44-1 – § 44-7)
• Ch 51 — Government-Access Programming (§ 51-1 – § 51-11)
• Ch 55 — Insurance (§ 55-1 – § 55-2)
• Ch 77 — Manager (§ 77-1 – § 77-11)
• Ch 82 — Mayor (§ 82-1 – § 82-6)
• Ch 84 — Meetings (§ 84-1 – § 84-2)
• Ch 89 — Officers and Employees (§ 89-1 – § 89-8)
• Ch 93 — Official Map (§ 93-1 – § 93-8)
• Ch 102 — Purchasing and Contributions (§ 102-1 – § 102-34)
• Ch 115 — Salaries (§ 115-1 – § 115-6)
• Ch 118 — Signing Authority (§ 118-1 – § 118-4)
• Ch 121 — Treasurer (§ 121-1 – § 121-8)
• Ch 145 — Adopt-A-Highway Program (§ 145-1 – § 145-3)
• Ch 146 — Adult Businesses (§ 146-1 – § 146-19)
• Ch 150 — Aircraft (§ 150-1 – § 150-2)
• Ch 154 — Alarms (§ 154-1 – § 154-24)
• Ch 158 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 158-1 – § 158-7)
• Ch 162 — Amusement Devices (§ 162-1 – § 162-23)
• Ch 166 — Animals (§ 166-1 – § 166-15)
• Ch 175 — Bicycles and Other Low-Speed Vehicles (§ 175-1 – § 175-6)
• Ch 181 — Boats and Boating (§ 181-1 – § 181-10)
• Ch 187 — Building Code (§ 187-1 – § 187-2)
• Ch 192 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 192-1 – § 192-11)
• Ch 195 — Cable and Video Services (§ 195-1 – § 195-10)
• Ch 203 — Tobacco Sales (§ 203-1 – § 203-16)
• Ch 216 — Curfew (§ 216-1 – § 216-4)
• Ch 222 — Disorderly Conduct (§ 222-1 – § 222-2)
• Ch 226 — Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia (§ 226-1 – § 226-10)
• Ch 228 — Economic Development Incentive Program (§ 228-1 – § 228-32)
• Ch 230 — Electrical Code (§ 230-1 – § 230-3)
• Ch 235 — Emergency Services (§ 235-1 – § 235-5)
• Ch 237 — Energy Conservation Code (§ 237-1)
• Ch 239 — Existing Building Code (§ 239-1 – § 239-2)
• Ch 241 — Fees (§ 241-1 – § 241-21)
• Ch 247 — Fighting (§ 247-1 – § 247-2)
• Ch 248 — Fines (§ 248-1 – § 248-2)
• Ch 251 — Fire Code (§ 251-1 – § 251-2)
• Ch 253 — Fireworks and Explosives (§ 253-1 – § 253-5)
• Ch 258 — Fishing (§ 258-1 – § 258-10)
• Ch 264 — Fuel Gas Code (§ 264-1 – § 264-2)
• Ch 268 — Gambling (§ 268-1 – § 268-4)
• Ch 269 — Gangs (§ 269-1 – § 269-3)
• Ch 274 — Garage Sales (§ 274-1 – § 274-9)
• Ch 280 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 280-1 – § 280-8)
• Ch 286 — Graffiti (§ 286-1 – § 286-7)
• Ch 288 — Handbills and Posters (§ 288-1 – § 288-3)
• Ch 295 — Historic Preservation (§ 295-1 – § 295-30)
• Ch 317 — Junk (§ 317-1 – § 317-7)
• Ch 322 — Lawns, Watering of (§ 322-1 – § 322-7)
• Ch 329 — Liquor Licenses (§ 329-1 – § 329-29)
• Ch 334 — Litter (§ 334-1 – § 334-11)
• Ch 335 — Massage Establishments (§ 335-1 – § 335-22)
• Ch 336 — Mechanical Code (§ 336-1 – § 336-2)
• Ch 343 — Minors (§ 343-1 – § 343-11)
• Ch 351 — Newspaper Vending Devices (§ 351-1 – § 351-9)
• Ch 358 — Noise (§ 358-1 – § 358-10)
• Ch 364 — Nuisances (§ 364-1 – § 364-10)
• Ch 370 — Obscenity (§ 370-1 – § 370-15)
• Ch 381 — Parking (§ 381-1 – § 381-24)
• Ch 383 — Parks and Recreation (§ 383-1 – § 383-13)
• Ch 385 — Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Vendors (§ 385-1 – § 385-39)
• Ch 392 — Plumbing Code (§ 392-1 – § 392-2)
• Ch 397 — Pollution (§ 397-1 – § 397-13)
• Ch 400 — Property Maintenance Code (§ 400-1 – § 400-2)
• Ch 408 — Raffles (§ 408-1 – § 408-8)
• Ch 413 — Real Estate Advertising (§ 413-1)
• Ch 417 — Recycling (§ 417-1 – § 417-9)
• Ch 422 — Residential Code (§ 422-1 – § 422-2)
• Ch 424 — Resource Conservation (§ 424-1 – § 424-11)
• Ch 425 — Retail Theft (§ 425-1 – § 425-5)
• Ch 427 — Rights-Of-Way, Use of (§ 427-1 – § 427-28)
• Ch 428 — Rights-Of-Way: Construction of Small Wireless Facilities (§ 428-1 – § 428-8)
• Ch 429 — Roller Skates and Skateboards (§ 429-1 – § 429-6)
• Ch 435 — Sewer Use (§ 435-1 – § 435-75)
• Ch 440 — Sidewalk Sales (§ 440-1 – § 440-9)
• Ch 446 — Smoking (§ 446-1 – § 446-5)
• Ch 451 — Snow Removal (§ 451-1 – § 451-7)
• Ch 453 — Special Events (§ 453-1 – § 453-9)
• Ch 455 — Storage, Outdoor (§ 455-1 – § 455-9)
• Ch 463 — Tattooing and Body Piercing (§ 463-1 – § 463-43)
• Ch 467 — Taxation (§ 467-1 – § 467-106)
• Ch 470 — Taxicabs (§ 470-1 – § 470-13)
• Ch 476 — Towing (§ 476-1 – § 476-26)
• Ch 481 — Trespassing (§ 481-1 – § 481-3)
• Ch 492 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 492-1 – § 492-13)
• Ch 496 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 496-1 – § 496-162)
• Ch 500 — Vehicles, Cruising (§ 500-1 – § 500-4)
• Ch 504 — Vehicles, Delivery (§ 504-1 – § 504-22)
• Ch 508 — Vehicles, Inoperable (§ 508-1 – § 508-6)
• Ch 515 — Water and Sewer (§ 515-1 – § 515-51)
• Ch 521 — Weapons (§ 521-1 – § 521-5)
• Ch 526 — Weeds and Nuisance Greenery Control (§ 526-1 – § 526-7)
• Ch 570 — Parking Lot, Driveway and Sidewalk Construction (§ 570-1 – § 570-3)
• Ch 575 — Planning and Development (§ 575-1 – § 575-3)
• Ch 585 — Extension of Annexation Agreements (§ 585-1 – § 585-3)
• Ch 593 — Illicit Discharges and Connections (§ 593-1 – § 593-23)
• Ch 595 — Stormwater Management (§ 595-1 – § 595-43)
• Ch 615 — Trees (§ 615-1 – § 615-4)
• Ch 630 — Watershed (§ 630-1 – § 630-5)
• Ch 650 — Unified Development Ordinance (SECTION 1-100 – SECTION A-1700)
• Ch A700 — Franchise Agreements (§ A700-1 – § A700-77)
• Ch DT — Derivation Table (§ DT-1)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)