Elmwood Park, IL — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2026-04-06. Official source: https://ecode360.com/EL4247

Every town writes its own rules, and Elmwood Park's live in its municipal code — 79 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 Elmwood Park code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-18)
• Ch 2 — Administration (§ 2-1 – § 2-166)
• Ch 2A — Administrative Adjudication (§ 2A-1 – § 2A-12)
• Ch 2B — Dispute Mediation Program (§ 2B-1 – § 2B-4)
• Ch 2C — Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System (§ 2C-1 – § 2C-16)
• Ch 2D — Administrative Procedure to Determine Eligibility Under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act (§ 2D-1 – § 2D-3)
• Ch 3 — Air Conditioning or Refrigerating Systems (§ 3-1 – § 3-8)
• Ch 4 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 4-1 – § 4-9)
• Ch 5 — Animals and Fowl (§ 5-1 – § 5-26)
• Ch 6 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 6-1 – § 6-9)
• Ch 7 — Automobile Dealers and Repair Shops (§ 7-1 – § 7-5)
• Ch 8 — Massage Establishments (§ 8-1)
• Ch 9 — Boardinghouses and Lodginghouses (§ 9-1 – § 9-16)
• Ch 10 — Building Code (§ 10-1 – § 10-19)
• Ch 10A — Construction of Utility Facilities in Public Rights-Of-Way (§ 10A-1 – § 10A-23)
• Ch 10B — Small Wireless Facility Construction in Rights-Of-Way (§ 10B-1 – § 10B-13)
• Ch 11 — Tobacco and Tobacco Products (§ 11-1 – § 11-27)
• Ch 12 — Civil Defense (§ 12-1 – § 12-12)
• Ch 12A — Condominiums (§ 12A-1 – § 12A-9)
• Ch 13 — Courts, Fines and Imprisonment (§ 13-1 – § 13-9-10)
• Ch 14 — Drugstores (§ 14-1 – § 14-4)
• Ch 15 — Electrical Code (§ 15-1 – § 15-7)
• Ch 16 — Fences (§ 16-1 – § 16-6)
• Ch 17 — Filling Stations and Garages (§ 17-1 – § 17-7)
• Ch 18 — Fire Department (§ 18-1 – § 18-26)
• Ch 19 — Fire Prevention (§ 19-1 – § 19-26)
• Ch 20 — Florists (§ 20-1 – § 20-4)
• Ch 21 — Food and Food Establishments (§ 21-1 – § 21-113)
• Ch 22 — Gambling (§ 22-1 – § 22-12-9)
• Ch 22A — Garage or House Sales (§ 22A-1 – § 22A-8)
• Ch 23 — Garbage, Trash and Weeds (§ 23-1 – § 23-27)
• Ch 24 — Hawkers, Peddlers, Itinerant Vendors, Solicitors and Wholesale Distributors (§ 24-1 – § 24-20)
• Ch 25 — Health and Sanitation (§ 25-1 – § 25-58)
• Ch 25A — Historic Preservation (§ 25A-1 – § 25A-23)
• Ch 26 — Hospitals, Nursing and Convalescent Homes (§ 26-1 – § 26-22)
• Ch 27 — Junk Dealers and Junkyards (§ 27-1 – § 27-25)
• Ch 28 — Laundries and Dry Cleaners (§ 28-1 – § 28-28)
• Ch 29 — Licenses and Occupation Taxes Generally (§ 29-1 – § 29-81)
• Ch 29A — Business Regulations (§ 29A-1 – § 29A-4)
• Ch 30 — Manufacturers (§ 30-1 – § 30-5)
• Ch 31 — Milk and Milk Products (§ 31-1 – § 31-2)
• Ch 32 — Motor Vehicles and Traffic (§ 32-1 – § 32-80)
• Ch 33 — Noise (§ 33-1 – § 33-2)
• Ch 34 — Nuisances (§ 34-1 – § 34-21)
• Ch 35 — Offenses — Miscellaneous (§ 35-1 – § 35-54)
• Ch 36 — Photographers (§ 36-1 – § 36-5)
• Ch 36A — Plan, Zoning and Development Commission (§ 36A-1 – § 36A-4)
• Ch 37 — Plumbing Code (§ 37-1 – § 37-5)
• Ch 37A — Automatic Alarm Protection Devices (§ 37A-1 – § 37A-10)
• Ch 38 — Police Department (§ 38-1 – § 38-22)
• Ch 39 — Public Amusements (§ 39-1 – § 39-31)
• Ch 39A — Public Parks (§ 39A-1 – § 39A-7.3)
• Ch 40 — Railroads (§ 40-1 – § 40-5)
• Ch 41A — Real Estate Transfers (§ 41A-1 – § 41A-16)
• Ch 41B — Rental Residential Property (§ 41B-1 – § 41B-15)
• Ch 41C — Crime Free Rental Residential Property (§ 41C-1 – § 41C-4)
• Ch 41D — Chronic Nuisance Property/Abatement (§ 41D-1 – § 41D-7)
• Ch 41E — Vacant Buildings and Properties Subject to Foreclosure Sales (§ 41E-1 – § 41E-19)
• Ch 42 — Retail Merchandise Stores (§ 42-1 – § 42-7)
• Ch 43 — Sewers and Drains (§ 43-1 – § 43-17D)
• Ch 45 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 45-1 – § 45-80)
• Ch 46 — Subdivisions (§ 46-1-1 – § 46-5-7)
• Ch 47 — Swimming Pools (§ 47-1 – § 47-10)
• Ch 48 — Taxicabs (§ 48-1 – § 48-44)
• Ch 48A — Telecommunications (§ 48A-1 – § 48A-71)
• Ch 49 — Trailer Rental Agencies (§ 49-1 – § 49-4)
• Ch 49A — Trees, Shrubs and Other Plants (§ 49A-1 – § 49A-13)
• Ch 50 — Undertakers and Funeral Directors (§ 50-1 – § 50-8)
• Ch 51 — Water (§ 51-1 – § 51-47)
• Ch 52 — Weapons (§ 52-1 – § 52-25)
• Ch 53 — Weights and Measures (§ 53-1 – § 53-25)
• Ch 54 — Youth Commission (§ 54-1 – § 54-2)
• Ch 55 — Cable/Video Service Provider Fee and Peg Access Support Fee (§ 55-1 – § 55-7)
• Ch 56 — Cable and Video Customer Protection Law (§ 56-1 – § 56-4)
• Ch 57 — Video Gaming (§ 57-1 – § 57-26)
• Ch 58 — Gang Loitering (§ 58-1 – § 58-6)
• Ch 59 — Narcotics Related Loitering (§ 59-1 – § 59-5)
• Ch Z — Zoning (1401.01 – 1413.01)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)