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Municipality
# Signs
Size
Parkway
Removal
Rider
Illumination
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arlington Heights
1/frontage
8 sq. ft.
 
7 days after sale/lease/rental
 
No
Bannockburn
1 single or double faced; on corner or through lot, 2 signs are permitted
(1 facing each street)
2 sq. ft. per sign face and not to exceed 4 ft. in height
None
 
No "Sold By" Signs
No
Barrington
1/street frontage (2 maximum)
The area of the sign shall not exceed 6 ft.
None
within 24 hours close/lease
 
No
Barrington Hills
1/zoning lot
 
 
 
 
 
Buffalo Grove
1/property
6 sq. ft.
 
7 days after purchase agreement
 
Not directly & must prevent glare upon street or adjacent property
Deerfield
1/zoning lot; 2 signs are permitted on corner lots (1 facing each street)
no real estate sign shall have more than 2 exposed faced nor have a gross surface area larger than 10 sq. feet per face
Open house directional only
Within 21 days after execution of a contract for sale or lease
 
Only in I-1 Planned Unit Developments
Des Plaines
 
 
 
7 days after issuance of transfer stamp
 
 
Evanston
1/street frontage
6 sq. ft.
None
180 days
 
No
Glencoe
1/zoning lot frontage
Height: 5 ft
None
7 days after sale/ lease
No "Sold By" Signs
No
Glenview
1/site
12 sq. ft. max
 
immediately upon sale
 
No
Golf
1/frontage
 
None
Within 24 hours of acceptance
No Sold/Under Contract Signs
 
Hawthorn Woods
2/lot
16 sq. ft.
 
7 days after sale/lease/rental
 
No
Highland Park
1/lot (max of 2 attachments)
6 sq. ft; Height 6 ft. max
Open House Only
Upon sale/lease
No "Sold By" Signs
No
Highwood
1/ frontage
4 sq. ft.; Height 4 ft.
Open house only
 
 
No
Hoffman Estates
1/frontage
6 sq. ft. (single face); 12 sq. ft. (multiface)
 
3 weeks after consummation of sale/lease
 
Any illuminated sign located within a direct distance of 300 feet (including public rights-of-way, private streets, aisles, etc.) from any residence shall be turned off and not operated between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Wall signs upon the premises for which the sign is intended shall be exempt if the business is open during such hours.
Kenilworth
1/frontage
 
None
Upon consummation
 
 
Kildeer
1/property
 
None
 
 
 
Lake Barrington
1/street frontage
shall notexceed 6 sq. ft. in gross surface area on each of 2 abutting display surfaces
 
within 7 days of the sale or lease
No
 
Lake Bluff
1/frontage
4 sq. ft.; Height 4 ft.
Open house signs
 
 
Not between hours of 11pm-6am if sign is located in or within 150 feet of residential district
Lake Forest
1/site
not to exceed 2 sq. ft. in area per side and 4 feet in height to the highest part of the sign or post
Open house only
 
 
 
Lake Zurich
1/frontage
6 sq. ft.
 
7 days after sale/lease
 
No
Lincolnshire
1/frontage
6 sq. ft.; less than 5 ft. to any property line
 
within7 days of sale/lease
 
 
Long Grove
1/frontage
6 sq. ft.
None
15 days after agreement
 
No
Morton Grove
1/property
5 sq ft. height: 5 ft.
None
Upon sale
 
No
Mount Prospect
1/frontage
16 sq. ft in area; less than 8 ft. from other zoning lot
None
 
 
 
Mundelein
1/frontage
16 sq. ft in area; less than 8 ft. from other zoning lot
None
 
 
 
Niles
1/frontage
not to exceed 9 sq. ft. in area
None
7 days after sale/lease
 
No
Northbrook
1/property
6 sq. ft. in area; 6 ft. from all property lines
None
4 days after closing
 
 
Northfield
1/lot
10 sq. ft. or less in area
None
24 hours after sale
 
No
Palatine
1/frontage
6 sq. ft.
 
7 days after sale
 
No
Park Ridge
 
6 sq. ft.
 
 
 
No
Riverwoods
1/frontage
6 sq. ft.
None
7 days after sale
 
No
Rolling Meadows
 
9 sq. ft.
 
 
 
 
Schaumburg
1/frontage
 
 
7 days after sale
 
No
Skokie
1/frontage
4 sq. ft.
No Median Strip
14 days after contract
 
No
South Barrington
1/frontage
 
None
 
 
 
Vernon Hills
2
6 sq. ft.
None
7 days after sale
 
 
Wheeling
1/property
12 sq. ft.
 
7 days after sale
 
 
Wilmette
1/frontage
 
None
7 days after contingencies are met
 
No
Winnetka
1/frontage
8 sq. ft in area and up to 6 ft. tall
None
7 days after sale
 
No

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