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Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Campton Hills, Illinois

The Village of Campton Hills, Illinois adopts its own zoning code1 and takes building permit applications at village hall through its permit office2. Septic permits in Kane County come from the Kane County Health Department, not the village3. An RV may be lived in for no more than 14 consecutive days in any district4.

At a glance

Zoning
Village zoning code applies to all lots inside Campton Hills1
Building permits
Applied for at Campton Hills village hall, not the county2
Building code
2012 International Building and Residential Codes, as amended by the village5
Septic
Kane County Health Department permits septic systems countywide3
RV living
No more than 14 consecutive days in any district4
Short-term rentals
Prohibited in all zoning districts6
Accessory dwelling
One per lot in R and F districts7
Property tax (Kane County)
Effective rate about 2.4%8

Who to call

Building permits

Village of Campton Hills, Building & Zoning (Permit Office)

Building permit applications, zoning review applications and special use applications inside Campton Hills village limits

630-584-5700

permits@camptonhills.illinois.gov

40W270 LaFox Road, Suite B Campton Hills, IL 60175

Septic permits

Kane County Health Department, Environmental Health (Private Sewage Program)

Septic (private sewage) permits, soil evaluations and inspections for new and repaired systems in Kane County

630-444-3040

1240 N. Highland Ave., Aurora, IL 60506

Contact details are copied from each office’s official page and were checked against it on October 23, 2026.

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Does Campton Hills, Illinois have zoning, and what does it mean for RVs, lot size and setbacks?

Yes. The Village of Campton Hills in Kane County, Illinois sets its own zoning, and the village code establishes zoning districts and dimensional standards for every lot inside village limits1. Kane County's zoning ordinance covers only unincorporated land9.

Dimensions depend on the district. In the R-1 single-family district, a lot needs at least 30,000 square feet and 125 feet of width, with principal buildings set back 35 feet from the front, 15 feet from the side, 25 feet from a corner side and 25 feet from the rear, capped at 30 feet in height101112. In the RE-1 rural estate district, the minimum is 4 acres and 250 feet of width, with a 40-foot height cap1314.

Buildings may cover at most 30% of an R-1 lot and 20% of an RE-1 lot, and accessory structures count toward those limits1516. Campton Hills allows one accessory dwelling unit per zoning lot7. Short-term rentals are prohibited in every district6.

Do you need a building permit in Campton Hills, and who issues it?

Building permits inside Campton Hills are handled by the village, not by Kane County. The village's permit office accepts completed applications by email at permits@camptonhills.illinois.gov, prefers electronic or mailed submittals, and does not accept faxes2. Paper applications are also available at village hall2.

The village adopted the 2012 International Building Code and International Residential Code, as amended by the village5. Kane County's own building permit rules, which require permits for all new construction, remodels, repairs and demolition, apply only to unincorporated land17.

We could not confirm the village's permit fees, inspection steps or owner-builder rules. Ask the village permit office before you plan a budget or schedule.

How do septic permits work in Campton Hills?

Septic permits in Kane County come from the Kane County Health Department's Private Sewage Program, which administers permits for new systems, repairs and upgrades countywide318. Every application for a new system or a renovation of the septic field needs a soil evaluation19.

Public sewer comes first where it is reachable. Unless reaching public sewer takes more than a 4-inch pipe or creates an undue hardship, Kane County requires a connection20. We could not confirm which Campton Hills lots have sewer service; ask the village permit office and the health department at 630-444-3040 before you count on a septic field19.

USDA rates 0% of the county's soils as not limited for a conventional drain field, so a lot may need a site evaluation and possibly an engineered system21. The health department also notes that municipal approval may be required in some cases3.

Can you live in an RV or tiny home in Campton Hills?

Not for long in an RV. Campton Hills prohibits using a recreational vehicle for living, sleeping or housekeeping for more than 14 consecutive days in any district4. A stored RV in a residential district must sit inside the setback line, in an enclosed structure, the interior side yard behind the front building line, the rear yard or the residential driveway4. An RV may be plugged into household electricity to keep the battery charged but may not otherwise hook up to public utilities4.

We could not confirm any village rule on tiny homes or manufactured homes as dwellings. A tiny home on a foundation would have to meet the village's zoning and building code like any other house, so call the village permit office before you buy a lot for one.

Building a home in Campton Hills: the steps, in order

  1. Confirm the lot is inside village limits and find its zoning district by calling the village permit office at 630-584-57002.
  2. Check the district's lot size, setbacks, height and coverage limits against your plans1.
  3. Ask the village for the building permit application and its fee schedule, then submit the completed application by email2.
  4. If the lot has no public sewer, call the Kane County Health Department at 630-444-3040 for a soil evaluation and a septic permit19.
  5. If you need a well, Kane County's ordinance requires a permit from the health officer before drilling22.
  6. Build to the village's adopted codes and ask the permit office which inspections it requires, since we could not confirm them5.

What stays with Kane County, and what to check before you buy in Campton Hills?

Kane County keeps septic permits, well permits and floodplain questions, while the village keeps zoning and building permits3221. Land outside village limits is a different case; see the Kane County page for unincorporated rules.

Before you buy, confirm the zoning district, whether public sewer reaches the lot, and the cost of the village's permit fees. Kane County's typical home value is about $388,62523, and the effective property tax rate is about 2.4%, with a median bill of about $7,230 a year824. The county's farmland value averages about $12,276 an acre25.

Watch-outs

  • We could not confirm Campton Hills' permit fees, so ask the village permit office for the current fee schedule before you budget for a new home2.
  • Kane County's building codes and permit office cover only unincorporated land; inside the village, the village's own codes and permit office apply17.
  • Municipal approval may be needed on top of a Kane County septic permit, so check with both offices3.
  • Short-term rentals are prohibited in every Campton Hills zoning district, which matters if you plan to rent a guest unit6.

Sources

  1. 10-6-2: Dimensional standards (Village of Campton Hills), quoted and re-checked
  2. Village of Campton Hills, Building & Zoning (Permit Office) (camptonhills.illinois.gov)
  3. Septic Sewage, quoted and re-checked
  4. 10-11-10: Storage of recreational vehicles (Village of Campton Hills), quoted and re-checked
  5. 9-2-1 Codes adopted; 9-2-2-1 Building code amendments (Village of Campton Hills), quoted and re-checked
  6. 10-7-2: Principal use standards (Village of Campton Hills), quoted and re-checked
  7. 10-8-3: Accessory dwelling units (Village of Campton Hills), quoted and re-checked
  8. Effective property tax rate: Bolthole Index county data
  9. Building & Zoning Division, quoted and re-checked
  10. 10-6-2: Dimensional standards (Village of Campton Hills), quoted and re-checked
  11. codelibrary.amlegal.com (Village of Campton Hills), quoted and re-checked
  12. codelibrary.amlegal.com (Village of Campton Hills), quoted and re-checked
  13. codelibrary.amlegal.com (Village of Campton Hills), quoted and re-checked
  14. codelibrary.amlegal.com (Village of Campton Hills), quoted and re-checked
  15. codelibrary.amlegal.com (Village of Campton Hills), quoted and re-checked
  16. codelibrary.amlegal.com (Village of Campton Hills), quoted and re-checked
  17. Building & Zoning Division, quoted and re-checked
  18. Septic Sewage, quoted and re-checked
  19. Kane County Health Department, Environmental Health (Private Sewage Program) (kanehealth.com)
  20. Septic Sewage, quoted and re-checked
  21. Share of soils USDA rates "not limited" for a conventional septic drain field (SSURGO). A strict rating: the median county is about 6% and a tenth of counties are 0%, so a low figure means most lots need a site evaluation or an engineered system, not that septic is impossible. Cite it only with that caveat: Bolthole Index county data
  22. Kane County Code § 23-10 — Permit Required, quoted and re-checked
  23. Typical home value (Zillow): Bolthole Index county data
  24. Median property tax bill: Bolthole Index county data
  25. Farmland value per acre (USDA census): Bolthole Index county data

Written October 23, 2026 from the rules quoted below, each taken from an official source and re-checked by an independent reviewer. This is research, not legal advice: rules change, so confirm with the office before you buy or build.

Answers from the rulebook for Village of Campton Hills

Village of Campton Hills’s own rules

  • Building code adoptedAdopted

    Construction inside Campton Hills village: International Building Code 2012 and International Residential Code 2012 as amended by the village

    • Adoption is subject to the village's amendments in §9-2-2 (e.g., §9-2-2-1 inserts 'village of campton hills' at IBC §101.1 and adds §105.8 unique-construction documentation and added fees).
    • The same §9-2-1 list also adopts the International Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Fire, Property Maintenance, Electrical, Plumbing, Accessibility and Wildland-Urban Interface codes, and the Illinois Energy Conservation Code, as amended; not opened in detail.

    IBC edition: 2012 · IRC edition: 2012 (except as provided in §9-2-2-8 amendments)

    “international residential code/2012 (irc), except as provided in section 9-2-2-8 of this chapter.”
  • Local zoningPresent

    All land inside Campton Hills village limits (Village of Campton Hills Title 10 zoning code)

    • Title 10 zoning chapters establish zoning districts and dimensional standards for all lots in the village, per §10-6-2.
    “dimensional standards for all lots in all zoning districts are established in tables 6-1, 6-2 and 6-3, below.”
  • Zoning districtsPublished

    Zoning districts of Campton Hills village (R, C, F, OSP and other district classes in Title 10)

    • Chapter 5 of Title 10 establishes the zoning districts; only the R and C district dimensional tables were opened.
    “table 6-1. dimensional standards for r districts standards zoning district re-1 re-2 re-3 r-1 r-2 r-3 r-4”
  • Minimum lot sizeSpecified

    Main single-family residential district R-1 inside Campton Hills village

    • Column order in Table 6-1 is RE-1, RE-2, RE-3, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4; R-1 is the fourth column.
    • Minimum lot width for R-1 is 125 ft (Table 6-1).

    minimum lot area: >= 30000 sq ft · minimum lot width: >= 125 ft

    “minimum lot area 4 acres 2 acres 1.25 acres 30,000 sf 15,000 sf 10,000 sf 5,000 sf minimum lot width (in ft) 250 150 125 125 100 80 50”
    One more reviewed finding on this topic
    • Specified — Rural estate district RE-1 inside Campton Hills village
      “minimum lot area 4 acres 2 acres 1.25 acres 30,000 sf 15,000 sf 10,000 sf 5,000 sf minimum lot width (in ft) 250 150 125 125 100 80 50”
  • SetbacksSpecified

    Main single-family residential district R-1 inside Campton Hills village (principal structures)

    • Accessory structures must be at least 10 ft from any lot line unless otherwise permitted (§10-8-2(a)(4)); R-4 is 5 ft.
    • Accessory-structure yard rules are in Table 8-1 (not fully read).

    minimum front yard setback: >= 35 ft · minimum side yard setback: >= 15 ft · minimum corner side yard setback: >= 25 ft · minimum rear yard setback: >= 25 ft

    “minimum front yard setback 35 35 35 35 30 25 25 minimum side yard setback 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 minimum corner side yard 30 30 30 25 20 20 20 minimum rear yard 30 30 30 25 20 20 20”
    One more reviewed finding on this topic
    • Specified — Rural estate district RE-1 inside Campton Hills village (principal structures)
      “minimum front yard setback 35 35 35 35 30 25 25 minimum side yard setback 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 minimum corner side yard 30 30 30 25 20 20 20 minimum rear yard 30 30 30 25 20 20 20”
  • Lot coverageSpecified

    Main single-family residential district R-1 inside Campton Hills village

    • Accessory structures count toward these coverage limits (§10-8-2(a)(6)).

    maximum building coverage: <= 30 percent of lot · maximum impervious surface coverage: <= 40 percent of lot

    “maximum building coverage (as pct of lot) 20% 25% 25% 30% 30% 35% 45% maximum impervious surface coverage (as pct of lot) 35% 35% 40% 40% 50% 60% 60%”
    One more reviewed finding on this topic
    • Specified — Rural estate district RE-1 inside Campton Hills village
      “maximum building coverage (as pct of lot) 20% 25% 25% 30% 30% 35% 45% maximum impervious surface coverage (as pct of lot) 35% 35% 40% 40% 50% 60% 60%”
  • Building heightSpecified

    Main single-family residential district R-1 inside Campton Hills village

    • Listed appurtenances (utility poles, water tanks, chimneys, steeples, and similar) are exempt from height limits (§10-6-1(f)).
    • Detached accessory structures: maximum height 20 ft or principal-structure height, whichever is less (§10-8-2(a)(2)).

    maximum building height: <= 30 ft

    “maximum building height 40 40 40 30 30 30 25”
    One more reviewed finding on this topic
    • Specified — Rural estate district RE-1 inside Campton Hills village
      “maximum building height 40 40 40 30 30 30 25”
  • Living in an RVLimited

    Recreational vehicles on private lots inside Campton Hills village, in any zoning district

    • RV may not be used for living, sleeping, or housekeeping for more than 14 consecutive days in any district.
    • RVs stored in a residential district must be inside the required setback line and in one of: a fully enclosed structure, the interior side yard behind the front building line, the rear yard, or the residential driveway (§10-11-10(a)).
    • RVs may be connected to electricity at a residence to maintain battery life but otherwise may not be hooked up to public utilities (§10-11-10(b)).
    • RVs must be mobile and operable, and may not be parked so as to create a dangerous or unsafe condition (§10-11-10(c)).

    maximum consecutive days of living use: <= 14 days

    “no recreational vehicle may be used for living, sleeping, or housekeeping purposes in any district for more than fourteen (14) consecutive days.”
  • Accessory dwellingsLimited

    One accessory dwelling unit (ADU) with a single-family residence in any R or F zoning district inside Campton Hills village

    • Only one ADU per zoning lot (§10-8-3(a)).
    • Attached ADU conditions in §10-8-3(b) (e.g., internal conversion or addition) were not fully read; the ADU section must be checked before relying on any attached-unit condition.
    “a. limit. only one (1) adu per zoning lot shall be permitted.”
  • Short-term rentalsProhibited

    Short-term rentals, as a primary or accessory use, inside Campton Hills village

    • Prohibited in all zoning districts (§10-7-2(n)).
    “short-term rentals, either as a primary or accessory use, are prohibited in all zoning districts.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Village of Campton Hills or Kane County directly.

  • Building permit — Residential construction inside Campton Hills village
  • Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder permit eligibility inside Campton Hills village
  • Inspections — Building inspections for construction inside Campton Hills village
  • Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for new homes inside Campton Hills village
  • Minimum dwelling size — Minimum dwelling size inside Campton Hills village
15 more unanswered
  • Camping on your land
  • Tiny homes
  • Manufactured homes
  • Who permits septic
  • Septic permit
  • Septic inspection
  • Off-grid sanitation
  • Well permit
  • Mandatory utility hookup
  • Agricultural exemption
  • Subdividing land
  • Driveway access
  • Building in a floodplain
  • Permit fees
  • Permit process

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.

Unanswered questions are usually a sign that Village of Campton Hills publishes no rule on the point, not that none exists. Kane County’s page lists the county offices to call.

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