Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Village of Albers, Illinois

Village of Albers’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside Albers village limits; the village administers its own zoning code (Chapter 40).

  • Village zoning code governs land inside village limits.

  “chapter 40 - zoning code. article 1 - general provisions. 40-1-1. title.”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  All land inside Albers village limits

  • District descriptions are in Sec. 40-4-1; the village zone district map (2026) is linked from the village home page but was not opened.

  “in accordance with section 40-3-1, all land within the jurisdictional boundaries of the village is divided into specific zoning districts.”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  Mobile homes placed on individual lots (not parks) inside Albers village

  • Lot must meet district minimum lot size and setbacks.
  • One mobile home per lot.
  • Must meet Illinois manufactured home tie-down code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 870) and anchoring rules.
  • Mobile home parks are governed separately (Sec. 40-6-5, Chapter 23).

  “no person shall place any mobile home on an individual lot, as opposed to a mobile home park, except in conformity with the following regulations:”

• Off-grid sanitationLimited

  Buildings inside Albers village where public sewer is not reasonably accessible

  • Private system allowed only when public sewer is not reasonably accessible (more than 150 feet).

  “whenever the public sanitary sewerage system is not reasonably accessible, a private sewerage system shall be installed and used.”

• Mandatory utility hookupSewer (with conditions)

  Buildings and places where people live inside Albers village limits

  • Applies only where the public sanitary sewer is reasonably accessible.
  • Water connection requirement not located in the readable text.

  distance to nearest public sewer with available capacity: <= 150 feet

  “whenever the public sanitary sewerage system is reasonably accessible (that is, when the distance from the property in question to the nearest public sewer with available capacity does not exceed one hundred fifty (150) feet, all sewage shall be discharged into such system whether or not a private sewerage already exists or is more convenient.”

• Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

  Subdivisions of land inside Albers village limits (Chapter 34 subdivision code)

  • Lots must meet the minimum lot area and dimensions of the zoning district.

  “all lots in a subdivision shall conform to the minimum lot area and dimensions requirements of the zoning district in which said subdivision is located;”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — New construction inside Albers village limits
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption inside Albers village
• Building code adopted — Building code adopted by Albers village
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Albers village
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificates of occupancy inside Albers village

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.