505 ILCS 87

in effect

505 ILCS 87/1

(505 ILCS 87/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Garden Act. (Source: P.A. 102-180, eff. 1-1-22.)

(505 ILCS 87/5) Sec. 5. Purpose. The Act's purpose is to encourage and protect the sustainable cultivation of fresh produce at all levels of production, including on residential property for personal consumption or non-commercial sharing. (Source: P.A. 102-180, eff. 1-1-22.)

505 ILCS 87/10

(505 ILCS 87/10) Sec. 10. Vegetable garden defined. As used in this Act, the term "vegetable garden" means any plot of ground or elevated soil bed on residential property where vegetables, herbs, fruits, flowers, pollinator plants, leafy greens, or other edible plants are cultivated. (Source: P.A. 102-180, eff. 1-1-22.)

505 ILCS 87/15

(505 ILCS 87/15) Sec. 15. Right to cultivate vegetable gardens. Notwithstanding any other law, any person may cultivate vegetable gardens on their own property, or on the private property of another with the permission of the owner, in any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state. (Source: P.A. 102-180, eff. 1-1-22.)

505 ILCS 87/20

(505 ILCS 87/20) Sec. 20. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate gardens in a manner inconsistent with this Act. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State. (Source: P.A. 102-180, eff. 1-1-22.)

505 ILCS 87/25

(505 ILCS 87/25) Sec. 25. State and local regulation still permitted. Section 20 of this Act notwithstanding, this Act does not preclude the adoption of a regulation or local ordinance of general nature that does not specifically regulate vegetable gardens, including, but not limited to, regulations and ordinances relating to height, setback, water use, fertilizer use, or control of invasive or unlawful species, provided that any such regulation or ordinance does not have the effect of precluding vegetable gardens. (Source: P.A. 102-180, eff. 1-1-22.)

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