Design and hardscape work sized for Campton Hills acreage, where the distance from the house to the property line changes what a plan has to do.
Campton Hills is the part of Kane County where parcels stop being lots and start being acreage. Its own fence ordinance makes the character obvious: corral fences for livestock are allowed up to five feet in a front yard, and chicken wire is permitted for seasonal garden enclosures. That is not a suburb writing rules for suburbs.
Work out here is a different shape. There is more ground between the house and the property line, more of it doing nothing in particular, and more reward for a plan that holds together at that scale. Here is what landscape design actually costs. For everything we do, see our services, or the other towns we serve.
Campton Hills writes its ordinances for large semi-rural parcels, and that shows up in what it allows as much as in what it restricts.
The fence ordinance permits livestock corral fences up to five feet in a front yard, and allows chicken wire for animal-resistant seasonal garden enclosures. Electric fencing is permitted with a visible warning sign on each section.
Front yard fences top out at three and a half feet, and privacy fences are not permitted there at all. Posts cannot stand more than eight inches above the fence. Everywhere else on the parcel the limit is six feet.
Fences have to sit entirely inside the lot, stay at least twenty-four inches clear of public sidewalks and bike paths, and leave a clear sight triangle within twenty-five feet of an intersection. On a corner parcel those rules decide the layout.
Acreage without a plan just becomes mowing. A drawing is how you decide what stays lawn, what becomes garden, and what is better left alone.
More ground means more water moving across it. Getting it away from the house and off the drive is the job that has to happen before anything decorative goes in.
On a large parcel the patio has to be sized to the property, not to the back door. Undersized is easily the most common mistake made out here.
West of here, and the closest thing to a Campton Hills parcel we have photographed: a full property redesign drawn as a 3D plan, then built out with trench edging, beds, irrigation and a stone walkway.
A front yard redesign that started as a drawing: regrading, trench edging, new beds and irrigation to fix ground that pooled after every heavy rain.
What homeowners here ask us most, answered straight.
Yes. Any fence or wall not specifically exempted needs a permit issued by the Village Zoning Officer. Front yard fences are capped at three and a half feet with privacy fences prohibited there; six feet applies elsewhere on the parcel. Posts may not exceed the fence height by more than eight inches. Wood, steel, iron, masonry, stone, plastic and vinyl are all permitted. Scrap material, corrugated or sheet metal, barbed wire and spikes are not. Building and Zoning is at (630) 584-0330, 40W270 LaFox Road.
Yes, and the ordinance says so directly. Corral fences for livestock are permitted up to five feet in a front yard, taller than the three and a half feet allowed for an ordinary front fence. Chicken wire is prohibited generally but allowed for animal-resistant seasonal garden enclosures, and electric fencing is permitted provided each section carries a visible warning sign.
A fence has to sit completely within your lot boundaries and stay at least twenty-four inches back from public sidewalks and bike paths. At intersections you have to keep a clear sight triangle within twenty-five feet. On a corner parcel those three rules together usually settle the layout before anything else does.
Per square foot, usually less. Per project, usually more, because the scale that looks right against a large house on acreage is bigger than most people first picture. The most common regret we hear out here is an undersized patio, never an oversized one. We stake the footprint out on the ground so you can walk it before committing to the number.
Permit and code requirements described on this page reflect Village of Campton Hills guidance published as of September 2026. Fees and codes change. Confirm current requirements with the village before starting work.
Campton Hills borders St. Charles on one side and open country on the other.
Tell us what the acreage is doing and we will make a plan for it. Free on-site estimate, no pressure.
