The Village of Vernon Hills would like to invite you to sign up for our broadcast email system for emergency, “Blackboard Connect” and non-emergency notifications, “Notify Me.”

By logging onto the Village Website at www.VernonHills.org, you can sign up for “Notify Me” and receive weekly broadcasts about local activities, Village events, garage sales and other Village related information.  You can also sign up for “Blackboard Connect” at https://vernonhills.bbcportal.com/Entry and receive emergency notifications, road closures, weather emergencies and other urgent matters related to the Village.

If you have questions or need assistance contact the Village at 847-367-3700.  Your assistance in getting the word out will help us communicate with local residents about emergency situations, village events, activities and news worthy information.

Port Clinton Road Closure at Bridge

​The Village's of Vernon Hills and Lincolnshire will be making improvements to the bridge deck on Port Clinton Road, between U.S. Highway Rt.45 and Indian Creek Road beginning Thursday July 28, 2016. This project will be completed by Wednesday August 10, 2016, weather permitting.

Port Clinton Road will be closed to vehicular traffic during the improvements, and motorists are asked to follow the detour signs. Meanwhile, the sidewalk will remain open.

http://www.vernonhills.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=205

In the Sarah's Glen townhome community, all trash and recycling containers must be stored in your garage, out of public view.
 
In addition, waste containers must have tightly fitting covers and the covers are to remain in the closed position.
 
Garbage, rubbish or other refuse,  cannot be placed at the curb for collection before 5:00 PM the day preceding the scheduled pick up day.  All containers must be removed from public view before 7:00 PM the day of pickup.
 
Thank you for keeping Vernon Hills an outstanding place to live
 
Violators may be ticketed. For questions or additional information please contact the Vernon Hills Community Development Department at 847-367-3704.

Additionally, the Sarah's Glen HOA may issue fines to repeat offenders.

The Vernon Hills Police Department stresses that all complaints of fireworks are investigated thoroughly.  If someone is found to be in violation, the items in question will be confiscated and the person(s) involved will be arrested and charged, when appropriate.  Adults, as well as minors, are subject to all enforcement action.

Vernon Hills’ ordinances prohibit any person from using, selling, delivering, exploding and/or possessing fireworks in the village.  The term “fireworks” includes firecrackers, cherry bombs, skyrockets, bottle rockets, roman candles, M-80’s, etc.  Sparklers are also prohibited in Vernon Hills. (Sparklers burn at 1,800 degrees!  For comparison, a match burns at 325 degrees.)

“In addition to the illegality, sometimes people forget about the obvious dangers involved,” said Mark Fleischhauer, Chief of Police.  “Fireworks are gunpowder explosives that can burn, cut and puncture.”

The Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness also reminds everyone that one out of every three fireworks injuries is to the eyes and one out of every four fireworks eye injuries means some kind of permanent blindness.

Anyone who has questions about fireworks laws should call the Crime Prevention Unit at  (847) 247-4889.

HELP PREVENT WIND BLOWN LITTER!  The Village of Vernon Hills requires that residents secure their garbage and recycling carts to prevent wind blown litter. If there are strong winds expected and/or your cart is overflowing, please be sure to secure it with a restraining strap or bungee cord.

Violators may be ticketed and fined under Illinois Compiled Statutes 415 ILCS 105 Litter Control Act, as well as Sec 9-3(c)(3) of the municipal code that requires residents to keep refuse containers tightly covered at all times (except when placing or removing garbage).

Additionally, the Village would like to remind everyone that containers, debris, refuse, landscaping materials, or recyclables shall not be placed curbside, in public view for collection, before 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the scheduled collection.

Containers shall be removed and stored in accordance with Village ordinance before 7:00 p.m. on the collection day.  All Waste and recycling containers of garbage, debris, refuse, bundled landscaping materials and recyclables shall be stored inside a garage, building or dwelling and out of public view.

For more information, please visit http://vernonhills.org

There are three environmentally friendly options available to Sarah's Glen residents to dispose of your Christmas tree.

1. You can drop off your tree at the Lake County Forest Preserve for recycling. Donated trees are chipped and used for trails and for landscaping at forest preserves throughout Lake County. Bring your tree to the conveniently located Half Day drop-off site in Vernon Hills  Drop-offs are accepted only between December 26 and February 1. Only undecorated, real Christmas trees can be accepted; no yard waste. Commercial drop-offs are prohibited. Lake County Forest Preserves are open from 6:30 a.m. to sunset, daily. More information and additional drop off points can be found at the LCFP website.
2. The Vernon Hills Public Works department will be picking up Christmas trees in Sarah's Glen on Thursday, January 10th and on Thursday, January 17th.  Your tree must be at the curb by 7:00am the day of pick-up and have all lights, ornaments, stands and bags removed from the tree.  If bad weather prevents pickup on the scheduled dates, there will be a make-up days on Friday January 11th and Friday January 18th. 
3. After January 18th, you may bring your tree to the Vernon Hills Public Works building for recycling.  Public Works will not pick-up trees after the January 18th make-up date (if it's needed).

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Please keep in mind that, according to Village Ordinance 22-321, vehicles cannot be parked on Village streets for 12 hours after a snowfall of two inches or more. While this may serve as a minor inconvenience, it is absolutely necessary to have a free path for snow plows to clear the streets in a timely fashion.

Additionally, all parking in designated parking spaces during/following a snowfall is prohibited and will subject the vehicle to towing. Designated parking spaces will also be used as snow piling/stacking locations as conditions dictate. 

Compliance with these snow-related rules is appreciated in advance. Together, we can make the winter-time pass quicker if we all do our part to make snow removal a quick and painless process.

NOTE: As always, village ordinance 22-263 prohibits parking on all village streets between 2am-6am (which includes streets in Sarah's Glen). Police officers will issue parking tickets for overnight parking violations in Sarah's Glen. Village Parking tickets can be paid online by clicking here.

If your car is towed, you can pay/pick up your car at Ernie's Towing, 909 S Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills IL 60061. Warning signage at both entrances to Sarah's Glen provide more information regarding Ernie's towing fees, pick up hours, etc.

The Vernon Hills Park District will sponsor live entertainment from 6:30-9:30 p.m. in Century Park. Then, the fireworks will begin at about 9:30 p.m. over Big Bear and Little Bear Lakes. 

The village will also hold its annual July 4th parade at 9 a.m. It'll start at Deerpath and Atrium Drive, just south of Highway 60, and travel south to Sullivan Drive and west to Aspen.

Source: http://vernonhills.patch.com/articles/local-fourth-of-july-fireworks-guide-7465b3fa 

Vernon Hills ordinances prohibit any person from using, selling, delivering, exploding or possessing fireworks in the village all year round. The term "fireworks" includes firecrackers, cherry bombs, M-80's, bottle rockets and Roman candles. 

In addition, sparklers are also prohibited in Vernon Hills.  (Did you know that the tip of a sparkler burns at 1,800 degrees?  For comparison: a match burns at 325 degrees.)

Remember, the laws in Illinois do not change over the July 4 holiday or for any other holiday. In other words, fireworks are no more legal on these dates than they are at other times of the year. 

The Vernon Hills Police Department stresses that all complaints of fireworks are thoroughly investigated. If someone is found to be in violation, the items in question will be confiscated and the person(s) involved will be arrested and/or charged when appropriate. This applies to both adults and minors alike.

Agencies across the area will be enforcing Illinois laws regarding fireworks, open burning, and hazardous conditions. Because of the dry conditions and the risk of rapid fire growth please “Celebrate SAFELY” this week by refraining from the use of illegal personal fireworks and sparklers.

Contact the Crime Prevention Unit at (847) 247-4889 or via e-mail if you have any questions regarding the fireworks laws.  For more information on fire safey, contact the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance.

The Village of Vernon Hills offers two broadcast email systems for emergency and non-emergency notifications:

Blackboard Connect is a reverse 911 based system and is used when an emergency arises.  Click here to sign up

Our non-emergency broadcast allows you to receive weekly notification of events, activities, event updates and garage sale notifications.   Click here to sign up