(A) Required. Before proceeding with the erection, enlargement, alteration, repair or removal of any building or structured in the Village, a permit for such erection, enlargement, alteration, repair or removal shall first be obtained by the owner or their agent from the Building Director, and it shall be unlawful to proceed with the erection, enlargement, alteration, repair or removal of any building or of any structural part thereof within the Village unless such permit shall first have been obtained from the Building Director.
(B) Time limit extension fee. If after a permit has been granted, the operations called for by the permit shall not be begun within 90 days after the date thereof, or if such operations are not completed within 1 year from the date thereof, such permit shall be void, and no operations thereunder shall be begun or completed until an extended permit shall be taken out by the owner or their agent. A fee of 20% of the original cost of permit shall be charged for such extended permit.
(C) Ordinary repairs.
(1) A permit is not required for the exempted items listed under § 150.002(K).
(2) Before such repairs shall be made notification thereof by the contractor shall be filed with the Building Director if the cost of such work exceeds $1,000.
(D) Application; issuance of permit. Applications for a building permit shall be made by the owner or their agent to the Building Director. When such application is made, plans in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, the Village’s Fire Prevention Code and all other applicable provisions of this Code or any other ordinance, rule or regulation of the Village shall be filed with the Building Director. Where the permit seeks to erect, enlarge, alter, repair, or remove any building or structure in the Village that has been found to be abandoned for 90 days or more, or is proposed to be improved, upgraded, demolished, or rehabbed at a value of 50% or more of the building’s assessed value, or where the habitable space is being increased (additional bedrooms, sleeping rooms, or bathrooms), and/or changes interior water or sewer supply lines (except those in the course of ordinary repairs), or where plumbing is being substantially upgraded, the applicant shall be required to ensure all water service piping, which includes all piping from the water meter location to the terminating fixture, shall be piped from the street main to the water distribution system for the building, the plans must include improvements or upgrades to any sewer and/or water connections and piping systems to ensure compliance with the land and water pollution requirements of the Illinois Environmental Property Agency, Division of Water Pollution Control and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, other applicable state, federal, county or other laws or regulatory requirements relating to sewer and/or water lines and service, and any other applicable ordinance set forth in this Code. Unless the application pertains to a building used exclusively for residential purposes which contains not more than 2 dwelling units, the Building Director shall refer the plans for review to the Bureau of Fire Prevention. The Bureau of Fire Prevention shall review the plans for the purpose of determining whether the plans are in conformity with the Village’s Fire Prevention Code. The Bureau of Fire Prevention shall thereafter notify the Building Director whether the plans are or are not in conformity with the Village’s Fire Prevention Code. If the plans are determined to be in conformity with the Village’s Fire Prevention Code, or if review of the plans by the Bureau of Fire Prevention is not required under the provisions of this section, the Building and Code Enforcement Department shall review the plans to determine whether they are in conformity with all other applicable codes, ordinances, rules and regulations. If the plans are in conformity with the Village’s Building Code, Fire Prevention Code, if applicable, and all other applicable codes, ordinances, rules and regulations, then the Building Director shall issue a building permit and shall apply to such plans a final official stamp, stating that the drawings to which the stamp has been applied comply with the terms of this chapter, the Village’s Fire Prevention Code, if applicable, and to all other applicable codes, ordinances, rules and regulations. The plans so stamped shall then be returned to the applicant, along with a copy of the building permit. True copies of so much of the plans as may be required in the opinion of the Building Director and the Village’s Fire Prevention Officer to illustrate the features of construction and equipment of the building referred to shall be filed with the Building Director and shall remain on file in their office for a period of 6 months after the occupation of the building or structure for which the permit was issued. After the 6 month period expires, the drawings shall be returned to the person who provided the drawings to the Building Director upon request. It shall not be obligatory upon the Building Director to retain such drawings in their custody for more than 6 months after the occupation of the building or structure for which the permit was issued.
(1997 Code, § 23.11) (Ord. CO-08-95, passed 10-12-1995; Am. Ord. C0-00-23, passed 12-4- 2000; Am. Ord. CO-09-27, passed 10-6-2009; Am. Ord. CO-2021-21, passed 8-17-2021; Am. Ord. CO-2023-45, passed 11-7-2023; Am. Ord. CO-2023-54, passed 12-5-2023)