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Adopted code

City of Blue Island Department of Building Safety

Building permits in the City of Blue Island, Illinois, in Cook County, are handled by the City's Department of Building Safety, part of Community Development, at City Hall, 13051 Greenwood Avenue. The Illinois Capital Development Board says "The State has not adopted a building code for repairs to existing single family residences," so Blue Island's roofing rules are its own: the Department's page lists the 2021 International Residential Code among the codes the City follows, as amended. This listing covers the office's contact details, the City's own statements on code and contractor registration, and the rules state law sets for every Illinois roofer.

Jurisdiction
City of Blue Island, Illinois
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
13051 Greenwood Avenue, Blue Island, IL 60406
Contact
  • url: https://www.blueisland.org/162/Building-Safety
  • phone: 708-597-8606
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
  • state_level: Illinois licenses roofing contractors statewide with no dollar threshold. 225 ILCS 335/9(2): "No work involving the construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of any kind of roofing or waterproofing may be done except by a roofing contractor or a qualifying party licensed or credentialed under this Act." Under 225 ILCS 335/5(a-3), "A municipality or a county that requires a building permit may not issue a building permit to a roofing contractor unless that contractor has provided sufficient proof of current licensure as a roofing contractor by the State," and a holder of a limited license is restricted to permits for work on residential properties of 8 units or less. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation lists "Roofing Contractor, Licensed" among the professions it licenses.
  • city_level: A CITY CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION ON TOP OF THE STATE LICENSE. The City's Contractor Registration Form, linked from the Building Safety page, states "Per Ordinance No. 99-247 all contractors must be registered to do business in the City of Blue Island" and "Registration is valid for a period of one (1) years from the date of purchase," with a fee of $100.00 for each type of contractor. Its requirements include a "Certificate of Insurance (City of Blue Island listed as certificate holder)" and a surety bond, but it says roofing contractors are among the trades "NOT required to produce a Surety Bond" and that "Roofing Contractors: Must have current State of Illinois Roofing License on file."
Adopted code
THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, AS AMENDED, PER THE CITY'S OWN BUILDING SAFETY PAGE. The page lists "Codes that City of Blue Island follows (as amended)," including "2021 IRC - International Residential Code," "2021 IEBC - International Existing Building Code," "2021 IECC - International Energy Conservation Code" and "2021 IBC - International Building Code." The page does not name the adopting ordinance, and this record did not read the City's amendments, so it does not state whether the City has amended the IRC's roof provisions. The page does not say whether a roof replacement needs a permit.
Sales & use tax
Illinois taxes the roofer, not the job, and the operative rate is not keyed to the Blue Island job address. Under 86 Ill. Adm. Code 130.1940(c), a construction contractor "does not incur Retailers' Occupation Tax liability as to receipts from labor furnished and tangible personal property (materials and fixtures) incorporated into a structure," but "incurs Use Tax on the cost price of the tangible personal property that is incorporated into real estate," with "roofing materials" named in the rule's own list of examples. Repair and replacement are taxed identically: 130.1940(a)(3) defines "construct" to include "repair, renovate or remodel." The Illinois Department of Revenue states the Use Tax rate as "6.25% of the purchase price or fair market value, whichever is greater." Where the contractor buys for resale, the local tax follows "the place of business at or from which the contractor or builder handles the transaction" (130.2075(b)(3)), so the combined rate on materials is the supply house's or the contractor's, which this record does not pin down. The authoritative lookup is the Illinois Department of Revenue's MyTax Illinois Tax Rate Finder.

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Roofing questions: Blue Island, IL

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Blue Island, IL?

Yes.

What building code does Blue Island, IL use?

THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, AS AMENDED, PER THE CITY'S OWN BUILDING SAFETY PAGE. The page lists "Codes that City of Blue Island follows (as amended)," including "2021 IRC - International Residential Code," "2021 IEBC - International Existing Building Code," "2021 IECC - International Energy Conservation Code" and "2021 IBC - International Building Code." The page does not name the adopting ordinance, and this record did not read the City's amendments, so it does not state whether the City has amended the IRC's roof provisions. The page does not say whether a roof replacement needs a permit.