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Village of Bourbonnais Building Department and Code Enforcement

Building permits in the Village of Bourbonnais, Illinois, in Kankakee County, are handled by the Village's Building Department at 255 Mooney Dr. The Illinois Capital Development Board says "The State has not adopted a building code for repairs to existing single family residences," so Bourbonnais's roofing rules are its own: the Building Department page lists the 2018 International Residential Code among the codes the Village has adopted. This listing covers the office's contact details, the Village's own statements on code and permits, and the rules state law sets for every Illinois roofer.

Jurisdiction
Village of Bourbonnais, Illinois
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
255 Mooney Dr, Bourbonnais, IL 60914
Contact
  • url: https://www.villageofbourbonnais.com/residents/building-department-and-code-enforcement/
  • phone: 815-937-3575
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.
Permit process note
The Village's Building Permit Application form asks for a "DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK" and a project cost, and its list of contractors includes a "ROOFING" line with a registration number and expiration date. The form says "A plat of survey and two complete sets of drawings (if applicable) must be submitted with this application," and the applicant certifies that "it is my responsibility to call for all of the required inspections, including the final." Neither the form nor the Building Department page says whether a roof replacement needs a permit, so this listing does not state a yes or no answer for a re-roof.
Adopted code
THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, PER THE VILLAGE'S BUILDING DEPARTMENT PAGE. The page says "The Village has adopted the following Codes:" and lists "International Residential Code (2018)," "International Building Code (2018)" and "Illinois Energy Conservation Code (Most Recent)." It adds that "Building codes are reviewed annually to ensure the most up to date codes are enforced." The page does not name the adopting ordinance or any Village amendments, and this record did not read the Municipal Code, so it does not state whether the Village has amended the IRC's roof provisions.
Sales & use tax
Illinois taxes the roofer, not the job, and the operative rate is not keyed to the Bourbonnais 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: Bourbonnais, IL

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

Yes.

What building code does Bourbonnais, IL use?

THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, PER THE VILLAGE'S BUILDING DEPARTMENT PAGE. The page says "The Village has adopted the following Codes:" and lists "International Residential Code (2018)," "International Building Code (2018)" and "Illinois Energy Conservation Code (Most Recent)." It adds that "Building codes are reviewed annually to ensure the most up to date codes are enforced." The page does not name the adopting ordinance or any Village amendments, and this record did not read the Municipal Code, so it does not state whether the Village has amended the IRC's roof provisions.