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City of Charleston Building and Development Services

Building permits in the City of Charleston, Illinois, in Coles County, are handled by the City's Building and Development Services department, with City Hall at 520 Jackson Ave. The Illinois Capital Development Board says "The State has not adopted a building code for repairs to existing single family residences," so Charleston's roofing rules are its own: the City's Building Code Permits and Inspections page lists the 2021 International Residential Code among the codes the City uses. This listing covers the office's contact details, the City's own statements on code and permits, and the rules state law sets for every Illinois roofer.

Jurisdiction
City of Charleston, Illinois
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
520 Jackson Ave, Charleston, IL 61920
Contact
  • url: https://www.charlestonillinois.org/departments/building___development_services/building_code_permits_and_inspections/index.php
  • phone: 217-345-5650
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 City's Building Code Permits and Inspections page says "The City of Charleston permits and inspects construction within the corporate limits" and "While construction requires a permit, a permit is not required for" a list that includes "Regular repairs and maintenance to any structure, provided the repairs do not include structural elements of the building, changes to means of egress." The list does not name roof replacement either way, so this listing does not state a yes or no answer for a re-roof. The page says a property owner "will be required to obtain a building and zoning use permit before starting your project," that "NO DIGITAL SIGNATURE will be accepted" on the application, and that inspection requests go to (217) 345-5650 and must include "Permit #, Address or Subdivision Block and Lot, Name, and Type of Inspection requested." It adds that "The State of Illinois requires plumbers and roofers to be licensed."
Adopted code
THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, PER THE CITY'S OWN PERMITS PAGE. The City's Building Code Permits and Inspections page says "The City is a member of the International Code Council and utilizes their family of codes" and lists, under "Building and Construction Codes used by the City of Charleston," the "2021 International Residential Code," the "2021 International Building Code" and the "2021 International Existing Building Code." The page does not cite an adopting ordinance or state any local amendments, and the City Code was not read for this listing, so it does not state whether the City 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 Charleston 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: Charleston, IL

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

Yes.

What building code does Charleston, IL use?

THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, PER THE CITY'S OWN PERMITS PAGE. The City's Building Code Permits and Inspections page says "The City is a member of the International Code Council and utilizes their family of codes" and lists, under "Building and Construction Codes used by the City of Charleston," the "2021 International Residential Code," the "2021 International Building Code" and the "2021 International Existing Building Code." The page does not cite an adopting ordinance or state any local amendments, and the City Code was not read for this listing, so it does not state whether the City has amended the IRC's roof provisions.