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Village of Glen Carbon Building and Zoning Department

Building permits in the Village of Glen Carbon, Illinois, in Madison County, are handled by the Village's Building and Zoning Department, listed among the Village's departments, at Glen Carbon Village Hall, 151 N. Main Street. The Illinois Capital Development Board says "The State has not adopted a building code for repairs to existing single family residences," so Glen Carbon's roofing rules are its own: the Village's Current Village Building Codes page lists the 2018 International Residential Code. 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 Glen Carbon, Illinois
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
151 N. Main Street, Glen Carbon, IL 62034
Contact
  • url: https://www.glencarbonil.gov/488/Applications-Permits
  • phone: 618-288-1200
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.
Adopted code
THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, PER THE VILLAGE'S OWN CODES PAGE. The Village's Current Village Building Codes page, under Building and Zoning, says "Current Village Building Codes in Glen Carbon can be accessed using the links below" and lists the "2018 International Residential Code," the "2018 International Building Code (IBC)," the "2018 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC)," the "Illinois Energy Conservation Code: Commercial & Residential" and the "2017 NEC." The page does not say whether the Village has amended those codes. The Village Code is published by an outside code host, which this record did not read, 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 Glen Carbon 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: Glen Carbon, IL

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

Yes.

What building code does Glen Carbon, IL use?

THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, PER THE VILLAGE'S OWN CODES PAGE. The Village's Current Village Building Codes page, under Building and Zoning, says "Current Village Building Codes in Glen Carbon can be accessed using the links below" and lists the "2018 International Residential Code," the "2018 International Building Code (IBC)," the "2018 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC)," the "Illinois Energy Conservation Code: Commercial & Residential" and the "2017 NEC." The page does not say whether the Village has amended those codes. The Village Code is published by an outside code host, which this record did not read, so it does not state whether the Village has amended the IRC's roof provisions.