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City of Hickory Hills Building Department

Building permits in the City of Hickory Hills, Illinois, in Cook County, are handled by the City's Building Department at 8652 West 95th Street. The Illinois Capital Development Board says "The State has not adopted a building code for repairs to existing single family residences," so Hickory Hills's roofing rules are its own: the City's Codes page posts the cover of Ordinance No. 26-06, which adopts the 2024 International Residential Code, while other City pages still name older editions. 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 Hickory Hills, Illinois
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
8652 West 95th Street, Hickory Hills, IL 60457
Contact
  • url: https://hickoryhillsil.org/city-departments/building-department/
  • phone: 708-237-4140
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 LICENSE ON TOP OF THE STATE LICENSE. The City's Forms and Permits page says "All contractor licenses shall be issued for a period of one year which shall begin on January 1 and which shall terminate on December 31 of that year," lists a "Contractor License Fee $100.00. NO BOND REQUIRED," and says "Roofing contractors must submit a copy of their State of Illinois roofing contractor license."
Permit process note
The Building Department's page says "Building permits for all new construction, remodeling or new additions, and other repair work are issued after the review of blueprints and site plan." The City's building permit application form has a line for the roofing contractor beside the general, carpentry and other trades. Neither names roof replacement in terms, so this listing does not state a yes or no answer for a re-roof. The Chapter 24 text the City posts adds that "The additional fee for commencing work without obtaining the necessary permits shall be $50 per day measured from the time that work began until the required permits are obtained." The page also says "All construction sites must have a dumpster" and sets construction hours of Monday through Saturday, 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Adopted code
THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, PER THE TITLE OF ORDINANCE NO. 26-06; THE CITY'S OWN PAGES DO NOT AGREE ON THE EDITION. The City's Codes page links "Ordinance 26.06," of which it posts only the cover page, titled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HICKORY HILLS ADOPTING THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE" with the Illinois Plumbing Code, the 2024 International Fire Code, the Chicago Electrical Code and the Illinois Energy Conservation Code. The posted cover gives no adoption date and none of the ordinance's text. The City's Forms and Permits page still says "The city of Hickory Hills has adopted the 2021 International Building Code, as published by the International Code Council, Inc.," and the Chapter 24 text the City posts as "Building Codes - Part 1," marked February 2018 Supplement, adopts the "2015 International Residential Code" with City amendments. This listing did not read the amendments that go with the 2024 adoption, so it does not state whether the City has amended the IRC's roof provisions. The City's codified code is hosted on a third-party code library that this listing did not read.
Sales & use tax
Illinois taxes the roofer, not the job, and the operative rate is not keyed to the Hickory Hills 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: Hickory Hills, IL

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

Yes.

What building code does Hickory Hills, IL use?

THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, PER THE TITLE OF ORDINANCE NO. 26-06; THE CITY'S OWN PAGES DO NOT AGREE ON THE EDITION. The City's Codes page links "Ordinance 26.06," of which it posts only the cover page, titled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HICKORY HILLS ADOPTING THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE" with the Illinois Plumbing Code, the 2024 International Fire Code, the Chicago Electrical Code and the Illinois Energy Conservation Code. The posted cover gives no adoption date and none of the ordinance's text. The City's Forms and Permits page still says "The city of Hickory Hills has adopted the 2021 International Building Code, as published by the International Code Council, Inc.," and the Chapter 24 text the City posts as "Building Codes - Part 1," marked February 2018 Supplement, adopts the "2015 International Residential Code" with City amendments. This listing did not read the amendments that go with the 2024 adoption, so it does not state whether the City has amended the IRC's roof provisions. The City's codified code is hosted on a third-party code library that this listing did not read.