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Adopted code

Village of Melrose Park Building Department

Building permits in the Village of Melrose Park, Illinois, in Cook County, are issued by the Village's Building Department at 1000 N. 25th Avenue; the Village's own notice tells residents to "obtain a building permit from the Building Department" before starting any construction project. The Illinois Capital Development Board says "The State has not adopted a building code for repairs to existing single family residences," so Melrose Park's roofing rules are its own: the Village's All Applicable Codes sheet lists the 2021 International Residential Code. This listing covers the office's contact details, the Village's own statements on code and contractor licensing, and the rules state law sets for every Illinois roofer.

Jurisdiction
Village of Melrose Park, Illinois
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
1000 N. 25th Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60160
Contact
  • url: https://www.melrosepark.org/before-performing-a-new-construction-or-remodeling-project-in-melrose-park-read-following/
  • phone: 708-343-4000 ext. 4470
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 VILLAGE CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE ON TOP OF THE STATE LICENSE. The Village's Building Department notice says all contractors performing work must obtain a contractor's license with the Village, that "registration does not replace building permits or other required information," and that "General contractors are responsible to assure that all their sub-contractors are licensed in Melrose Park. Failure to do so may result in citations, fines and work stoppage on site."
Permit process note
A PERMIT BEFORE ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, WITH ROUGH AND FINAL INSPECTIONS, IN THE VILLAGE'S OWN WORDS. The Village's notice, dated March 6, 2023, says "before starting any construction project; obtain a building permit from the Building Department" and "Rough and final inspections are to be performed to make sure work is being performed to code." It directs questions to the Building Department at 1000 N. 25th Ave. or "(708) 343-4000, Ext. 4470." The notice does not name roof replacement specifically.
Adopted code
THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, PER THE VILLAGE'S OWN CODES SHEET. The Village's Building Department notice links a one-page sheet headed Village of Melrose Park All Applicable Codes, which lists the IRC, described as the one and two family dwelling code (nationally recognized model code), at the 2021 edition, along with the 2021 International Building Code, the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code, the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code, the 2014 State of Illinois plumbing code and the 2018 Chicago electric code. The sheet is a scanned image dated by its file path to September 2023, and it gives no adopting ordinance number, date or amendments. The Village's Municipal Code was not read for this record, so it does not state whether the Village has amended the IRC's roof provisions, and the Village's pages read here do 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 Melrose Park 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: Melrose Park, IL

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

Yes.

What building code does Melrose Park, IL use?

THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, PER THE VILLAGE'S OWN CODES SHEET. The Village's Building Department notice links a one-page sheet headed Village of Melrose Park All Applicable Codes, which lists the IRC, described as the one and two family dwelling code (nationally recognized model code), at the 2021 edition, along with the 2021 International Building Code, the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code, the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code, the 2014 State of Illinois plumbing code and the 2018 Chicago electric code. The sheet is a scanned image dated by its file path to September 2023, and it gives no adopting ordinance number, date or amendments. The Village's Municipal Code was not read for this record, so it does not state whether the Village has amended the IRC's roof provisions, and the Village's pages read here do not say whether a roof replacement needs a permit.