Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Tinley Park, IL?

Village of Tinley Park, Illinois

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16250 S. Oak Park Ave., Tinley Park, IL 60477

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THE VILLAGE'S CURRENT PAGE AND ITS HOSTED 2022 CODE TEXT POINT DIFFERENT WAYS ON A RE-ROOF PERMIT. The Village's Building Permits page says "The Village of Tinley Park accepts online permit applications on BS&A Online" and, under "Contractors: Apply here for the following projects," lists "Roofing, Siding, HVAC/Furnace, Water Heater, Sewer Repair, Plumbing (does not required plan reviews)." It quotes the Village's Building Code: "A permit shall be obtained before beginning construction, alteration, or repair." The Building Code of the Village of Tinley Park (2022), as the Village hosts it, amends IRC Section R105.2 to read: "Reroofing for Single Family Detached structures are exempt from permit." The Division's page says the code was "Revised and adopted July 20, 2026"; that revision was not read for this record, so this record does not state whether a single-family re-roof needs a permit today. The Building Division's own page tells owners to "check with the Building Department at 708-444-5100 to make sure whether a permit is or is not required." The Village's Permit Fees page says "Permits are usually processed within 7-10 business days" and "Inspection fees are included in the permit cost."

THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, PER THE BUILDING DIVISION'S OWN PAGE; THE HOSTED ADOPTING TEXT IS THE EARLIER 2022 CODE ON THE 2021 IRC. Under "Village of Tinley Park Comprehensive Building Code," the Division's page reads "Revised and adopted July 20, 2026" and lists among its "Current Village Codes" the "Village of Tinley Park Building Codes 2022" and the "2024 International Residential Code for One and Two Family Dwelling including Appendix F." The adopting text the page links is the Building Code of the Village of Tinley Park (2022), which adopts the "International Residential Code (2021), including Appendix F Radon Control Methods" and amends its roof drainage section (R903.4) to require gutters and downspouts "When a building is provided with a basement, or crawl space." The July 20, 2026 revision and any amendments it makes to the 2024 IRC's roof provisions were not read for this record. The Village's Code of Ordinances is hosted off the Village's site and was not read.

Illinois taxes the roofer, not the job, and the operative rate is not keyed to the Tinley 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.