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Adopted code

City of Woodstock Building & Code Enforcement Division

Building permits in the City of Woodstock, Illinois, in McHenry County, are handled by the Building and Code Enforcement Division of the Development Services Department's Building & Planning office at City Hall, 121 W. Calhoun Street. The Illinois Capital Development Board says "The State has not adopted a building code for repairs to existing single family residences," so Woodstock's roofing rules are its own: the City's Adopted Building Codes page lists the 2021 International Residential Code with amendments. 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 Woodstock, Illinois
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
121 W. Calhoun Street, 1st Floor, Woodstock, IL 60098
Contact
  • url: https://www.woodstockil.gov/159/Development-Services---Building-Planning
  • phone: 815-338-4305
Permit portal
Permit portal
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
NO CITY CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION, BUT A ROOFER FILES A COPY OF THE STATE LICENSE WITH THE PERMIT APPLICATION. The City's Building Permits and Inspections page says "A building permit is required before starting most types of building construction, demolition, rehabilitation and repair work in the City of Woodstock," and that "Contractors do not need to be licensed or registered by the City of Woodstock in order to do work in the City. However, electricians, plumbers and roofers doing work in the City must provide a copy of their license and a letter of intent with a building permit application." The page does not name roof replacement in a list of permitted or exempt work, and it recommends contacting Building & Planning before starting a project.
Adopted code
THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE WITH CITY AMENDMENTS, PER THE CITY'S OWN CODES PAGE. The City's Adopted Building Codes page says "The City of Woodstock has adopted the following Building Codes" and lists "2021 International Residential Code (with amendments)," "2021 International Building Code (with amendments)," "2021 International Existing Building Code" and "Illinois Energy Conservation Code, Current Edition." The page adds: "All adopted Code amendments are found in Title 7, Building Regulations, of the Woodstock City Code." This record did not read Title 7, 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 Woodstock 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: Woodstock, IL

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

Yes.

What building code does Woodstock, IL use?

THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE WITH CITY AMENDMENTS, PER THE CITY'S OWN CODES PAGE. The City's Adopted Building Codes page says "The City of Woodstock has adopted the following Building Codes" and lists "2021 International Residential Code (with amendments)," "2021 International Building Code (with amendments)," "2021 International Existing Building Code" and "Illinois Energy Conservation Code, Current Edition." The page adds: "All adopted Code amendments are found in Title 7, Building Regulations, of the Woodstock City Code." This record did not read Title 7, so it does not state whether the City has amended the IRC's roof provisions.