Round Lake Beach Roof Permits and Inspections

Is a permit required?

Yes for roof work in the village. The building permits page lists Roof as its own residential permit, priced at $50, in the same document list as siding, decks, and the other residential applications. Roof is also named in the over-the-counter group. The page does not describe roofing as permit-exempt.

The guide is for houses in Round Lake Beach. Round Lake, Round Lake Park, Round Lake Heights, Hainesville, Lake Villa, Fox Lake, and the other places on the service area page have their own authorities. This page does not quote their fees. If you are unsure which village the house is in, say so on the form. A wrong village is the wrong permit.

Fee: $50, inspections included

The residential roof permit is listed at $50. The inspections section says the cost of required inspections is included as part of the permit fee. Additional fees apply when an inspection is canceled, missed, failed, or skipped. The fee table lists per each re-inspection at $30, cancellation within 24 hours of a scheduled inspection at $25, working without proper inspections at $100, and working without a permit at $250. The inspection bullets say the fee for missed inspections is $100 per occurrence.

Siding is a separate line at $50. Do not add the siding fee to a roof-only job unless siding is in the scope. These are village listings, not a contractor’s price. The roof work itself is priced on the cost guide from national and Chicago-region sources, each labeled. Prices vary. A free estimate gives the real number.

Over the counter in 24–48 hours when complete

The village says over-the-counter applications generally take 24–48 hours for approval if all information is provided. It names roof, siding, furnace replacement, air-conditioner replacement, and sewer repair as the permits best submitted through the online portal. The direct link it prints for the municipal home is BSA Online.

Other residential reviews are described separately as about 7–10 business days, and longer if information is missing. Do not apply the 7–10 day line to a complete roof permit, and do not apply the 24–48 hour line to a project the village did not put in the over-the-counter list. Commercial reviews are a different timeframe and are not this guide.

The village asks applicants to fill out the permit application even if they also apply online, and to submit it as an attachment, because the application includes a guideline. Questions and permit requests go to the address the page publishes: RESIDENTIALPERMITTING@roundlakebeachil.gov. That is the village’s permitting mailbox, not the mailbox for this website. This site’s address is estimates@roundlakebeachroofing.com.

Who applies

An owner can apply, and a contractor can apply. When the contractor is the applicant, the village says it still has to verify the owner’s authorization with a signed contract or a signed permit application. If the homeowner’s signature is missing, the application is held until the signature is acquired.

Put that in the written scope before work is scheduled. A replacement estimate should say who pulls the permit and whether the $50 fee is inside the price. You should see your own name or signature where the village asks for owner authorization. A free estimate does not itself apply for the permit.

Contractor registration

The village says all contractors doing work in Round Lake Beach must register. The table lists a contractor registration fee of $50, a certificate of insurance and a bond of $10,000, and a copy of the license for those who hold a trade license. The same table says plumbing and fire-alarm contractors are excluded from the registration fee and from the bond line.

Registrations expire April 30. The page says registration and permit applications will be denied if a contractor is not in good standing, and that missing inspections on repeated occasions may cause a company to be banned from working in the village. Bonds and contractor registration fees were not available for online payment at the time the page was re-opened; the page says payment for those is not on the online payment link.

How to check: ask the roofer for the registration and then confirm it with the village using the permitting email on the village page, or the BSA contractor portal the page links. This website cannot look up a registration for you. It also does not publish a license number of its own. Round Lake Beach Roofing takes estimate requests. It does not claim to be a registered contractor.

Inspections

All permits require one or more inspections. The village says it is the applicant’s responsibility to call the village to schedule them. This guide does not print the village hall phone number. Use the building permits page, which tells the applicant to schedule, or email the inspection request to the permitting address the village prints.

Inspections must be scheduled with 48 business hours of advance notice. The time frames are 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., and 12:15 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Someone must be ready at the start of the window. The village says inspectors will not wait while work is finished, and a re-inspection fee applies. The email format the page asks for is a subject line with the property address and the words inspection request, and a body that names the address, the inspection type, and the date and time frame.

Continuing work without scheduling the inspection can lead to the village requiring work to be opened up so it can be seen. The missed-inspection fee is $100 per occurrence. The page tells people to call JULIE before any digging. A typical roof replacement does not involve digging; the line is on the same page and matters if the job does.

Penalties

Working without a permit is listed at $250. Working without proper inspections is listed at $100. A missed inspection is $100 per occurrence. A failed inspection that has to be seen again is a $30 re-inspection. Canceling within 24 hours of the scheduled inspection is $25. Replacing a permit card is listed at $5.

The page also says a permit may be denied if the application is incomplete, the drawings do not meet village codes, the property has open invoices, liens, or code violations, or the contractor is not in good standing. Those are reasons to fix the paperwork before the tear-off is on the calendar, not after the dumpster arrives.

Permit lasts 90 days

Permits are good for 90 days from the date issued. They may be extended once, for another 90 days, for $10. The village describes that first extension as automatic. A second and final extension needs special approval and is allowed only if the applicant has made substantial progress. After expiration, a new application and a new application fee are required.

A roof that slips past 90 days because of weather or a failed inspection should be talked through before the permit lapses. The $10 extension is cheaper than starting the application over. The written estimate should say who watches that date.

Questions to ask a roofer

Ask who submits the Round Lake Beach application, and whether you will sign it. Ask for the registration that expires April 30, the insurance certificate, and the bond the village describes. Ask which inspection they will schedule, and which of the three daily windows they expect. Ask whether the $50 permit is in the contract price.

Ask what happens if the deck needs repair after tear-off, and whether an overlay was assumed. Those scope questions are on the replacement page. Price questions that cite Angi, Fixr, This Old House, or the Chicago Cost vs. Value report belong on the cost guide. Bring both to the form if you want the estimate and the permit handled as one written scope.