Kankakee County, IL Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

Section 105-72 puts the duty to request an inspection on the owner or agent: the county must be told a building is ready for inspection 'before concealing or moving to the next step of construction,' whether that is closing up framing, burying a sewer line, or hiding wiring behind drywall. Once the request comes in, the code enforcement officer has five working days to inspect the work. If it meets the chapter's requirements, the officer signs and dates the inspection sheet and posts an approval notice at the job site, where it stays visible under Section 105-73's placard requirement.

The officer is not limited to requested inspections; Section 105-72(b) lets the officer inspect the project at any point during or after the work to confirm continued compliance, and Section 105-72(c) gives the officer authority to enter the building, structure, or premises at any reasonable hour to enforce the chapter. Before a permit is even issued, the officer may inspect the site and any existing structures for which the application was filed under Section 105-72(d). Reinspections carry their own cost: Section 105-71(c) charges an additional inspection fee, set in the Section 18-1 fee schedule, once a scheduled inspection and the first reinspection have both been marked unsatisfactory, and that fee must be paid before any further inspection is performed.