Peoria, IL Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

Chapter 5, Article XIV governs how a registered rental dwelling gets inspected. Section 5-532(f) requires the landlord/property owner and tenant to jointly inspect the unit before the tenant moves in and at least once every year after that, using a form supplied by the City of Peoria; that form must be produced to the city within 24 hours of a request. Section 5-531(a) lists the interior health and life-safety items a systematic inspection covers: working smoke detectors, handrails on open steps, a properly installed water heater with a temperature-and-pressure relief valve, safe heating facilities, functioning water supply and sewer lines, an electrical panel free of exposed wiring, a working kitchen sink, an operable toilet and bathtub/shower, two means of egress with rescue windows at least 20 by 24 inches, and compliance with the three-unrelated-person occupancy cap.

Owners occupying single-family homes or duplexes, hotels, motels, and government-owned units are exempt under 5-531(b). For city-initiated systematic inspections, Section 5-532(a) requires 15 days' written notice to the owner or agent and the occupant, and that notice must state the occupant's right to refuse and the city's right to seek an administrative search warrant if refused; no inspection of an occupied unit proceeds without tenant consent or a warrant. Proof of registration under Article XIII stands in as a temporary certificate of inspection under 5-533.

Section 5-536 waives the fee for the initial inspection and first reinspection, then charges $100 per unit for every subsequent reinspection. The director of inspections can suspend or revoke a certificate of inspection under 5-538 for uncorrected violations, and an aggrieved owner can appeal to the administrative hearing officer, who must hold a hearing within 45 days under 5-540.