Schaumburg, IL Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)
Key Facts
- Inspecting official
- Director of community development or designee
- Records retention
- At least 2 years after completion if scanned
- Re-inspection fee triggers
- Premature, incomplete, or repeat-violation inspections
- Private inspectors
- Accepted only with written certification
- Public records access
- Posted office hours, written consent to remove
Summary
The director of community development, acting as Schaumburg's building official, must examine every permitted job site and inspect the work for code compliance and safe construction under Village Code § 153.03.3. Re-inspections triggered by incomplete or repeat violations carry a separate fee under § 153.03.5.1.
The duties of the building official, which will be undertaken by the director of community development, or an authorized designee, shall be as follows:...(c)To examine premises for which permits have been issued and make necessary inspections to see that the provisions of law are complied with and that construction is undertaken safely;...(j)To make inspections required under the provisions of this code. Note: The community development director, or an authorized designee, may accept reports by recognized inspection services, after verification of their qualifications and reliability. No certificate called for by any provision of the building code shall be issued relying on such reports, unless the report is in writing and is certified by an officer of such service.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56 Update 1 | Policy Manual: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
3 assigns the building official's inspection duties to the director of community development or an authorized designee, who must examine premises for which permits have issued, make the inspections necessary to confirm the work complies with the code, and confirm construction is undertaken safely. The official may accept reports from a recognized private inspection service only after verifying its qualifications, and only if an officer of that service certifies the report in writing; no certificate the code calls for may rely on an uncertified report.
The official must keep comprehensive records of every application, permit, certificate, inspection, report, and notice, along with the plans and blueprints for the structure, and those paper files may be destroyed no sooner than two years after the building is complete if they have been scanned or microfilmed. The records stay open to public inspection during posted office hours, though removing a record from the office requires the director's written consent. 01, onto a contractor, builder, or owner whenever an inspection is requested too early, work isn't ready when the inspector arrives, a possible code violation triggers a follow-up visit, or the same contractor has left a similar violation uncorrected at another property under their control.
Violations & Fines
Failing to have work inspected as required, or ignoring the building official's orders, exposes the owner, contractor, or builder to a fine under the general penalty in § 10.99 of the Code, applied under § 153.99. The village attorney may separately sue to stop, correct, or undo an unlawful construction, alteration, conversion, or occupancy uncovered during inspection, independent of any fine already assessed.
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