Palatine, IL Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

Village Code § 8-19, Minimum standards, lists eleven codes the village adopts by reference, and item (7) is the Illinois Plumbing Code, latest edition, alongside the International Residential Code, International Building Code, and National Electrical Code adopted in the same section. Section 8-20 defines who administers these adopted codes, providing that wherever the article and the adopted codes refer to the building official, that means the community development director or a designee, so plumbing permit review in Palatine runs through that office rather than a separate plumbing department.

Because plumbing is not a standalone permit type in the code, a plumbing installation is priced and processed through the general building permit fee schedule in section 8-22, which sets plan examination and permit fees by estimated valuation of work and requires a minimum inspection fee for every new building or remodeling project. Palatine's water conservation rule in section 8-27 layers onto the adopted plumbing code, requiring that new plumbing fixtures and irrigation controllers installed after the ordinance's effective date bear the WaterSense label under 17 Ill.

Adm. Code 3730.307 and the Illinois Plumbing Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 890), where labeled fixtures are available. That makes plumbing compliance in Palatine a combination of the adopted state plumbing code's technical standards and the village's own fixture-labeling and fee requirements layered on top.