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Building & Life Safety Department
New Online Permitting Citizen Self-Service Portal Available
The Village's Citizen Self-Service Portal provides users with a robust user interface and helpful tools, including a user profile that will allow submitters to track their permit process in real time, schedule inspections, upload documents, and communicate with staff.
Find helpful information and instructional videos designed to assist you in setting up your portal and navigating through the permitting process here: www.vah.com/myportal.
The Village's Citizen Self-Service Portal provides users with a robust user interface and helpful tools, including a user profile that will allow submitters to track their permit process in real time, schedule inspections, upload documents, and communicate with staff.
Find helpful information and instructional videos designed to assist you in setting up your portal and navigating through the permitting process here: www.vah.com/myportal.
About the Building & Life Safety Department
The Building & Life Safety Department's goal is to ensure that structures built in Arlington Heights are safe, including businesses, homes, and other general structures such as a garage, fencing, or decks. This is pursued through maintaining of the Building Codes, careful review of construction documents in advance of permit issuance and thorough inspections at various stages of a project's progression. Building & Life Safety staff also conduct inspections prior to a business opening, and periodically thereafter, to ensure fire and life safety requirements are properly maintained. Staff also follows up on Code concerns brought to our attention by residents and business operators alike.
Learn more about Home Repair Construction from the Illinois Attorney General's website.
Accreditation
In 2023, the Village of Arlington Heights Building & Life Safety Department became the first in Illinois to be accredited by the International Accreditation Service. The Department was awarded the IAS Recognition for quality, permitting, plan review, inspection, and Property Maintenance Code enforcement services.
Electronic Permit Submittal Requirements
The Village is requiring all initial submittals for building permits to be done electronically. All commercial building, industrial building, or multi-family building projects must include plans that are developed, signed and sealed by a licensed architect.
The Building & Life Safety Department's goal is to ensure that structures built in Arlington Heights are safe, including businesses, homes, and other general structures such as a garage, fencing, or decks. This is pursued through maintaining of the Building Codes, careful review of construction documents in advance of permit issuance and thorough inspections at various stages of a project's progression. Building & Life Safety staff also conduct inspections prior to a business opening, and periodically thereafter, to ensure fire and life safety requirements are properly maintained. Staff also follows up on Code concerns brought to our attention by residents and business operators alike.
Learn more about Home Repair Construction from the Illinois Attorney General's website.
Accreditation
In 2023, the Village of Arlington Heights Building & Life Safety Department became the first in Illinois to be accredited by the International Accreditation Service. The Department was awarded the IAS Recognition for quality, permitting, plan review, inspection, and Property Maintenance Code enforcement services. Electronic Permit Submittal Requirements
The Village is requiring all initial submittals for building permits to be done electronically. All commercial building, industrial building, or multi-family building projects must include plans that are developed, signed and sealed by a licensed architect.
Building & Life Safety
View our list of codes historically adopted by the Village of Arlington Heights to govern construction activities within the Village.
The Building & Life Safety Department requires mandatory inspections while work is in progress to ensure that construction complies with approved plans and Code regulations. Inspections are scheduled for the morning or the afternoon, but not at specific times.
See Inspections Page
See Inspections Page
The Building & Life Safety Department is open from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday; however, the Department opens at 9:30 a.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month.
Construction Hours in the Village of Arlington Heights
Construction is permitted on Monday - Friday between 7 a.m. - 7 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday between 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
To report a concern about construction activities taking place during the Department's business hours, please call Building & Life Safety at 847-368-5560. To report a concern outside of the Department's normal business hours, please call 9-1-1.
Construction Hours in the Village of Arlington Heights
Construction is permitted on Monday - Friday between 7 a.m. - 7 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday between 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
To report a concern about construction activities taking place during the Department's business hours, please call Building & Life Safety at 847-368-5560. To report a concern outside of the Department's normal business hours, please call 9-1-1.