Home Owners

• Funding resource guide for accessible modifications 
  
• Accessibility Compliance - Site Inspections 
  
• Additional Dwelling Units (ADU) Ordinance 
  
• Alley Pothole 
  
• Black Garbage Carts 
  
• Building Code Violation Enforcement Process 
  
• Building Permit Application Status 
  
• Building Permit Review for Accessibility 
  
• COVID-19 Vaccine Social Story 
  
• Calculate the Cost of a Building Permit 
  
• Check Status of Garbage Cart Service Request 
  
• Chicago Construction Codes 
  
• City of Chicago Photography 
  
• Community Service Center Locations 
  
• Contractor License Lookup 
  
• Cooling Areas 
  
• Dead Animal Pick Up, Rodent Control 
  
• Dead or Damaged Trees 
  
• Demolition (Wrecking) Permits 
  
• Determinations 
  
• Division and Sanitation Offices 
  
• Emerald Ash Borer 
  
• Enforcement-Related Follow-up Inspections  
  
• Express Permit Program 
  
• File a Complaint About A City Licensed Contractor 
  
• Garage, Yard & Apartment Sale Permit, Sanitation 
  
• Garbage Collection 
  
• Graffiti Removal Program 
  
• Graffiti Removal Services 
  
• Green Homes Chicago 
  
• Grid Garbage Collection 
  
• Holiday Garbage Schedule 
  
• Home Modification Program 
  
• Housing Resources Guide 
  
• Information on Delinquent Accounts 
  
• Landmark Permit Review 
  
• Lead Hazard Home Inspection 
  
• Lead Hazard Home Inspection 
  
• Low Water Pressure 
  
• Missing/Damaged Stop Sign 
  
• Mosquito-Borne Diseases 
  
• MyDec - Real Property Transfer Tax 
  
• Open or Damaged Hydrant 
  
• Outside the City of Chicago - Lost Pet 
  
• Pay Utility Bill 
  
• Permit-Related Building Inspections 
  
• Permits for Solar and Other Green Technologies 
  
• Pothole in the Street 
  
• Preliminary Plan Review 
  
• Private Drain Repair 
  
• Rats in Chicago 
  
• Real Property Transfer Tax Refund - Seniors 
  
• Recycling Block Captain 
  
• Refuse Containers or Garbage Carts 
  
• Rental Subsidy Programs 
  
• Request Alley Lights 
  
• Residential Garbage Collection 
  
• Rodent Baiting 
  
• Sanitation Violations 
  
• Search Building Department Records 
  
• Self-Certification Permit Program 
  
• Sewer Cleaning Inspection 
  
• Sewer Permits 
  
• Shared Cost Sidewalk Program 
  
• Site Clean-Up & Hazardous Material Disposal 
  
• Standard Plan Review Permit Program 
  
• State and Federal Resources 
  
• Street Sweeping 2024 
  
• Support for Job Seekers 
  
• Tax Increment Financing - Neighborhood Improvement Program (TIF - NIP) 
  
• To Nominate Tree of the Year 
  
• Tree Debris Removal 
  
• Tree Insects; Pests 
  
• Tree Planting 
  
• Tree Trimming 
  
• Utility Billing Relief Program 
  
• Utility Charge Exemptions & Rebates 
  
• Vacant Buildings 
  
• Vacant Lot Cleanup 
  
• Viaduct Lighting; Repair Viaduct Lighting 
  
• Visit City Hall 
  
• Water Service Permits 
  
• Water in Basement 
  
• Weed Cutting/ Weed Removal 
  
• When is a Building Permit NOT Required? 
  
• Winter Resources 
  
• Wood Chips - Forestry