Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Village of Coal Valley, Illinois

Village of Coal Valley’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  New buildings, additions and residential work inside Coal Valley village limits

  • Permits are required for the listed work; construction may proceed after the permit is issued and must follow approved plans.
  • Separate permits are required for electrical, plumbing and heating or air conditioning.

  “permits are required for the following: new buildings additions (bedrooms, bathroom, family rooms, etc.)”

• Building code adoptedAdopted

  New construction and remodeling inside Coal Valley village limits

  • Village page lists 2018 International Building Code, 2018 International Mechanical Code, 2018 International Property Maintenance Code, 2014 Illinois State Plumbing Code and 2017 National Electrical Code as currently adopted.

  adopted building code: 2018 International Building Code

  “below are the currently adopted codes: 2018 international building code 2018 international mechanical code 2018 international property maintenance code 2014 illinois state plumbing code 2017 national electric code”

• InspectionsRequired

  Work performed under a Coal Valley village building permit

  • Inspections are scheduled with the building inspection department; the number of inspections is set by the building inspector for each project.

  “the village of coal valley inspectors will inspect the work to ensure that it is being performed in accordance with the plans submitted and with applicable codes.”

• Certificate of occupancyRequired

  Building projects permitted by Coal Valley village

  • Issued when construction is complete and code compliance is determined by the building official.

  “no structure shall be used, occupied or furnished before a certificate of occupancy has been issued by building/inspections.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Coal Valley village limits. The village code refers to its own zoning ordinance and zoning enforcement officers, so the village administers zoning. The zoning ordinance text itself was not opened in this research pass.

  • The village zoning ordinance is referenced in the code of ordinances, but its district and dimensional text was not retrieved; see zoning_districts and dimensional claims (unknown).

  “for the purpose of this ordinance, all definitions defined herein are in addition to all definitions in the village of coal valley zoning ordinance.”

• Off-grid sanitationLimited

  Sewage disposal on property inside Coal Valley village

  • Privies, privy vaults, septic tanks and cesspools are unlawful except as the code provides.
  • Where no public sanitary sewer is available, the building sewer goes to a private system approved by the Rock Island or Henry county health department.
  • Owner must operate and maintain the private system at its own expense.

  “the owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a safe, healthful and sanitary manner at all times, and at no expense to the village.”

• Permit feesPublished (with conditions)

  Building permits issued by Coal Valley village

  • The building permit page links a permit fee schedule; the schedule's amounts were not opened and are not recorded here.

  “permit fee schedule - scroll for additional fee schedules”

Rules another office applies inside Village of Coal Valley

Village of Coal Valley does not set these itself; the county, a health district or the state does, and they apply to every address inside its limits.

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Properties inside Coal Valley village where no public sanitary sewer is available. The village code sends private sewage disposal to the Rock Island and Henry county health departments.

  • Applies only where a public sanitary sewer is not available.
  • The village code does not itself set the private system standards; it defers to the Rock Island or Henry county departments of public health and state law.

  “where a public sanitary sewer is not available, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with all requirements imposed by the rock island or henry counties' departments of public health.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Village of Coal Valley or Rock Island County directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder construction inside Coal Valley village
• Zoning districts — Zoning districts of Coal Valley village
• Minimum dwelling size — Single-family dwellings inside Coal Valley village (main residential district)
• Minimum lot size — Single-family residential lots inside Coal Valley village (main residential district)
• Setbacks — Principal buildings inside Coal Valley village (main residential district)

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.