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Asbestos Abatement Contractor Registration

All asbestos abatement contractors working in suburban and unincorporated Cook County must be registered with the Cook County Department of...

Asbestos Abatement Permitting

Environmental Control

An asbestos abatement permit is required by the County of Cook Department of Environmental Control to ensure the safe abatement and removal of...

Brownfield Redevelopment

Environmental Control

What is a Brownfield?

Brownfields are abandoned or under-used industrial and commercial properties with actual or perceived contamination...

Building Permit Requirements

Building and Zoning

Building Permit Requirement Guidelines

All permits must now be submitted in digital format....

Building Permits

Building and Zoning

Building Permit Application

All work, other than ordinary repairs subject to provisions of Section 102-105.3 of the Cook County Building...

Business Occupancy

Building and Zoning

Business Occupancy

A building shall not be constructed or occupied, an existing building shall not be expanded or otherwise altered or...

Buy Land Bank Property

Land Bank Authority

The Cook County Land Bank Authority (CCLBA) is accepts pre-qualification applications from individuals and organization who are interested in...

Connecting Cook County - Long Range Transportation Plan

Transportation and Highways

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Construction/ Maintenance Permits

Transportation and Highways

Construction/Maintenance Permits

IMPORTANT NOTICE All permit applicants will be required to...

Contractor Registration

Building and Zoning

New Contractor Registration

All contractors performing work in unincorporated Cook County are required to register with the Department of...

Cook County Conserves

Bureau of Asset Management

Cook County has invested $44.2 million in building improvement projects through guaranteed energy performance contracting...

Demolition Permitting

Environmental Control

A permit is required by the Cook County Department of Environmental Control when deconstructing, destroying, razing, tearing down, wrecking or...

Disaster Recovery and Resilience - CDBG-DR

Planning and Development

Disaster Recovery

DPD was awarded Federal Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding related...

Donate or Convey Land to the Land Bank Authority

Land Bank Authority

The Cook County Land Bank Authority (CCLBA) is accepting pre-qualification applications from individuals and organizations who are interested in...

E-Permits

Building and Zoning

Electronic Permits-Apply Online!

The Department of Building and Zoning is launching a new service for the residents and businesses...

Equipment Registration Permitting - Environmental Control

Environmental Control

Equipment Registration applications (see "Download" sidebar) must be submitted for the installation of air pollution sources such as combustion (...

Multi Dwelling Units

Building and Zoning

Multi Dwelling Registration

Any building that has more than four residential units including condominiums (...

No Cash Bid (NCB) Program

Planning and Development

The Cook County No Cash Bid (NCB) Program is an economic development tool designed to assist municipalities, and other taxing districts, in...

Payments

Building and Zoning

Online Payment Service

The Deparment of Building and Zoning is now accepting payments for many of its services.

Please make sure...

Transportation - Projects

Transportation and Highways

Quentin Road Phase 1 Study

Dundee Road to Lake Cook Road...

Vacant Building Ordinance

Building and Zoning

Cook County Vacant Building Ordinance

On-line Registration of Property

If I own a vacant building in...

Violations

Building and Zoning

Violation Processing

Properties within unincorporated Cook County Property, when found to be in violation of the following:

Zoning Ordinance Administration

Building and Zoning

Zoning Ordinance Administration

Administration of the zoning ordinance shall be exercised through a person in the...