Village of Lemont

Cook County, Illinois

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Lemont is a jurisdiction in Cook County, Illinois, with an online portal for searching and pulling active or historical building permits. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Contact

Phone: 630-257-2229
Email: permits@lemont.il.us
Department Site: Community Development Department / Building Department (opens in a new tab)

Source: lemont.il.us (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

Village of Lemont OpenGov Citizen Portal (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Village of Lemont, Community Development Department
14600 127th Street
Lemont, IL 60439

Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Additional Notes

The Village's own official domain (lemont.il.us) returned HTTP 403 to automated fetches during this research, so these details are drawn from consistent search-engine-indexed snippets of that same official domain across multiple independent queries (matching address, phone, and email each time). General Village Hall (separate from the Building Dept.) is at 418 Main Street, 630-257-1550. A 24/7 drop box for permits/payments is noted at 416 Main Street. Recommend a manual visit to lemont.il.us to reconfirm before relying on this for outreach.

What You Need Before Applying for a Permit

Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Village of Lemont's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.

Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.

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