Obtaining a permit in the City of Chicago
Wednesday, August 17th, 2005If anyone reading this has gone through this process, PLEASE feel free to vent in the comments section!
So, you want to do some work on your property in the city of Chicago. Here are the steps outlined to me by our Architect, Alex Demeter for our third floor extension.
1) Meet architect, outline the scope of work
2) Get a survey on your property done, the city of Chicago requires a survey of the property that is not older than six months.
3) Measure building to get existing plans
4) Architect Create existing drawings
5) Architect will create concept drawings
6) Review with client until a final concept is achieved
7) At this point our architect recommends that we hire an expeditor to deal with the city of Chicago
Schedule an intake meeting (when I checked this is at least a month away from the date that you call to ask for one)
9) The Department of Construction and Permits (DCAP) AKA “the City” will generate a list of corrections
10) Architect will make corrections and re-submit to the city
11) The city will review and issue permits
Estimated timeframe – 2-2.5 months, and that is a very aggressive estimate!
That’s all. More on the in-depth of step by step to come…
