Building and Zoning

Zoning information for residents living in the City of Lincoln.

 

Building Permits are required for construction of all structures in the City, including:

  • New construction
  • Building additions
  • Alterations to structures
  • Roofing
  • Utility structures, such as garages, storage sheds, pools, fences, etc.
  • Satellite receiver antennas
  • Siding
  • Remodeling
  • Signs
  • Change of use or occupancy
  • Demolition of structures or portions thereof.
  • Repair and/or replacement of structural members.

 

Permits are "not" required for ordinary repairs to structures, but such repairs shall not include the cutting away any wall, partition or portion thereof, the removal or cutting of any structural beam or bearing support, or the removal or change of any required means
of egress, rearrangement of parts of a structure affecting the exit requirements or other work affecting public health or general safety.

 

Permits are also required for:

  • Excavation of any street, alley or other public property.
  • Sewer taps.
  • Driveways (new or enlargement of existing).

 

Permit applications may be obtained from the Code Enforcement Office in City Hall or below.  Phone 217-732-6318.

 

 

Zoning Office Definitions

 

 

When Building Permits are Required

 

 

PROCEDURES:

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf  Zoning Ordinance Variation Procedure (pdf)

 

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf  Special Use Petition Procedures (pdf)

 

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf  Rezoning Petition Procedures (pdf)

 

 

 

 

FORMS:

 

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf Application Procedure for Building Permit (pdf)

 

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf Basic Permit (pdf)

 

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf Building Permit Fee Schedule (pdf)

 

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf  Building Permit Info for Constructing Deck (pdf)

  

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf Demolition Permit Application (pdf)

 

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf Fence Permit Application (pdf)

  

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf  Roofing Permit Application (pdf)

 

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf Sewer Tap-Dumpster Bond-Surface Break (pdf)

 

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf  Siding Permit Application (pdf)

 

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf  Sign Permit Application (pdf)

 

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf Single Family Dwellings and Structures Permit Application (pdf)

 

Special Use Petition Procedures.pdf  Specification Sheet (pdf)

 

 

If you have any questions please contact the Zoning Office.

 

 

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

Information is available on the following sites:
Logan County Current Statistics

Memorial Health System  - Includes daily statistics for MHS and a COVID-19 Risk Screening

Local Business Resources
Logan County Department of Public Health
Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

 

Contact Building and Safety

Wes Woodhall

Wes Woodhall

emailBuilding and Safety Office
313 Limit Street
Lincoln, IL 62656

telephone(217)732-6318

(217)732-2145

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Contact Information

 

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City Hall
700 Broadway Street
Lincoln, Illinois 62656

(217)735-2815

 

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