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Street Occupancy

Applicable Codes:
City of Wheaton Municipal Code Section 58-9 through 58-14

Please submit the following information:

  1. Traffic Control & Safety Plan (Collector, Arterial, and Central Business Area Streets)
    Provide (2) two copies of a proposed Traffic Control & Safety Measures Plan for the Street, Alley, or City right-of-way to be used as the staging area. The plan must include the following information:
    1. The plan shall identify roads, sidewalks, parking spaces, and similar features on either a plat of survey, aerial photo, or site plan;
    2. Identify locations of equipment, scaffolding, cranes, dumpsters, material storage, truck staging, and similar; and
    3. Provide a traffic control plan that identifies the proposed safety measures to be used, such as, but not limited to barricades, safety fencing, caution tape, temporary signage, flagmen, lane closures, handicap accessible walkway, etc.
  2. Work Schedule
    Submit (1) one copy of the proposed work schedule that identifies the anticipated start and completion dates of the project.
  3. Insurance
    Submit a Certificate of Insurance for each contractor and subcontractor that will be working on City property. The City of Wheaton must be named as either “additional insured” or “co-insured” on all Certificates.

Significant Code Requirements

  1. Sec. 58-9. Street Occupancy Permit
    1. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, store or erect on a street or alley right-of-way any building materials, tools, equipment, supplies, or scaffolding for the use in any building or structure or for any building or structure being erected, altered, repaired or demolished without having first obtained a street occupancy permit from the Engineering department.
    2. Prior to the granting of any street occupancy permit, the applicant shall file with the city a certificate of insurance to indemnify the city against the cost of any litigation or damage in case of injury or damage suffered as a result of the street occupancy. The certificate of insurance required in this section shall be in accordance with section 58-8.
  2. Sec. 58-10. Same – Deposit
    1. Upon the issuance of a permit to occupy any area within a street or alley right-of-way, a deposit shall be made in accordance with the schedule of fees established by the city council and on file in the office of the city clerk.
    2. The deposit required by this section may be used by the city to defray any expense incurred by the city in placing barricades if the work is not properly protected and in making any required restoration not made by the permit holder on being notified by the city.
    3. Refunds - Any portion of the deposit required by subsection (a) of this section that has not been used as provided in subsection (b) of this section shall be returned to the permit holder.
  3. Sec. 58-11. Same – Time limit
    1. Permission to occupy any roadway, parkway, or sidewalk space of any street or alley for the purposes of building is intended only for necessary use in connection with the actual erection, repair, alteration, wrecking, or removal of buildings and shall terminate with the completion of such operation.
  4. Sec. 58-12. Same – Not to impair movement of traffic or create a traffic hazard
    1. The occupancy of any street, parkway, or sidewalk space shall in no case be such as to impair the movement of traffic or obstruct the vision so as to create a traffic hazard, in the opinion of the city traffic engineer. No permit shall be issued for a street occupancy that, in the opinion of the city traffic engineer, would impair the movement of traffic or obstruct vision so as to create a traffic hazard.
  5. Sec. 58-13. Erection of temporary sidewalks
    1. If it is necessary to block a sidewalk in order to complete the work for which a permit has been issued under the provisions of this chapter, a temporary walk shall be constructed and maintained to provide safe pedestrian movement.
  6. Sec. 58-14. Barricades and warning signs – Use of
    1. Any person doing any permitted work within any street or alley right-of-way within the city shall maintain sufficient and suitable signs, barricades, and lights designed to warn the public against hazards created by the permitted work being done or to prevent damage to any such work. Traffic control for work permitted in accordance with this chapter shall be in accordance with the requirements of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways of the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Inspections

The required inspections will be determined based on the scope of work and the complexity of the right-of-way occupancy. The Engineering Department will inform you of what inspections are required at the time of permit approval.

To apply for a permit

Maintstar - h2.maintstar.co/wheaton/portal/#/

Contractor Registration Requirements:

Webpage - www.wheaton.il.us/890/Contractor-Registration-Requirements

Websites

Contact Us

City of Wheaton Building & Code Enforcement Department
Address: 303 W. Wesley Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
Phone Calls:
Questions regarding this information: 630-260-2050
Business hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Fax: 630-260-2195

Revised 6/12/2025