Champaign County · Illinois
Metal buildings in Champaign-Urbana, IL.
We supply shops, garages, machine sheds, barndominium shells and more across Champaign, Urbana and Champaign County. Our work reaches from Mahomet and Savoy to the farm ground around Tolono and Rantoul, and anywhere else you’re building. Out in the country, the county requires a Zoning Use Permit for any construction that isn’t for agriculture.
Building in the country
Zoning Use Permit
Farm buildings
Exempt
When it’s built
Compliance certificate
Buying land?
Check the lot
These are Champaign County rules for unincorporated ground. Champaign and Urbana each permit inside their own limits.
What people build around Champaign-Urbana
The twin cities sit in flat, rich farm country. Champaign County treats farming as the best use of its best soils and guards that ground closely.
Garages in town
Champaign and Urbana each set their own rules. We confirm which city permits the lot before sizing the building.
Acreage shops
Tubular steel is usually the answer for an unfinished shop under sixty feet wide.
Machine sheds
Grain farms need room for combines and planters. Red iron takes over past eighty feet or for big doors.
Barndominium shells
Steel truss is the fit here. Drywall attaches to the frame, so there’s no second wall to build.
Permitted commercial work often suits cold-formed steel, with a finished eave standard. See what a steel building costs.
Permitting metal buildings in Champaign-Urbana and Champaign County
Each city permits inside its limits. On unincorporated ground, the Champaign County Department of Planning and Zoning does.
Unincorporated Champaign County
- Any construction or land use in the country needs a Zoning Use Permit, unless it’s for agriculture.
- The county inspects the work and issues a zoning compliance certificate.
- The county also runs its own flood hazard development rules.
- Planning and Zoning is at 1776 East Washington Street in Urbana.
Inside Champaign & Urbana
- Each city permits and inspects inside its own limits.
- We confirm which side of the city line your lot sits on before drawings are produced.
Farm & engineering
- Farm buildings don’t need a Zoning Use Permit.
- Occupied buildings are Risk Category II wherever they sit.
- We run the ASCE 7 hazard tool against your address and provide the drawings your permit needs.
Check the lot before you buy it. Champaign County notes that not every lot for sale in the country is a good zoning lot that can get a Zoning Use Permit. If you’re shopping for acreage to put a shop or barndominium on, send us the parcel before you close and we’ll confirm it can be permitted.
We also serve Mahomet, Savoy, St. Joseph, Tolono, Rantoul and Danville. See Bloomington-Normal, Springfield or all of Illinois.
Start with a conversation
Let’s talk about your Champaign-Urbana project.
Tell us what you’re planning and where you’re building. We’ll help you work out the next steps.
- Tell us what and whereSend us the size, how you’ll use the building and the address.
- We check the siteWe confirm who permits the address and which code and loads apply.
- You get a clear recommendationWe recommend the frame that fits and price it against the alternatives.
Or call
417-218-8348