Madison County, Illinois · St. Louis metro
Metal buildings in Edwardsville, IL.
Garages, shops, machine sheds and barndominium shells across the Metro East, from Edwardsville and Glen Carbon out to the farm ground of central Madison County.
Building code
2021 IBC
Garage or shed permit
Any size
Maximum height
15 ft
From the house
10 ft min.
City of Edwardsville accessory building rules. Unincorporated Madison County works differently.
What people build around Edwardsville
In-town lots set tight limits. Past the city limits, Madison County is grain farms and acreage.
Garages on city lots
Shaped by the 15-foot height cap and the rear-yard limit.
Acreage shops
Unfinished and under sixty feet wide, tubular steel is usually the answer.
Machine sheds
Grain-farm equipment storage. Red iron past eighty feet or for combine doors.
Barndominium shells
Steel truss. Drywall attaches to the frame, so there’s no second wall to build.
We also work in cold-formed steel. See what a steel building costs.
Permitting in Edwardsville and Madison County
Illinois has no statewide residential building code, so each city and county sets its own. Across the river, the rules work differently than in Missouri.
Inside Edwardsville
- 2021 IBC, plus the Illinois plumbing, energy and accessibility codes
- Permit for every garage or shed, regardless of size
- Public Works · 200 E. Park St · (618) 692-7535
Size, placement & inspection
- 15 ft maximum height
- 5 ft from side and rear lines, 10 ft from the house
- No more than 30% of the required rear yard
- Footings inspected with rebar in place before the pour
Farm buildings in Illinois
- State law exempts agricultural buildings from county building codes and permit fees
- Floodplain rules and road setbacks still apply
- Counties may still want an application on file
Inside Edwardsville, check the height before you pick a door. A 15-foot cap rules out a lot of RV and equipment buildings on city lots. Outside the city, unincorporated Madison County permits through its own office, and we confirm what your parcel needs before drawings are produced.
Talk to us about your Edwardsville project
Start with the address, the size you have in mind and what the door has to clear. Our St. Louis office works the Illinois side of the metro.
Vantage Buildings St. Louis
314-536-8688
STL@vantagebuildings.com
We also serve Glen Carbon, Troy, Maryville, Highland, Alton and Collinsville. See Waterloo or the St. Louis metro.
Tell us what you’re building.
Dimensions, use, and the address are enough to start.