Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections surround the city's compact downtown area – the Loop.
Your local county recorder or assessor's office will permit you to access public maps of your street, on which you can locate your property's boundary lines. In many counties in the Chicagoland area, including Cook County and Du Page County, you can access property maps online.
How Do I Find My Property Line? Review Your Property Deed. Review Your Property's Survey Plan. Search for Boundary Markers. Hire a Professional Surveyor. Talk to Your Neighbours. Prioritize Open and Respectful Communication. Consider a Boundary Line Agreement. Confirm Your Legal Obligations and Property Line.
To confirm the zoning status of a specific location, call the Business Call Center at 312-74-GOBIZ (744.6249) or visit the Chicago Small Business Center (SBC). The SBC offers walk-in consultations from Monday through Friday, am - pm at 121 N. LaSalle Street, Room 800.
Request a Survey Chicago Guarantee Survey Company: 312-986-9445. Gremley and Biedermann, Inc.: 773-685-5102. James Schaeffer and Schimming, Inc.: 847-885-3322.
Your local county recorder or assessor's office will permit you to access public maps of your street, on which you can locate your property's boundary lines. In many counties in the Chicagoland area, including Cook County and Du Page County, you can access property maps online.
Similar to residential properties, surveyors must respect trespass laws. They also need to obtain necessary permissions unless they are acting under a legal easement or for public interest projects.
The plat of survey can be found with the mortgage papers that you received from your lender when you closed on your property. If you do not have your plat of survey with these papers, please call your lender to have them send you a copy.
Hire a licensed land surveyor The most accurate way to know where your land begins and ends is to hire a surveyor to determine your property lines. The property surveyor will first check county records to understand the history of the lot.