When the Village of Carol Stream issues a building permit, the Village Engineer can require the applicant to post security under Village Code § 12-3-17 guaranteeing that any public improvement — pipes, drainage structures, pavement, curbs, gutters, street lights, fire hydrants, and similar infrastructure in a public street, road, or easement — that is injured, damaged, or destroyed during the permitted construction will be repaired or replaced. Premiums cost 3% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, after a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
















Public improvement preservation bonds are standard development-security filings. Enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and file with the Village. Here is the whole thing:
Your development details, the bond amount the Village Engineer set, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Most preservation bonds clear quickly on the soft pull, which never affects your score — pricing is 3% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Larger developments may get a brief review.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Village's Engineering Department as part of your development or public improvement acceptance package. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
When a person applies to the Community Development Department for a building permit, Village Code § 12-3-17 lets the Village Engineer require a bond or other security guaranteeing that the applicant will repair or replace any pipes, drainage structures, pavement, curbs, gutters, street lights, fire hydrants, or other public improvements in a street, road, highway, or easement owned, dedicated, or granted to the Village that is injured, damaged, or destroyed during the construction work the permit authorizes.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Carol Stream (the obligee), with the Village's public infrastructure as the protected interest. If your permitted construction damages a covered public improvement, the Village can draw on the bond, and you repay the surety — it is not insurance for you.
There is no single citywide amount — the Village Engineer sets the bond figure based on the possible damage to public property inherent in the type of construction or work sought in your permit application. Enter the amount shown on your building permit review; we price the bond at 3% of that figure, $100 minimum, after a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. The pull never affects your score, and your price — from a $100 minimum — is set at application.
Start the application →From $100, soft pull only. Enter the amount the Village Engineer set and file with Engineering the same day.