Permitting Authorities / Township of Aurelius - Building Department
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Township of Aurelius, MI?
Adopted code
Township of Aurelius - Building Department
No, Township of Aurelius, MI does not require a permit for like-for-like roof replacement (Township of Aurelius - Building Department). The township's no-permit line for re-shingling carries three conditions about the work: two layers or less, no roof boards or rafters replaced, and no change in shape. Its Building, Planning, & Zoning page, read October 12, 2026, answers "What does not require a permit?" with "No Permit is required for the following:" and "RE-SHINGLING: Provided two layers or less, and no roof boards or rafters are being replaced, or any change in shape." The page states that line only for work that meets those conditions. The township's own code names no roof work either way: Chapter 6 of its Code of Ordinances designates the enforcing agency, enforces Appendix G of the Michigan Building Code, sets fees by resolution and regulates private driveways, and it adopts no local amendment to the permit section of the residential code. The state's general permit rule is "before construction of a building or structure, the owner, or the owner's builder, architect, engineer, or agent, shall submit an application in writing to the appropriate enforcing agency for a building permit." The same section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs; the township's no-permit line is the department's stated practice, and this record does not decide whether it is the department's reading of that relief. The township's fee schedule, revised December 2025, prices a building permit at "$0.30 per sq. ft. of living space" with a "($200.00 minimum fee)" and has no roofing line. The page lists a Building Inspector, Electrical Inspector, Mechanical Inspector, Plumbing Inspector and Site Inspector, and says "Payments may be made by check or cash during office hours, by mail or by using the 24/7 drop box next to the office door." The township office, 1939 S. Aurelius Road in Mason, is open "Tuesday - Friday, 10:00AM - 3:00PM" and answers at 517-628-2093.
Roof code checklist: Township of Aurelius, MI
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Jurisdiction
Township of Aurelius, Ingham County, Michigan
Address
1939 S. Aurelius Road, Mason, MI 48854
Contact
- url: https://www.aureliustwp.org/building-planning-zoning/
- phone: 517-628-2093
Roofing permit required
Not required
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
The township's no-permit line for re-shingling carries three conditions about the work: two layers or less, no roof boards or rafters replaced, and no change in shape. Its Building, Planning, & Zoning page, read October 12, 2026, answers "What does not require a permit?" with "No Permit is required for the following:" and "RE-SHINGLING: Provided two layers or less, and no roof boards or rafters are being replaced, or any change in shape." The page states that line only for work that meets those conditions. The township's own code names no roof work either way: Chapter 6 of its Code of Ordinances designates the enforcing agency, enforces Appendix G of the Michigan Building Code, sets fees by resolution and regulates private driveways, and it adopts no local amendment to the permit section of the residential code. The state's general permit rule is "before construction of a building or structure, the owner, or the owner's builder, architect, engineer, or agent, shall submit an application in writing to the appropriate enforcing agency for a building permit." The same section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs; the township's no-permit line is the department's stated practice, and this record does not decide whether it is the department's reading of that relief. The township's fee schedule, revised December 2025, prices a building permit at "$0.30 per sq. ft. of living space" with a "($200.00 minimum fee)" and has no roofing line. The page lists a Building Inspector, Electrical Inspector, Mechanical Inspector, Plumbing Inspector and Site Inspector, and says "Payments may be made by check or cash during office hours, by mail or by using the 24/7 drop box next to the office door." The township office, 1939 S. Aurelius Road in Mason, is open "Tuesday - Friday, 10:00AM - 3:00PM" and answers at 517-628-2093.
Adopted code
2015 Michigan Residential Code. This is state law and it is the same in every Michigan city, village, township and county: the state construction code act says "This act and the code apply throughout the state," and the Michigan Residential Code rule adopts "the international residential code, 2015 edition" with the state amendments in R 408.30500 to R 408.30547g. A 2021 edition was filed with the secretary of state in 2025 but has not taken effect. On July 7, 2025 the Michigan Court of Claims entered a stipulated order in Home Builders Assoc et al. v LARA et al., and the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) says that while that order remains in place "the 2015 versions of the IRC and residential provisions of the IECC standards currently adopted, in part, by each rule set will remain valid and in effect." LARA's Statewide Jurisdiction List names the Township of Aurelius, in Ingham County, as its own building code enforcer. Section 6-1 of the township's Code of Ordinances designates the township supervisor as the enforcing agency, provides that "Appendix G of the Michigan Building Code shall be enforced by the enforcing agency within the Township of Aurelius" and refers to Table R301.2(1) of the Michigan Residential Code for flood hazards, and Section 6-31 designates an official of the township; none of them names a code edition. The township's Building, Planning, & Zoning page and its building permit packet name no residential code edition.
Drip edge
Required — Required on asphalt shingle roofs by state law. Michigan makes no amendment to the drip edge rule of the 2015 International Residential Code, Section R905.2.8.5, which applies as published: "A drip edge shall be provided at eaves and rake edges of shingle roofs." Segments overlap by at least 2 inches, the drip edge extends at least 1/4 inch below the roof sheathing and at least 2 inches back onto the deck, it is fastened at no more than 12 inches on center, and underlayment goes over it at the eaves and under it at the rakes. A reroof is held to the same rule, because "Materials and methods of application used for re-covering or replacing an existing roof covering shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 9" (R908.1). Chapter 6 of the Aurelius Township Code of Ordinances (Buildings and Building Regulations), the township's Building, Planning, & Zoning page and its building permit packet were read for a local rule and state nothing further on drip edge.
About drip edgeIce & water shield
Required — Required everywhere in Michigan by state law. Michigan fills in the climatic design table of the 2015 code once for the whole state (Rule 516, Table R301.2(1)), and its ice barrier underlayment column reads Yes. The state footnote calls for Yes "for areas where the average daily temperature in January is 25 degrees Fahrenheit" or less, or where ice damming has caused damage. The base code then requires an ice barrier "for asphalt shingles, metal roof shingles, mineral-surfaced roll roofing, slate and slate-type shingles, wood shingles and wood shakes," running "from the lowest edges of all roof surfaces to a point not less than 24 inches (610 mm) inside the exterior wall line of the building" (R905.1.2). Detached accessory structures without conditioned floor area are exempt. On a tear-off, an existing ice barrier that is adhered to the deck may stay and be covered with an additional layer (R908.3, Exception). Chapter 6 of the Aurelius Township Code of Ordinances (Buildings and Building Regulations), the township's Building, Planning, & Zoning page and its building permit packet were read for a local rule and state nothing further on ice barrier.
About ice & water barrierImpact-resistant roofing
Not required — No impact-resistance requirement under state law. The 2015 Michigan Residential Code was searched in full and has no hail or impact rating rule for roof coverings: the words hail, impact and UL 2218 do not appear in it, and none of them appears in the roof assemblies chapter of the base 2015 International Residential Code either. Michigan applies one code statewide ("This act and the code apply throughout the state."), and the act gives the power to amend it to the state director, who adopts the model codes "with amendments, additions, or deletions as the director determines appropriate." Chapter 6 of the Aurelius Township Code of Ordinances (Buildings and Building Regulations), the township's Building, Planning, & Zoning page and its building permit packet were read for a local rule and state nothing further on impact resistance.
Repair permit threshold
The Aurelius Township Building, Planning, & Zoning page, read October 12, 2026, answers "What does not require a permit?" with "No Permit is required for the following:" and "RE-SHINGLING: Provided two layers or less, and no roof boards or rafters are being replaced, or any change in shape." The conditions are about the work: the layer count, replaced roof boards or rafters, and a change in the roof's shape. The township's Code of Ordinances names no roof work either way (Chapter 6 was read in full and the rest of the Code was searched), its fee schedule has no roofing line, and the township makes no local amendment to the permit section of the residential code; the no-permit line is the department's stated practice, and this record does not decide whether it is the department's reading of the state's ordinary repairs relief. Under state law: "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure." (MCL 125.1510), without a definition of ordinary repairs, and the general rule is "before construction of a building or structure, the owner, or the owner's builder, architect, engineer, or agent, shall submit an application in writing to the appropriate enforcing agency for a building permit."
Roof layer limit / recover
Two layers at most, under state law. Michigan builds one- and two-family homes to the 2015 Michigan Residential Code, which adopts the 2015 International Residential Code and makes no amendment to its reroofing section, Section R908; the Michigan rule set was searched in full and R908 does not appear in it. The base section therefore applies as the International Code Council publishes it. Section R908.3.1.1 lists the conditions under which a new roof may not be laid over an existing one, and the third is "Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering." One existing layer may be covered once; a roof that already carries two layers is torn off to the deck. The same section also bars covering a roof that is water soaked or too deteriorated to serve as a base, and covering "slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile." Locally, Chapter 6 of the township's Code of Ordinances (Buildings and Building Regulations) was read in full and the rest of the Code, including its zoning chapter, was searched: it has no reroofing provision and amends nothing in Section R908. The township's Building, Planning, & Zoning page states a two-layer condition only for its no-permit line, quoted in the permit fields: "RE-SHINGLING: Provided two layers or less, and no roof boards or rafters are being replaced, or any change in shape." It states no layer rule of its own, and this record does not read that permit condition as changing the state rule above, so no classification is declared here.
Deck & sheathing requirements
State law, from the base code. Michigan makes no amendment to the roof sheathing section of the 2015 International Residential Code, Section R803, which does not appear in the Michigan rule set, so it applies as published. Lumber roof sheathing follows Table R803.1: over rafters or beams 24 inches apart it must be at least 5/8 inch net thick. Wood structural panels must be identified "for grade, bond classification and performance category by a grade mark or certificate of inspection issued by an approved agency," and their spans may not exceed "the values set forth in Table R503.2.1.1(1), or APA E30." For a shingle roof the base code adds that "Asphalt shingles shall be fastened to solidly sheathed decks" (R905.2.1), and on any reroof "The structural roof components shall be capable of supporting the roof covering system" (R908.2). Chapter 6 of the Aurelius Township Code of Ordinances (Buildings and Building Regulations), the township's Building, Planning, & Zoning page and its building permit packet were read for a local rule and state nothing further on roof sheathing. The township's no-permit line for re-shingling applies only where "no roof boards or rafters are being replaced".
Sales & use tax
6%, statewide, with no local add-on. This is state law: the General Sales Tax Act sets the tax "equal to 6% of the gross proceeds of the business," the Use Tax Act sets "a total combined rate equal to 6%," and the Michigan Department of Treasury says "Michigan does not allow city or local units to impose sales tax." On a roofing job the roofer is the taxpayer on materials, because the Use Tax Act counts as a consumer "A person acquiring tangible personal property if engaged in the business of constructing, altering, repairing, or improving the real estate of others." Nothing on the Aurelius Township Building, Planning, & Zoning page changes this.
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The Township of Aurelius, in Ingham County, takes building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permit applications at its township office at 1939 S. Aurelius Road in Mason, and its Building, Planning, & Zoning page lists a building inspector and electrical, mechanical, plumbing and site inspectors. Section 6-1 of the township's Code of Ordinances designates the Aurelius Township Supervisor as the enforcing agency under the state construction code act, and the State of Michigan's jurisdiction list names the Township as its own building code enforcer. Michigan applies one residential code statewide, and for houses that is the 2015 Michigan Residential Code.
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