Permitting Authorities / Caledonia Charter Township - Building Department
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Charter Township of Caledonia, MI?
Adopted code
Caledonia Charter Township - Building Department
Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Charter Township of Caledonia, MI, issued by Caledonia Charter Township - Building Department. In Caledonia Charter Township a reroof is permit work with its own worksheet. The Building Department's Building Permit Submittal Requirements list "ROOFING/SIDING" and ask for a signed Building Permit Application, a signed "Residential Roofing/Siding Worksheet" and a registered contractor or a Contractor Registration Form with a copy of the active license. The worksheet (revised 10/2021) asks for the type of covering, approximate squares, roof pitch, underlayment, ice barrier, "# Of layers currently on roof", "Will you be tearing off?" and ventilation type, and says "An inspection will be required during installation." and "Any structural changes or replacing sheathing will require additional drawings detailing location and specifications." The Building Department page says "The role of the Building Department is to determine if a building permit is required and if so, to issue the necessary permits." and "Permit applications can be submitted by mail, fax, in person, or via email"; it also says "You can now apply and pay online for your electrical, mechanical, and plumbing permits but not for Building permits." and, once a permit is approved, payment is by cash, check or credit card. The Fee Information page lists cemetery fees only, and no building permit fee schedule was found on the township's pages. The township's Frequently Asked Questions page says the Michigan Residential Code requires a permit "when one intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or structure" and "Section 105.1 lists a long description of the repairs that do not require a permit." The office is at 8196 Broadmoor Avenue SE, Caledonia, MI 49316, 616-891-0442, open Monday through Thursday 8 am to 4 pm and Friday 8 am to Noon. The Village of Caledonia is listed separately by LARA and is not covered by this office.
Roof code checklist: Charter Township of Caledonia, MI
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Jurisdiction
Charter Township of Caledonia, Michigan
Address
8196 Broadmoor Avenue SE, Caledonia, MI 49316
Contact
- url: https://www.caledoniatownship.org/198/Building-Department
- phone: 616-891-0442
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
- state_level: Michigan licenses residential maintenance and alteration contractors under the Occupational Code, and that licence "includes the following crafts and trades" among which it names roofing (MCL 339.2404(3)); "A person shall not engage in or attempt to engage in the practice of an occupation regulated under this act" without the licence (MCL 339.601(1)). MCL 339.2403 lists who may work without one, including a project whose "aggregate contract price for the labor, material, and any other items for the undertaking or project is less than $600.00". This record does not decide whether a given roofer falls inside an exemption.
- city_level: Caledonia Charter Township registers contractors: its Contractor Registration Form says "As of August 15, 1994, Caledonia Township will require registration of all contractors working in the township." and "Only registered, licensed contractors can obtain permits.", and asks for a copy of the licensee's active license. The form states no registration fee.
Permit process note
In Caledonia Charter Township a reroof is permit work with its own worksheet. The Building Department's Building Permit Submittal Requirements list "ROOFING/SIDING" and ask for a signed Building Permit Application, a signed "Residential Roofing/Siding Worksheet" and a registered contractor or a Contractor Registration Form with a copy of the active license. The worksheet (revised 10/2021) asks for the type of covering, approximate squares, roof pitch, underlayment, ice barrier, "# Of layers currently on roof", "Will you be tearing off?" and ventilation type, and says "An inspection will be required during installation." and "Any structural changes or replacing sheathing will require additional drawings detailing location and specifications." The Building Department page says "The role of the Building Department is to determine if a building permit is required and if so, to issue the necessary permits." and "Permit applications can be submitted by mail, fax, in person, or via email"; it also says "You can now apply and pay online for your electrical, mechanical, and plumbing permits but not for Building permits." and, once a permit is approved, payment is by cash, check or credit card. The Fee Information page lists cemetery fees only, and no building permit fee schedule was found on the township's pages. The township's Frequently Asked Questions page says the Michigan Residential Code requires a permit "when one intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or structure" and "Section 105.1 lists a long description of the repairs that do not require a permit." The office is at 8196 Broadmoor Avenue SE, Caledonia, MI 49316, 616-891-0442, open Monday through Thursday 8 am to 4 pm and Friday 8 am to Noon. The Village of Caledonia is listed separately by LARA and is not covered by this office.
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 Caledonia as its own building code enforcer. The township's Michigan Building, Mechanical and Plumbing Codes Ordinance (Ord. No. 01-01) says the township "adopts by reference and elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Michigan Building, Mechanical and Plumbing Codes, being Rule 408.30001, et. seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code, as amended from time to time", and names no edition. The Building Department's Frequently Asked Questions page says the "2015 Michigan Residential Code" applies to "all one and two family homes and their accessory".
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). The township's Compiled General Ordinances and the Building Department's pages and forms 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). The township's Compiled General Ordinances and the Building Department's pages and forms were read for a local rule and state nothing further on ice barrier beyond an "Ice barrier" line on the Residential Roofing/Siding Worksheet.
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." The township's Compiled General Ordinances and the Building Department's pages and forms were read for a local rule and state nothing further on impact resistance.
Repair permit threshold
Caledonia Charter Township treats roof work as its own permit category. Its Building Permit Submittal Requirements list "ROOFING/SIDING" as a category and ask for a signed Building Permit Application and a signed "Residential Roofing/Siding Worksheet", and the worksheet says "Please complete and submit this form with your BUILDING permit application". The pages and forms read publish no size, square or cost point below which a reroof needs no permit. The state part: Michigan's construction code act says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure" and does not define ordinary repairs; the township has published nothing applying that relief to roof work.
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, the township's own building ordinance, its Michigan Building, Mechanical and Plumbing Codes Ordinance (Ord. No. 01-01), was read in full, and the township's Compiled General Ordinances were searched for roof and shingle: they adopt the state codes by reference, name the building inspector as the building official, set fees by resolution and contain no reroofing provision, and nothing in them amends Section R908. The township's Residential Roofing/Siding Worksheet asks for the number of layers currently on the roof and states no layer limit.
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). The township's Compiled General Ordinances and the Building Department's pages and forms were read for a local rule and state nothing further on roof sheathing; the Residential Roofing/Siding Worksheet notes that "replacing sheathing will require additional drawings detailing location and specifications."
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 Caledonia Charter Township Building Department pages changes this.
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The Caledonia Charter Township Building Department, at the township offices at 8196 Broadmoor Avenue SE in Caledonia, issues building permits, reviews them with the township's planning, zoning, utilities and fire departments, and inspects construction. It has a Residential Roofing/Siding Worksheet that goes with a roofing permit application. The Village of Caledonia enforces its own code and is not covered. Michigan applies one residential code statewide, so the roofing rules below are state law.
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