Permitting Authorities / Clinton Township (Lenawee County) - Building Department
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Township of Clinton, MI?
Adopted code
Clinton Township (Lenawee County) - Building Department
Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Township of Clinton, MI, issued by Clinton Township (Lenawee County) - Building Department. In Clinton Township a reroof is a priced permit type: the Building Department fee list effective 12/11/2024 charges $180.00 for "Roofs, Siding & Windows" and $250.00 for "Structural Changes related to roofs, windows, siding, etc.", plus a $75.00 administrative fee for zoning and ordinance review, $60.00 for each additional inspection and $50.00 if work starts without a permit. The township's Building Permit Application says "If a contractor is making application, a copy of the signed contract or a letter from the homeowner stating that you are authorized to do this work must accompany this application." Permits become void if work is not started within six months or is suspended or abandoned for six months, and to schedule an inspection the applicant calls the Building Inspector at 517-456-4837. The township asks contractors for a registration: its Contractor Registration form says "The Contractor Registration fee of $25.00 is good for two years from the date of registration." The application says "If there are any questions call the Township office Monday, Wednesday or Friday between the hours of 9:00 am and 12:00 pm.".
Roof code checklist: Township of Clinton, MI
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Jurisdiction
Township of Clinton, Lenawee County, Michigan
Address
172 W. Michigan Avenue, Clinton, MI 49236
Contact
- url: https://twpofclinton.com/contact-us
- phone: 517-456-4837
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
In Clinton Township a reroof is a priced permit type: the Building Department fee list effective 12/11/2024 charges $180.00 for "Roofs, Siding & Windows" and $250.00 for "Structural Changes related to roofs, windows, siding, etc.", plus a $75.00 administrative fee for zoning and ordinance review, $60.00 for each additional inspection and $50.00 if work starts without a permit. The township's Building Permit Application says "If a contractor is making application, a copy of the signed contract or a letter from the homeowner stating that you are authorized to do this work must accompany this application." Permits become void if work is not started within six months or is suspended or abandoned for six months, and to schedule an inspection the applicant calls the Building Inspector at 517-456-4837. The township asks contractors for a registration: its Contractor Registration form says "The Contractor Registration fee of $25.00 is good for two years from the date of registration." The application says "If there are any questions call the Township office Monday, Wednesday or Friday between the hours of 9:00 am and 12:00 pm."
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 Clinton in Lenawee County as its own building code enforcer. The township's Flood Plain Management Provisions of the State Construction Code ordinance, adopted April 8, 2019, names the Michigan Residential Code's Table R301.2(1) and no edition, and the Building Department's fee list and permit application name no code edition. The township's Zoning Ordinance No. 1 is posted as an image-only PDF that could not be text-searched and was not read for this record; this record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above.
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 flood plain management ordinance, Building Department fee list and permit application were read for a local rule and state nothing further on drip edge; the Zoning Ordinance No. 1 was not read.
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 flood plain management ordinance, Building Department fee list and permit application were read for a local rule and state nothing further on ice barrier; the Zoning Ordinance No. 1 was not read.
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 flood plain management ordinance, Building Department fee list and permit application were read for a local rule and state nothing further on impact resistance; the Zoning Ordinance No. 1 was not read.
Repair permit threshold
Clinton Township's Building Department fee list, effective 12/11/2024, has a roofing line: "Roofs, Siding & Windows" at $180.00, and a separate line "Structural Changes related to roofs, windows, siding, etc." at $250.00. The Building Department publishes no exemption or size threshold for a reroof on its fee list, permit application or contact page. 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.
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." The township's ordinance list was checked: the flood plain management ordinance and the blight elimination ordinance were read and contain no reroofing provision, but the Zoning Ordinance No. 1 is posted only as an image-only PDF that could not be text-searched and was not read, so no classification is declared for local amendments to Section R908. The Building Department's fee list and permit application state no layer rule.
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 flood plain management ordinance, Building Department fee list and permit application were read for a local rule and state nothing further on roof sheathing; the Zoning Ordinance No. 1 was not read.
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 Clinton Township fee list or permit application changes this.
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Clinton Township's Building Department, at the township hall at 172 W. Michigan Avenue in Clinton (Lenawee County), issues building permits for the township, with a building inspector and separate electrical and mechanical/plumbing inspectors, and the State of Michigan's jurisdiction list names the Township of Clinton as its own building code enforcer. Its Building Department fee list effective December 11, 2024 prices roofs, siding and windows at $180.00. Michigan's single state construction code applies, and for houses that is the 2015 Michigan Residential Code.
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