Permitting Authorities / Village of Concord - Building Department
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Concord, MI?
Adopted code
Village of Concord - Building Department
Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Concord, MI, issued by Village of Concord - Building Department. The Village of Concord has published nothing that names roof work either way. Its Permits and Applications page lists a Building Permit, a Zoning Compliance Permit and separate electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits, and its Building Permit form reads "PERMIT TO: (type of improvement)" with "Please call the inspector (not the village) for your final inspection." Ordinance No. 170, adopted February 10, 2026, designates the "Village of Concord Building Department" as the enforcing agency and says the Village "assumes responsibility for the administration and enforcement of the Act and the codes promulgated thereunder throughout its corporate limits." With the village silent on reroofs, the state's general permit rule applies: "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, and the village has published nothing applying that relief to roof work. The village office is at 110 Hanover St., phone (517) 524-8534, and its zoning compliance permit form asks for a diagram of existing and proposed buildings.
Roof code checklist: Concord, MI
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Jurisdiction
Village of Concord, Michigan
Address
110 Hanover St., Concord, MI 49237
Contact
- url: https://villageofconcord.com/permits-applications/
- phone: 517-524-8534
- email: [email protected]
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
The Village of Concord has published nothing that names roof work either way. Its Permits and Applications page lists a Building Permit, a Zoning Compliance Permit and separate electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits, and its Building Permit form reads "PERMIT TO: (type of improvement)" with "Please call the inspector (not the village) for your final inspection." Ordinance No. 170, adopted February 10, 2026, designates the "Village of Concord Building Department" as the enforcing agency and says the Village "assumes responsibility for the administration and enforcement of the Act and the codes promulgated thereunder throughout its corporate limits." With the village silent on reroofs, the state's general permit rule applies: "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, and the village has published nothing applying that relief to roof work. The village office is at 110 Hanover St., phone (517) 524-8534, and its zoning compliance permit form asks for a diagram of existing and proposed buildings.
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 Village of Concord as its own building code enforcer. The village's Ordinance No. 170, adopted February 10, 2026, adopts by reference "the building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical codes promulgated thereunder, as amended to the date of the enactment of this article, as well as all future amendments and revisions" and designates the village Building Department as the enforcing agency; it names no code edition. The village's ordinance index also lists a Mechanical Code Ordinance and a Property Maintenance Code amendment, and no document the village posts that was read for this record names a residential code edition, so 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 Village of Concord's Ordinance No. 170 and Permits and Applications page 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 Village of Concord's Ordinance No. 170 and Permits and Applications page 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." The Village of Concord's Ordinance No. 170 and Permits and Applications page were read for a local rule and state nothing further on impact resistance.
Repair permit threshold
The Village of Concord's Permits and Applications page lists a "Building Permit" and a "Zoning Compliance Permit", and its Building Permit form, which carries the village's phone number and the name of its Building Inspector, asks only for the "type of improvement" and lists inspections at "$100.00 each". The form has no roofing line, and the village page and form state no size, square or dollar point below which roof work needs no permit and do not apply the ordinary repairs relief to roof work. State law requires an application for a building permit "before construction of a building or structure" and also says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure." (MCL 125.1510), without defining ordinary repairs. The village has published nothing on reroofs, so ask the Village of Concord Building Department before you start.
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 village's Ordinance No. 170 and its posted Dangerous Buildings ordinance were read and contain no reroofing provision; the village's ordinance index lists other building instruments, including a zoning ordinance, a mechanical code ordinance and a property maintenance code amendment, whose text the village does not post, so not every local building instrument was read and no classification is set for this record. The Permits and Applications page and the Building Permit form 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 Village of Concord's Ordinance No. 170 and Permits and Applications page were read for a local rule and state nothing further on roof sheathing.
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 Village of Concord's Permits and Applications page changes this.
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The Village of Concord's Building Department, at the village office at 110 Hanover St. in Concord, issues building permits on a village Building Permit form that carries the name of its Building Inspector, and the village also takes a separate zoning compliance permit. Ordinance No. 170, adopted February 10, 2026, designates the village Building Department as the enforcing agency under the state construction code act, and the State of Michigan's jurisdiction list names the Village as its own building code enforcer. Michigan's single state construction code applies, and for houses that is the 2015 Michigan Residential Code.
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