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City of Crete - Municipal Building Inspector (Department of Public Works)

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Crete, NE, issued by City of Crete - Municipal Building Inspector (Department of Public Works). Permits are filed with the Municipal Building Inspector at City Hall, 243 East 13th Street, Crete, on 402.826.4312; the office is on the first floor and City Hall is open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Forms are downloaded from the City's Building Inspector & Permit Forms page and returned to City Hall. Every application must be in writing and, per the City, include the legal description of the land, the nature of the use or occupancy of the building, dimensions, estimated cost, and the names of owner, architect and contractor. On timing the City says: "Simple permits like a fence or shed usually can be issued immediately. Permits for homes and larger commercial projects need to be reviewed and could take from 1 to 10 days." Valuation is defined on the form as the "Total cost of labor and materials. Property owners providing their own labor would enter material cost times two. The City of Crete may require a copy of an estimate for materials." Inspections are booked on 402-826-4312 extension 6417. Crete uses the Nebraska State Fire Marshal and the Nebraska State Electrical Division for those permits and inspections rather than doing them in-house, and the form warns to call Diggers Hotline Nebraska on 811 before digging or excavating.

Roof code checklist: Crete, NE

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofYesBuilding_Residential_permit_June2...2026-09-05
Repair permit thresholdPublishedBuilding_Residential_permit_June2...2026-09-05
Layer limit / roof-overNot published
Deck & sheathingNot published
Drip edgeNot published
Ice & water shieldNot published
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNot published
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublishedcrete.ne.gov2026-09-05
Contractor license / registrationYesnebraskalegislature.gov2026-09-05
Sales & use taxPublishedslstax_rates_07-01-2026.pdf2026-09-05

Each row comes from the sourced record on this page; full wording is in the table below. "Not published" means no official source for that item was found when the record was last verified.

Jurisdiction
City of Crete, Nebraska
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
243 East 13th Street, Crete, NE 68333
Contact
  • url: http://www.crete.ne.gov/vnews/display.v/SEC/Public%20Works%7CBuilding%20Inspector/Zoning%3E%3EBuilding%20Inspector%27s%20Office%20-%20Permits
  • phone: 402-826-4312
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
  • state_level: STATEWIDE, AND CRETE ASKS FOR THE NUMBER ON THE FORM. Neb. Rev. Stat. 48-2104(1), in the Contractor Registration Act: "Before performing any construction work in Nebraska, a contractor shall be registered with the department." The department is the Nebraska Department of Labor. A roofer is inside the definitions rather than at their edge: "Construction" means "work on real property and annexations, including new work, additions, alterations, reconstruction, installations, and repairs" (48-2103(2)), and "Contractor" means a person or firm "engaged in the business of the construction, alteration, repairing, dismantling, or demolition of buildings ... and every other type of structure" (48-2103(3)). Two exemptions, both in 48-2104(1): a person who performs work, or has work performed, on his or her own property; and "any person who earns less than five thousand dollars annually for construction services." That threshold is annual earnings for construction services, not the value of one job, so it will rarely reach a working roofer. Crete's own Building Permit Application - Residential has a field reading "Contractor Registration No." in its contractor block, so the number is asked for at the counter.
  • city_level: NO SEPARATE ROOFING LICENCE FOUND, AND THE CITY'S OWN WORDING IS WORTH READING BEFORE YOU RELY ON THAT. Among the forms the Building Inspector's Office publishes - commercial and residential building permits, certificate of zoning compliance, plumbing permit, plumbers licence renewal, mechanical permit, fence permit, sign permit, curb cut, demolition, house moving, mobile home placement, floodplain development, right-of-way, street closure, septic, well and variance - the only trade licence is for plumbers. There is no roofing contractor licence application and no general contractor licence application. But the City's Building Inspector page says this, in terms: "Homeowners and property owners/occupants should make sure contractors working on their property are licensed and additionally licensed (specifically plumbing) to work in the City of Crete, through the Building Inspector's Office. Unlicensed contractors risk being cited and removed from projects." That sentence points at the Building Inspector's Office rather than at a published application, and Crete's codified City Code is on a platform that refuses automated access, so a licensing provision sitting in the code and not repeated on the website would not have been seen. Call the Municipal Building Inspector on 402-826-4312 before the first Crete job and confirm what standing the City wants a roofer to hold. Business registration is separate again and is handled by the City Clerk's Office.
Permit process note
Permits are filed with the Municipal Building Inspector at City Hall, 243 East 13th Street, Crete, on 402.826.4312; the office is on the first floor and City Hall is open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Forms are downloaded from the City's Building Inspector & Permit Forms page and returned to City Hall. Every application must be in writing and, per the City, include the legal description of the land, the nature of the use or occupancy of the building, dimensions, estimated cost, and the names of owner, architect and contractor. On timing the City says: "Simple permits like a fence or shed usually can be issued immediately. Permits for homes and larger commercial projects need to be reviewed and could take from 1 to 10 days." Valuation is defined on the form as the "Total cost of labor and materials. Property owners providing their own labor would enter material cost times two. The City of Crete may require a copy of an estimate for materials." Inspections are booked on 402-826-4312 extension 6417. Crete uses the Nebraska State Fire Marshal and the Nebraska State Electrical Division for those permits and inspections rather than doing them in-house, and the form warns to call Diggers Hotline Nebraska on 811 before digging or excavating.
Inspection requirements
Crete inspects on an open-ended standard rather than a fixed roofing sequence: "The Building Inspector will inspect, as often as necessary, any building which is being constructed, altered, repaired or relocated to determine if the work being done is in conformity with all Municipal building and housing regulations", and the City Building Inspector can write citations for building code violations. The inspection card printed on the back of the City's residential building permit lists the stages the office signs off, and roofing appears there once, as "Roof Venting"; the other entries run through setbacks, footings and rebar, foundation size and rebar, foundation insulation, deck footing, plumbing rough-in and final, gas line test, mechanical rough-in, sealing, fans and vents, combustion air, fireplace, insulation, attic, radon rough-in, sewer and water service, framing, engineered trusses and uplift, treated plate and anchor bolts, headers and portal frame, stairs and hand rails, draft stopping, siding vapor barrier, egress, deck framing, sidewalk and driveway, water meter, electrical rough-in and final, smoke and CO detector, parking and sidewalk, grading and landscaping, address numbers and occupancy. That card is for a whole-building permit; a flat-fee re-roof permit is a different animal, so ask the Building Inspector what he will want to see and when. Framing inspections need a stamped plan and engineered truss drawings and are called once plumbing and mechanical are roughed in.
Adopted code
Crete states its adopted package twice in its own documents, and the two agree on the residential code. Its Building Inspector's Office page reads: "The International Building Code (IBC) 2018, International Residential Code (IRC) 2018, International Property Maintenance Code 2009, Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) 2018 - with Lincoln Amendments, National Electric Code 2014, International Mechanical Code 2018, and National Fire Code (NFPA), as adopted in City Code - City of Crete, are enforced within the city limits of Crete and the two mile zoning jurisdiction." Its Building Permit Application - Residential, the June 2026 revision, states on the form itself: "Work must conform to Adopted Codes - (2018 IBC, 2018 IRC, 2014 NEC, 2018 IMC, 2018 UPC, 2018 IECC) and local amendments." Two things a roofer should take from that. First, Crete is on the 2018 International Residential Code. Second, Crete does not use an ICC plumbing code - it runs the 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code with Lincoln's amendments - and the department page names the 2009 International Property Maintenance Code while the permit form names the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code; each document lists the codes relevant to its own purpose rather than contradicting the other. What this record does NOT establish is Crete's local amendments to the residential code. Both City documents refer to "local amendments" and to the codes "as adopted in City Code", and the City Code is published only on a codification platform whose content endpoints refuse automated requests, so the building chapter has not been read here. Ask the Municipal Building Inspector for Chapter 9, Building Regulations, before relying on a base 2018 IRC roofing provision in Crete.
Repair permit threshold
A residential re-roof in Crete is a $50.00 building permit, priced as its own line on the City's form, and no threshold below which it is not needed appears on any City page or form read for this record. The City states the permit rule broadly: "The City of Crete, Nebraska requires building permits if you plan to construct, erect, enlarge, alter, repair, improve, remove, convert or demolish any building or dwelling", and its Building Inspector FAQ gives replacing a water heater, furnace or air conditioner as examples of how far down that reaches. The City's Building Permit Application - Residential then carries a block headed "Plan Review Fee included in the following building permit fees:" whose first entry is "Residential re-roof" at "$50.00", alongside "Patio, Sidewalk, Driveway" at $50.00 and "Egress Window (per window)" at $65.00. So a re-roof is a flat-fee permit with the plan review already inside it, rather than a valuation-based fee - do not compute it off the general Fee Schedule ladder, which starts at "1.00 to $500 - $25 permit fee" and is for work priced by valuation. Starting first is expensive and the City words the penalty its own way: "The fee for engaging in any activity that requires a permit from the Building Department or Public works Dept. Prior to the application and receipt of such permit shall be 1% of regular fee or $100 which ever is greater." Note that the same form requires separate permits for plumbing, electrical and mechanical work, and that electrical permits are issued by the State Electrical Division rather than by the City. One limit on the negative: Crete's codified City Code is on a platform that refuses automated access, so a code-level list of work exempt from permit has not been read for this record. If a job looks marginal, ask the Building Inspector rather than assuming.
Sales & use tax
7.5% combined (.075) = Nebraska state rate 5.5% + City of Crete local-option rate 2.0%, effective July 1, 2026, per the Nebraska Department of Revenue's Local Sales and Use Tax Rates schedule. Crete sits at the top local-option tier, and it matters here because the City's building inspector also works a two-mile zoning jurisdiction outside the corporate limits: the permit follows the City out there, the sales tax does not. Saline County levies no county sales tax - Dakota County is the only Nebraska county on that schedule with a county rate, and its 0.5% applies only outside a municipality that imposes its own local tax - so a job in the two-mile ring is at the state rate alone unless it falls inside another municipality's boundary. Nebraska's local sales tax is state-administered rather than self-collected by the city, and no separate construction or use tax deposit is taken at building-permit issuance in Crete.

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The permitting authority for the City of Crete, a Saline County city on the Big Blue River about twenty-five miles southwest of Lincoln and home to Doane University. The Municipal Building Inspector sits in the Department of Public Works on the first floor of City Hall and enforces the City's building codes inside the city limits and across the City's two-mile zoning jurisdiction. Crete is unusually straightforward for a roofer: its residential building permit application prices a residential re-roof as a named line item at a flat fee, so there is no argument about whether a re-roof is permitted work or what it costs.

Hail reports near Crete, NE

Reports, last 24 months
5
Largest, last 24 months
2.00 in May 16, 2026
Most recent
Aug 18, 2026 1.00 in
Reports, last 5 years
9
5 most recent reports, last 5 years
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May 16, 20262.00 inunder 1 mi
May 16, 20261.75 in8 mi N
May 16, 20261.50 inunder 1 mi
May 15, 20261.00 in6 mi WNW

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database and daily storm reports (reports since the start of the current year are preliminary), within 10 miles of Crete, NE (Census point). Data through Oct 7, 2026, not updated since. A report is an observation, not a damage record.

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Roofing questions: Crete, NE

Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Crete, NE?

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Crete, NE. A residential re-roof in Crete is a $50.00 building permit, priced as its own line on the City's form, and no threshold below which it is not needed appears on any City page or form read for this record. The City states the permit rule broadly: "The City of Crete, Nebraska requires building permits if you plan to construct, erect, enlarge, alter, repair, improve, remove, convert or demolish any building or dwelling", and its Building Inspector FAQ gives replacing a water heater, furnace or air conditioner as examples of how far down that reaches. The City's Building Permit Application - Residential then carries a block headed "Plan Review Fee included in the following building permit fees:" whose first entry is "Residential re-roof" at "$50.00", alongside "Patio, Sidewalk, Driveway" at $50.00 and "Egress Window (per window)" at $65.00. So a re-roof is a flat-fee permit with the plan review already inside it, rather than a valuation-based fee - do not compute it off the general Fee Schedule ladder, which starts at "1.00 to $500 - $25 permit fee" and is for work priced by valuation. Starting first is expensive and the City words the penalty its own way: "The fee for engaging in any activity that requires a permit from the Building Department or Public works Dept. Prior to the application and receipt of such permit shall be 1% of regular fee or $100 which ever is greater." Note that the same form requires separate permits for plumbing, electrical and mechanical work, and that electrical permits are issued by the State Electrical Division rather than by the City. One limit on the negative: Crete's codified City Code is on a platform that refuses automated access, so a code-level list of work exempt from permit has not been read for this record. If a job looks marginal, ask the Building Inspector rather than assuming.

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Crete, NE?

Yes.

What building code does Crete, NE use?

Crete states its adopted package twice in its own documents, and the two agree on the residential code. Its Building Inspector's Office page reads: "The International Building Code (IBC) 2018, International Residential Code (IRC) 2018, International Property Maintenance Code 2009, Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) 2018 - with Lincoln Amendments, National Electric Code 2014, International Mechanical Code 2018, and National Fire Code (NFPA), as adopted in City Code - City of Crete, are enforced within the city limits of Crete and the two mile zoning jurisdiction." Its Building Permit Application - Residential, the June 2026 revision, states on the form itself: "Work must conform to Adopted Codes - (2018 IBC, 2018 IRC, 2014 NEC, 2018 IMC, 2018 UPC, 2018 IECC) and local amendments." Two things a roofer should take from that. First, Crete is on the 2018 International Residential Code. Second, Crete does not use an ICC plumbing code - it runs the 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code with Lincoln's amendments - and the department page names the 2009 International Property Maintenance Code while the permit form names the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code; each document lists the codes relevant to its own purpose rather than contradicting the other. What this record does NOT establish is Crete's local amendments to the residential code. Both City documents refer to "local amendments" and to the codes "as adopted in City Code", and the City Code is published only on a codification platform whose content endpoints refuse automated requests, so the building chapter has not been read here. Ask the Municipal Building Inspector for Chapter 9, Building Regulations, before relying on a base 2018 IRC roofing provision in Crete.