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Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Creve Coeur, MO?
Adopted code
City of Creve Coeur - Building Division
No, Creve Coeur, MO does not require a permit for like-for-like roof replacement (City of Creve Coeur - Building Division). The City's "Re-Roofing in the City of Creve Coeur" sheet states: "Permits are not required for single-family residential re-roofing projects. However, these projects are still required to be completed in compliance with the current building code." It adds that if a re-roofing project "involves replacement or repair of roof structural members (truss, rafter, bracing, beams) then a building permit is required," and that "Replacing damaged roof sheathing with new sheathing of the same thickness does not trigger the need for a building permit." Commercial re-roofing, including multi-story condominium and apartment buildings, needs a permit.
Roof code checklist: Creve Coeur, MO
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Jurisdiction
City of Creve Coeur, Missouri
Address
300 N. New Ballas Rd., Creve Coeur, MO 63141
Contact
- url: https://www.crevecoeurmo.gov/68/Building-Division
- phone: 314-872-2500
Roofing permit required
Not required
Permit process note
The City's "Re-Roofing in the City of Creve Coeur" sheet states: "Permits are not required for single-family residential re-roofing projects. However, these projects are still required to be completed in compliance with the current building code." It adds that if a re-roofing project "involves replacement or repair of roof structural members (truss, rafter, bracing, beams) then a building permit is required," and that "Replacing damaged roof sheathing with new sheathing of the same thickness does not trigger the need for a building permit." Commercial re-roofing, including multi-story condominium and apartment buildings, needs a permit.
Adopted code
The City's Building Code page lists the "2021 International Residential Code for One and Two-Family Dwellings - Enforced by the Creve Coeur Building Division" and states that "The 2021 Codes listed below shall become effective on April 1, 2025." Ordinance No. 5931 (Bill No. 6149, adopted March 10, 2025, effective April 1, 2025) revises Chapter 500 of the City Code; its Exhibit A, Section 500.420, adopts the "International Residential Code For One- And Two-Family Dwellings, 2021, Eighth Edition" as the Residential Code of the City, with the amendments in Article VI (Sections 500.420 through 500.880).
Drip edge
Required — Drip edge is required at eaves and rake edges of shingle roofs (IRC R905.2.8.5). The City adopted the 2021 International Residential Code via Ordinance No. 5931 (Creve Coeur City Code Chapter 500, Article VI, Sections 500.420 through 500.880); that instrument, read in full, does not amend R905.2.8.5 (its Chapter 9 amendments, Section 500.530, touch only R903.4.1 and add R908.7 Roof ventilation), so the code's drip-edge requirement stands as enacted local law. The City's re-roofing sheet also states: "Metal drip edge is required by code section R 905.2.8 at the eaves and rake edges of shingle roofs."
About drip edgeIce & water shield
Required — Table R301.2(1), Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria, as amended in Section 500.470 of the Creve Coeur City Code (Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 5931, adopting the 2021 International Residential Code), enters "YES" in the Ice Barrier Underlayment Required column. The City's re-roofing sheet repeats it: "Ice and water shield (ice barrier) is required by Table R 301.2 (1) and code section R 905.1.2."
About ice & water barrierMid-roof inspection
Not required — The City's re-roofing sheet states: "There are no inspections required for residential re-roofing projects that qualify for "permit not required." However, a city inspector may make random inspections to verify code compliance."
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — Article VI of Chapter 500 of the Creve Coeur City Code (Sections 500.420 through 500.880, adopting the 2021 International Residential Code with local amendments, as revised by Ordinance No. 5931), read in full in the ordinance's Exhibit A, contains no impact-resistance requirement for roof coverings: "UL 2218", "Class 4", "impact" and "hail" each occur zero times in the whole exhibit.
Wind design criteria
Table R301.2(1), Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria, as amended in Section 500.470 of the Creve Coeur City Code (Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 5931): wind speed "Vult=107" and "Vasd=89" mph; topographic effects NO; seismic design category C; ground snow load 20 psf.
Roof layer limit / recover
Base-code rule, read at 2021 International Residential Code Section R908.3.1.1, Roof recover not allowed, and quoted here rather than left behind the ICC paywall: a roof recover "shall not be permitted" where "the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering." One existing layer may be recovered; a second existing layer means a tear-off to the deck. Creve Coeur's Chapter 9 amendments (City Code Section 500.530) leave that recover rule as written but add a new section inside the reroofing section: "R908.7 Roof ventilation. Roof replacement requires roof ventilation to comply with Section R806." The City's re-roofing sheet states: "A maximum of 2 layers of roofing can be on any roof structure."
Sales & use tax
Creve Coeur's combined sales tax rate is 8.988% (use tax 5.475%), jurisdiction code 17272-189-000, per the Missouri Department of Revenue's Jurisdiction and Total Rate Database for the fourth quarter of 2026. The same table lists 3 smaller rate areas inside the city where special taxing districts (community improvement, fire protection and transportation development districts among them) add tax, at a combined sales rate of 9.988% to 10.488%. Missouri's own state rate is 4.225%; the rest is local. For a re-roof, 12 CSR 10-112.010(1) provides that "a contractor is the final user and consumer of the materials and supplies used and consumed in fulfilling a construction contract and which become part of a completed real property improvement," so the roofer pays tax when it buys the materials. Under 12 CSR 10-112.010(2)(A), "In general, title passes after installation is complete," and where title passes after attachment the contractor "does not collect tax on its transfer of ownership or title of the item."
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The Building Division issues building permits in the City of Creve Coeur, Missouri (St. Louis County), from 300 N. New Ballas Rd. The City enforces the 2021 International Residential Code, adopted by Ordinance No. 5931 effective April 1, 2025. This listing covers the office's contact details and the local sales tax rate, and the code facts quoted below; it does not cover every local permit rule.
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