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Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Eaton Rapids, MI?

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City of Eaton Rapids - Building & Zoning Department

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Eaton Rapids, MI, issued by City of Eaton Rapids - Building & Zoning Department. In the City of Eaton Rapids a reroof needs a permit. The Building & Zoning page asks "Do I need a permit to replace or install a new roof on my house/buildings?" and answers "Yes, the installation and roof deck (tear off) need to be inspected for compliance with the code. A maximum of two layers of roofing is permitted." The application lists "Re-Roofing" as a type of job and prices "Roofs (2nd Layer or Tear-off)" at $55.00, plus a $50.00 "Application Fee" and a $55.00 "Inspection" fee, and says "Application fees are non-refundable" and "Permits are only good for 6 (six) months" from issuance or the last inspection. Its fee table lists a "Project Cost Valuation Fee" with no amount, to be set by consulting the Building Official, and the form was read as linked from the city's page, so confirm the current fees with the department. To apply, "please contact the Building Inspector at (517) 237-3799. You can also pick-up a permit at City Hall. Office Hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 - 4:00 p.m." The page says permits can be emailed to the department to be processed and can be paid for at City Hall "with cash, check, or credit/debit card" or through the city's online permit payment link. On licensing, the page says "If the work cost $600.00 or more for labor and materials then State Law requires your contractor to be licensed and insured. It is the contractor's responsibility to obtain the permit(s)." City Hall is at 200 S. Main St., Eaton Rapids, MI 48827, phone 517-663-8118.

Roof code checklist: Eaton Rapids, MI

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofYescityofeatonrapids.gov2026-10-12
Repair permit thresholdPublishedcityofeatonrapids.gov2026-10-12
Layer limit / roof-overPublishedR908.3.1.1codes.iccsafe.org2026-10-12
Deck & sheathingPublishedR905.2.1codes.iccsafe.org2026-10-12
Drip edgeYesR905.2.8.5codes.iccsafe.org2026-10-12
Ice & water shieldYesR905.1.2ars.apps.lara.state.mi.us2026-10-12
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNoars.apps.lara.state.mi.us2026-10-12
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublishedSec. 7-1ars.apps.lara.state.mi.us2026-10-12
Contractor license / registrationYeslegislature.mi.gov2026-10-12
Sales & use taxPublishedlegislature.mi.gov2026-10-12

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 Eaton Rapids, Michigan
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
200 S. Main St., Eaton Rapids, MI 48827
Contact
  • url: https://www.cityofeatonrapids.gov/departments/building-zoning/
  • phone: 517-237-3799
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: The City of Eaton Rapids' Building/Zoning Permit Application says "A copy of your current State License and copy of pictured ID of person named on state license must be on file with the City of Eaton Rapids." and asks for the contractor's Michigan license number, federal ID number, workers' compensation carrier and MESC employer number. The city's page says a homeowner may perform work on a principal residence without a licence but "will still need to obtain a permit and have inspections performed". The city publishes no registration of its own.
Permit process note
In the City of Eaton Rapids a reroof needs a permit. The Building & Zoning page asks "Do I need a permit to replace or install a new roof on my house/buildings?" and answers "Yes, the installation and roof deck (tear off) need to be inspected for compliance with the code. A maximum of two layers of roofing is permitted." The application lists "Re-Roofing" as a type of job and prices "Roofs (2nd Layer or Tear-off)" at $55.00, plus a $50.00 "Application Fee" and a $55.00 "Inspection" fee, and says "Application fees are non-refundable" and "Permits are only good for 6 (six) months" from issuance or the last inspection. Its fee table lists a "Project Cost Valuation Fee" with no amount, to be set by consulting the Building Official, and the form was read as linked from the city's page, so confirm the current fees with the department. To apply, "please contact the Building Inspector at (517) 237-3799. You can also pick-up a permit at City Hall. Office Hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 - 4:00 p.m." The page says permits can be emailed to the department to be processed and can be paid for at City Hall "with cash, check, or credit/debit card" or through the city's online permit payment link. On licensing, the page says "If the work cost $600.00 or more for labor and materials then State Law requires your contractor to be licensed and insured. It is the contractor's responsibility to obtain the permit(s)." City Hall is at 200 S. Main St., Eaton Rapids, MI 48827, phone 517-663-8118.
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 City of Eaton Rapids as its own building code enforcer. Section 7-1 of the city's Code of Ordinances provides that the city "hereby elects to administer and enforce the 1972 PA 230 and the Michigan Building Code" and "shall also administer and enforce the respective provisions of the Michigan Residential, Rehabilitation, and Uniform Energy Codes and all applicable laws and ordinances", and Section 7-5, titled "Adoption of the State of Michigan Residential Code", repeats that text; neither names an edition. An editor's note to Section 7-5 records that Ordinance No. 2015-4, adopted February 23, 2015, changed its title from "Adoption of the 2006 Michigan Residential Code"; the 2006 edition named in that former title was not read for this record. The city's permit application says work must be installed in accordance with "the State Building Code, being enforced at the time of this application" and cites "SECTION R314 OF THE MICHIGAN RESIDENTIAL CODE" without an edition.
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 Building & Zoning page, building and zoning permit application, and Chapters 7 and 12 of the City of Eaton Rapids Code of Ordinances were read for a local rule and state nothing further on drip edge. About drip edge
Ice & 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 Building & Zoning page, building and zoning permit application, and Chapters 7 and 12 of the City of Eaton Rapids Code of Ordinances were read for a local rule and state nothing further on ice barrier. About ice & water barrier
Impact-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 Building & Zoning page, building and zoning permit application, and Chapters 7 and 12 of the City of Eaton Rapids Code of Ordinances were read for a local rule and state nothing further on impact resistance.
Repair permit threshold
The City of Eaton Rapids publishes no size or cost point below which a roof job needs no permit. Its Building & Zoning page asks "Do I need a permit to replace or install a new roof on my house/buildings?" and answers "Yes, the installation and roof deck (tear off) need to be inspected for compliance with the code. A maximum of two layers of roofing is permitted." Its Building/Zoning Permit Application has a "Re-Roofing" box under Type of Job and a fee line "Roofs (2nd Layer or Tear-off)" at $55.00 that "Requires Application Fee". The page also says it is important to check with the department "to see what requirements or permits are needed before you start your interior or exterior project(s)". 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; the city has published nothing applying that relief to a reroof and lists roofs as permit 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, Chapter 7 of the city's Code of Ordinances (Buildings and Building Regulations, Sections 7-1 to 7-11) was read in full, and so was Article VI of Chapter 12 (Property Maintenance), which adopts the International Property Maintenance Code and requires only that a roof be "free of holes, breaks, loose or rotting boards or timbers" and maintained in repair. Neither has a reroofing or layer provision, and neither amends Section R908. The city's Building & Zoning page also says "A maximum of two layers of roofing is permitted", which agrees with the state rule above.
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 Building & Zoning page, building and zoning permit application, and Chapters 7 and 12 of the City of Eaton Rapids Code of Ordinances 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 city's Building & Zoning page or in Chapter 7 of its Code of Ordinances changes this.

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The City of Eaton Rapids Building & Zoning Department, at City Hall, 200 S. Main St., issues the city's building permits and inspects the work, and Chapter 7 of the city's Code of Ordinances has the city elect to administer and enforce the Michigan Building Code and "the respective provisions of the Michigan Residential, Rehabilitation, and Uniform Energy Codes". The department's page says that for a roof, "A maximum of two layers of roofing is permitted." LARA's Statewide Jurisdiction List names the City of Eaton Rapids 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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Roofing questions: Eaton Rapids, MI

Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Eaton Rapids, MI?

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Eaton Rapids, MI. The City of Eaton Rapids publishes no size or cost point below which a roof job needs no permit. Its Building & Zoning page asks "Do I need a permit to replace or install a new roof on my house/buildings?" and answers "Yes, the installation and roof deck (tear off) need to be inspected for compliance with the code. A maximum of two layers of roofing is permitted." Its Building/Zoning Permit Application has a "Re-Roofing" box under Type of Job and a fee line "Roofs (2nd Layer or Tear-off)" at $55.00 that "Requires Application Fee". The page also says it is important to check with the department "to see what requirements or permits are needed before you start your interior or exterior project(s)". 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; the city has published nothing applying that relief to a reroof and lists roofs as permit work.

Is ice & water shield required in Eaton Rapids, MI?

Yes. 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 Building & Zoning page, building and zoning permit application, and Chapters 7 and 12 of the City of Eaton Rapids Code of Ordinances were read for a local rule and state nothing further on ice barrier.

Is drip edge required in Eaton Rapids, MI?

Yes. 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 Building & Zoning page, building and zoning permit application, and Chapters 7 and 12 of the City of Eaton Rapids Code of Ordinances were read for a local rule and state nothing further on drip edge.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Eaton Rapids, MI?

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, Chapter 7 of the city's Code of Ordinances (Buildings and Building Regulations, Sections 7-1 to 7-11) was read in full, and so was Article VI of Chapter 12 (Property Maintenance), which adopts the International Property Maintenance Code and requires only that a roof be "free of holes, breaks, loose or rotting boards or timbers" and maintained in repair. Neither has a reroofing or layer provision, and neither amends Section R908. The city's Building & Zoning page also says "A maximum of two layers of roofing is permitted", which agrees with the state rule above.

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Eaton Rapids, MI?

Yes.

What building code does Eaton Rapids, MI use?

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 City of Eaton Rapids as its own building code enforcer. Section 7-1 of the city's Code of Ordinances provides that the city "hereby elects to administer and enforce the 1972 PA 230 and the Michigan Building Code" and "shall also administer and enforce the respective provisions of the Michigan Residential, Rehabilitation, and Uniform Energy Codes and all applicable laws and ordinances", and Section 7-5, titled "Adoption of the State of Michigan Residential Code", repeats that text; neither names an edition. An editor's note to Section 7-5 records that Ordinance No. 2015-4, adopted February 23, 2015, changed its title from "Adoption of the 2006 Michigan Residential Code"; the 2006 edition named in that former title was not read for this record. The city's permit application says work must be installed in accordance with "the State Building Code, being enforced at the time of this application" and cites "SECTION R314 OF THE MICHIGAN RESIDENTIAL CODE" without an edition.