Permitting Authorities / Township of Fraser - Building Permits (Area Code Enforcement)
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Township of Fraser, MI?
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Township of Fraser - Building Permits (Area Code Enforcement)
Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Township of Fraser, MI, issued by Township of Fraser - Building Permits (Area Code Enforcement). Fraser Township publishes nothing specific to roof work: its Permits page, its Zoning page, Area Code Enforcement's website and its building permit application name no roofing line, no reroof exemption and no size or cost point. With the township 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 neither the township nor Area Code Enforcement has published a statement applying that relief to roof work. The township's Permits page lists "Area Code Enforcement" at "4742 N. Huron Rd", Pinconning, MI, telephone 989-313-2168, with "Hours: 7:30am to 9:00am Monday through Friday or by appointment", and says to "Get permits online at www.areacodeenforcement.com". Area Code Enforcement's website says its "Building Inspector and his assistants are the enforcement authority for the Zoning Ordinance, Building Code and a multitude of other regulations", lists Fraser Township among its Bay County coverage areas, and tells homeowners "Call us first." Its building permit application is a one-page form that asks for the job address, type of construction, use group, owner, contractor and architect or engineer, and says "Checks payable to: Area Code Enforcement". The township's own zoning permit is separate: its Zoning Awareness Permit application states that it is not a building permit. The township hall is at 1474 N. Mackinaw, Linwood, MI 48634, telephone (989) 697-3820, open "9am to 4pm Monday - Thursday", and a township notice dated 2023 lists zoning administrator hours of Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Roof code checklist: Township of Fraser, MI
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
Township of Fraser, Bay County, Michigan
Address
1474 N. Mackinaw, Linwood, MI 48634
Contact
- url: https://frasertownship.org/permits.php
- phone: 989-313-2168
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: Fraser Township publishes no contractor licence or registration of its own. Area Code Enforcement's website lists "Registration" among the items that "may or may not be required to file a building permit" and says "If you are a registered contractor, you need not fill out the form; otherwise, you must do so", without saying what the form is, and its building permit application asks for the contractor's name, address and telephone number.
Permit process note
Fraser Township publishes nothing specific to roof work: its Permits page, its Zoning page, Area Code Enforcement's website and its building permit application name no roofing line, no reroof exemption and no size or cost point. With the township 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 neither the township nor Area Code Enforcement has published a statement applying that relief to roof work. The township's Permits page lists "Area Code Enforcement" at "4742 N. Huron Rd", Pinconning, MI, telephone 989-313-2168, with "Hours: 7:30am to 9:00am Monday through Friday or by appointment", and says to "Get permits online at www.areacodeenforcement.com". Area Code Enforcement's website says its "Building Inspector and his assistants are the enforcement authority for the Zoning Ordinance, Building Code and a multitude of other regulations", lists Fraser Township among its Bay County coverage areas, and tells homeowners "Call us first." Its building permit application is a one-page form that asks for the job address, type of construction, use group, owner, contractor and architect or engineer, and says "Checks payable to: Area Code Enforcement". The township's own zoning permit is separate: its Zoning Awareness Permit application states that it is not a building permit. The township hall is at 1474 N. Mackinaw, Linwood, MI 48634, telephone (989) 697-3820, open "9am to 4pm Monday - Thursday", and a township notice dated 2023 lists zoning administrator hours of Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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 Fraser as a local building code enforcer. The township's Permits page names Area Code Enforcement as the office for building permits, and that office's website says its inspector enforces the "Building Code" without naming an edition. The township's home, Permits and Zoning pages list no building code ordinance, so no codified building text was read, and the township has published no statement of which edition of the residential code it enforces.
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). Fraser Township's Permits page and Zoning page, and Area Code Enforcement's website and building permit application, 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). Fraser Township's Permits page and Zoning page, and Area Code Enforcement's website and building permit application, 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." Fraser Township's Permits page and Zoning page, and Area Code Enforcement's website and building permit application, were read for a local rule and state nothing further on impact resistance.
Repair permit threshold
Fraser Township has published nothing on reroofs. Its Permits page says permits for "Building, Mechanical, Electrical or Plumbing" come from Area Code Enforcement, and that office's website says only "Call us first." before work on a home; its one-page building permit application, its permit forms page and the township's Zoning page name no roofing, no fee schedule, no size or dollar point below which work needs no permit and no ordinary-repairs exemption. 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; neither the township nor Area Code Enforcement has published anything applying that relief to roof work. Call Area Code Enforcement at 989-313-2168 before a reroof or a small roof repair.
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 township's Zoning page lists an Anti-Blight Ordinance, a Noxious Weed Ordinance and a Zoning Awareness Permit application, and the township's home, Permits and Zoning pages list no building code or building ordinance. The township has published 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). Fraser Township's Permits page and Zoning page, and Area Code Enforcement's website and building permit application, 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 Fraser Township Permits page or Area Code Enforcement's website changes this.
Local roofing hub
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Related guides
Fraser Township, Bay County, sends applicants for building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits to Area Code Enforcement, a contract inspection office at 4742 N. M-13 in Pinconning, and keeps its own township hall at 1474 N. Mackinaw in Linwood. The State of Michigan's jurisdiction list names the Township 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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