Permitting Authorities / Village of Fruitport - Building Permits (Michigan Township Services Muskegon)
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Fruitport, MI?
Adopted code
Village of Fruitport - Building Permits (Michigan Township Services Muskegon)
Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Fruitport, MI, issued by Village of Fruitport - Building Permits (Michigan Township Services Muskegon). In the Village of Fruitport a reroof is its own permit type on the Michigan Township Services Muskegon Building Permit Application: Maintenance/Alterations, which lists "Roofing $75.00" with the words "tear off reroof/roof over". The village's Departments page says "Contact the village directly to submit a site plan and zoning permit application prior to requesting a building permit from Michigan Township Services." The village's zoning permit application, at the village office at 45 N Second Avenue, says "Site Plan Required: Show all structures on property with distances from lot lines and each other." and "Application Fee Required with Application: $50 for New Residence. $25 for All Others." The Michigan Township Services Muskegon permits page says "Checks are made payable to MTSM for Fruitport Twp, Fruitport Village" among other jurisdictions, and gives its office as 5855 Airline Rd, Fruitport, MI 49415, phone 231-865-6977 or 231-865-3310; its home page gives the hours as "Monday through Thursday 8AM - 4:30PM", and its Inspectors page says "Call our office for inspections 231-865-6977 or 231-865-3310." The form that carries the roofing line has a blank Municipality/Jurisdiction line for the applicant.
Roof code checklist: Fruitport, MI
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Jurisdiction
Village of Fruitport, Michigan
Address
5855 Airline Rd, Fruitport, MI 49415
Contact
- url: https://www.michigantownshipservicesmuskegon.com/permits.html
- phone: 231-865-6977
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
In the Village of Fruitport a reroof is its own permit type on the Michigan Township Services Muskegon Building Permit Application: Maintenance/Alterations, which lists "Roofing $75.00" with the words "tear off reroof/roof over". The village's Departments page says "Contact the village directly to submit a site plan and zoning permit application prior to requesting a building permit from Michigan Township Services." The village's zoning permit application, at the village office at 45 N Second Avenue, says "Site Plan Required: Show all structures on property with distances from lot lines and each other." and "Application Fee Required with Application: $50 for New Residence. $25 for All Others." The Michigan Township Services Muskegon permits page says "Checks are made payable to MTSM for Fruitport Twp, Fruitport Village" among other jurisdictions, and gives its office as 5855 Airline Rd, Fruitport, MI 49415, phone 231-865-6977 or 231-865-3310; its home page gives the hours as "Monday through Thursday 8AM - 4:30PM", and its Inspectors page says "Call our office for inspections 231-865-6977 or 231-865-3310." The form that carries the roofing line has a blank Municipality/Jurisdiction line for the applicant.
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 Fruitport as its own building code enforcer. The village's Departments page says that Michigan Township Services "contracts with the village and many surrounding communities for building permit and inspection functions." The village's Code of Ordinances (October 2025) was read for a building code chapter and has none: its Land Usage title lists chapters on dangerous buildings, mobile homes, signs, zoning and the 2021 International Fire Code, and its references to "the Building Code" and "the Village Building Code" name no residential code edition. The fire code adoption is a fire code, not a dwelling code. No document the village or Michigan Township Services Muskegon posts that was read for this record names a residential code edition, and 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 Fruitport's Code of Ordinances and Departments 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 Fruitport's Code of Ordinances and Departments 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 Fruitport's Code of Ordinances and Departments page were read for a local rule and state nothing further on impact resistance.
Repair permit threshold
The Village of Fruitport's Departments page says that Michigan Township Services "contracts with the village and many surrounding communities for building permit and inspection functions." That office, Michigan Township Services Muskegon, posts a "Building Permit Application: Maintenance/Alterations" whose Type of Improvement list reads "Roofing $75.00" with the words "tear off reroof/roof over", beside windows and doors and siding. That is a permit type for roof work, and the form states no size, square or dollar point below which roof work needs no permit, so it leaves open whether a small roof repair needs one. The form's Municipality/Jurisdiction line is left for the applicant to fill in. 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 applying that relief to roof 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, the village's Code of Ordinances was read and lists no building code chapter and no reroofing provision, and the building code the village enforces through Michigan Township Services Muskegon is not posted among the village's ordinances, so no local building ordinance was available to read and no classification is set for this record. The village's zoning ordinance sets a minimum roof pitch for new dwellings and says dwellings must "meet or exceed all applicable roof snow load and strength requirements"; the Departments page and the maintenance 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 Fruitport's Code of Ordinances and Departments 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 Fruitport's Departments page changes this.
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The Village of Fruitport, at 45 N Second Avenue in Fruitport, takes zoning permit applications and site plans itself, and its Departments page says Michigan Township Services contracts with the village for building permit and inspection functions. Michigan Township Services Muskegon, at 5855 Airline Rd, issues the building permits and runs the inspections for the village, 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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