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Village of Howard, Wisconsin - Building Inspection

No, Howard, WI does not require a permit for like-for-like roof replacement (Village of Howard, Wisconsin - Building Inspection). Because a one- or two-family reroof is exempt work under Village Code Section 40-149(2), there is normally no application, no fee and no inspection for it. What follows applies where a permit IS needed - a roof on a building with three or more units or on a commercial property, or associated electrical, plumbing or HVAC work. Applications go in on the Village building permit application, and Section 40-152 requires the street address and legal description, the owner details, "The name, mailing address and phone number of the engineer, architect, designer, contractor or owner agent responsible for the work," a general description and location of the proposed work, and the proposed use and occupancy. Fees for alterations, repairs and remodeling of an existing building are 1.0 percent of the building construction cost for the building permit and 2.0 percent of the relevant construction cost for electrical, plumbing and HVAC permits, with a $50 minimum building permit fee and a $25 minimum for the others; construction costs include labour and materials, and a delinquent permit is charged at double fee. Section 40-192 gives the contractor a timing backstop: work may not proceed until a required inspection is approved, "except that construction may proceed if an inspection has not been performed within two business days after proper notification has been given." Section 40-159 sets the clock on an issued permit: it lapses six months from issuance if construction has not commenced, and no permit is valid longer than 24 months from issuance unless a renewal is approved and further fees are paid. The Department of Code Administration is on 920-434-4640; Village Hall is open Monday to Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday 7:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Roof code checklist: Howard, WI

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofNolibrary.municode.com2026-09-10
Repair permit thresholdPublishedlibrary.municode.com2026-09-10
Layer limit / roof-overPublished321.pdf2026-09-10
Deck & sheathingPublished321.pdf2026-09-10
Drip edgeNo321.pdf2026-09-10
Ice & water shieldYes321.pdf2026-09-10
Mid-roof inspectionNolibrary.municode.com2026-09-10
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNo321.pdf2026-09-10
Wind design criteriaPublished321.pdf2026-09-10
Adopted codePublishedSec. 40-64library.municode.com2026-09-10
Contractor license / registrationNot published
Sales & use taxPublishedrevenue.wi.gov2026-09-10

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
Village of Howard, Wisconsin
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
2456 Glendale Avenue, Howard, WI 54313
Contact
  • url: https://villageofhoward.com/405/Building-Inspection
  • phone: 920-434-4640
Roofing permit required
Not required
Registration details
  • state_level: STATE-SET AND IT IS A REAL GATE ON THE PERMIT, NOT A FORMALITY. Wis. Stat. 101.654(1)(a) provides that "no person may obtain a building permit unless the person annually obtains from the department a certificate of financial responsibility showing that the person is in compliance with sub. (2), completes the continuing education requirements described under sub. (1m), and furnishes to the issuer of the permit proof of completion of those continuing education requirements." Wis. Stat. 101.65(1m) puts the duty on the municipality from the other side: a city, village, town or county "may not issue a building permit to a person who is required to be certified under s. 101.654" without that certificate or other satisfactory evidence. The financial-responsibility test in 101.654(2)(a) is a surety bond of at least $5,000 conditioned on complying with the dwelling code, or a general liability policy of at least $250,000 per occurrence. The continuing education is 12 hours every two years under 101.654(1m)(b)1., of which at least 4 hours must be on construction laws and codes and on contracts, liability and risk management. THE HOMEOWNER EXEMPTION IS NARROW: 101.654(1)(b) exempts only "an owner of a dwelling who resides or will reside in the dwelling and who applies for a building permit to perform work on that dwelling." THERE IS NO SEPARATE ROOFING LICENCE IN WISCONSIN - a roofer holds the same dwelling contractor credential a framer or a siding contractor holds. AND THE CREDENTIAL REACHES OLD HOUSES EVEN WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS DO NOT: Wis. Stat. 101.615(3) applies 101.65(1m) and 101.654 to a building permit application "to perform work on a dwelling the initial construction of which was commenced before, on or after December 1, 1978," so the vintage carve-out that limits the code does not limit the licence. One further statutory duty falls on the owner rather than the roofer: under 101.65(1r) the municipality must have an owner applying for a permit sign a statement warning that hiring a contractor who is not bonded or insured as 101.654(2)(a) requires can leave the owner personally liable for injury or property damage arising out of the work. The administrative rule carrying the same requirement is Wis. Admin. Code SPS 305.31, "Dwelling contractor," which opens "Pursuant to s. 101.654 (1) (a), Stats., no person may obtain a building permit for a one- or 2-family dwelling unless the person" holds a dwelling contractor certification or a dwelling contractor restricted certification and holds or employs a certified dwelling contractor qualifier; SPS 305.315 covers the qualifier, whose stated purpose is "to provide proof of fulfilling the continuing education obligations to the issuers of building permits." The certification is valid for no longer than one year and is renewed annually. Howard adopts ch. SPS 305 by reference at Village Code Section 40-64(2), so the state credentialing rules are Village rules here as well. ONE POINT THAT MATTERS MORE IN HOWARD THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THIS DIRECTORY, AND IT IS WHY THIS RECORD PUBLISHES NO YES-OR-NO ANSWER ON THE CREDENTIAL. Both the statute and the rule are written as conditions on OBTAINING A BUILDING PERMIT, and a reroof on a one- or two-family dwelling in Howard needs no building permit. So on that job the credential requirement is not triggered by these provisions, while on a roof that does need a permit - three or more units, or a commercial building - it plainly is. Do not read this as advice that an uncertified contractor may work here: it is a statement that the Wisconsin requirement hangs on the permit, that Howard has removed the permit for one class of roofing work, and that the position on that class has not been resolved by anything published. Confirm with the Department of Code Administration before relying on it either way.
  • village_level: Howard issues no roofing credential of its own. Village Code Chapter 40, "Buildings and Building Regulations," was read in full and contains no building or roofing contractor registration; its only two licensing provisions are trade-specific and follow state law. Section 40-344, "Contractor qualifications," restricts electrical work to persons licensed or registered under Wis. Stat. 101.862, and Section 40-366 provides that "No person shall engage in any plumbing work in the village unless licensed to do so in accordance with Wis. Stats. 145.06." Neither reaches roofing. The Village building permit application asks, under Section 40-152(3), for the name, mailing address and phone number of the engineer, architect, designer, contractor or owner agent responsible for the work.
Permit process note
Because a one- or two-family reroof is exempt work under Village Code Section 40-149(2), there is normally no application, no fee and no inspection for it. What follows applies where a permit IS needed - a roof on a building with three or more units or on a commercial property, or associated electrical, plumbing or HVAC work. Applications go in on the Village building permit application, and Section 40-152 requires the street address and legal description, the owner details, "The name, mailing address and phone number of the engineer, architect, designer, contractor or owner agent responsible for the work," a general description and location of the proposed work, and the proposed use and occupancy. Fees for alterations, repairs and remodeling of an existing building are 1.0 percent of the building construction cost for the building permit and 2.0 percent of the relevant construction cost for electrical, plumbing and HVAC permits, with a $50 minimum building permit fee and a $25 minimum for the others; construction costs include labour and materials, and a delinquent permit is charged at double fee. Section 40-192 gives the contractor a timing backstop: work may not proceed until a required inspection is approved, "except that construction may proceed if an inspection has not been performed within two business days after proper notification has been given." Section 40-159 sets the clock on an issued permit: it lapses six months from issuance if construction has not commenced, and no permit is valid longer than 24 months from issuance unless a renewal is approved and further fees are paid. The Department of Code Administration is on 920-434-4640; Village Hall is open Monday to Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday 7:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Adopted code
THE VILLAGE ADOPTS THE STATE CODES BY REFERENCE, THE ADOPTION IS FLOATING, AND THE LIST IS LONGER THAN MOST. Village Code Section 40-64 provides that "The following state codes and subsequent amendments and recodifications thereto are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated in this chapter as if fully set forth," and lists: the electrical code, SPS 316; inspection and certification, ch. SPS 305; the Uniform Dwelling Code, chs. SPS 320 to 325, with three named exceptions; manufactured homes, ch. SPS 326; smoke detectors, ch. SPS 328; the building and HVAC code, chs. SPS 361 to 365; barrier-free design under the ANSI A117.1 handbook; the historic building code; and the existing building code, chs. SPS 366 and 375 to 379. Because the adoption runs to subsequent amendments, the currently published text of chs. SPS 320 to 325 governs a house and there is no local edition year to check. Chapter 40 was comprehensively re-enacted by Ordinance No. 2024-07 on August 12, 2024 - almost every section in it carries that history line - and the Village Code is codified through Ordinance No. 2026-02, adopted January 26, 2026. THE THREE NAMED EXCEPTIONS ARE THE POINT OF THIS SECTION AND ARE SET OUT UNDER THE LAYER LIMIT ON THIS RECORD. A NOTE ON WHERE LOCAL AUTHORITY STOPS, BECAUSE WISCONSIN DRAWS THAT LINE HARDER THAN MOST STATES. Wis. Stat. 101.65(1) lets cities, villages, towns and counties exercise jurisdiction over the construction and inspection of new dwellings by ordinance, but 101.65(1c) provides that they "may not make or enforce an ordinance under sub. (1) that is applied to a dwelling and that does not conform to this subchapter and the uniform dwelling code." It then goes a step further than a plain preemption clause: if a contract between the municipality and an owner requires the owner to comply with a non-conforming ordinance, "the owner may waive the provision, and the provision, if waived, is void and unenforceable." So a local roofing rule that departs from the state dwelling code is not merely unenforceable against the municipality - the owner can strike it out of a contract.
Drip edge
Not required — No drip edge is required by code here, and the reason is that Wisconsin never adopted the International Residential Code rule that most other states rely on for it. SPS 321.28, "Weather protection for roofs," was read in full - general drainage and fasteners, underlayment for shingles, asphalt shingles, ice dam protection, other roof coverings, reroofing, and every flashing paragraph - and no provision requires a drip edge at an eave or a rake. The only drip-edge language anywhere in the Wisconsin dwelling construction chapter is a masonry chimney cap rule, which is not a roof-edge requirement. PRACTICAL POINT FOR A BID: drip edge may still be required as a matter of the shingle manufacturer's printed instructions, and SPS 321.28(3)(a)3. makes those instructions binding for asphalt shingles, so read the wrapper before leaving it off. On the Village side, Chapter 40 of the Village Code was read in full and the words drip edge do not appear in it, and neither does any other roof-edge or roof-flashing requirement. About drip edge
Ice & water shield
Required — STATE-SET AND SLOPE-CONDITIONED - read the trigger carefully, because it is narrower than the International Residential Code rule used in most other states. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 321.28(4)(a) requires that "Shingled or shake roofs that extend over a heated area of a dwelling or attached garage and that have a slope of 4:12 or less shall be provided with ice dam protection in the form of sheet metal or a product labeled as meeting the requirements of ASTM D 1970." SPS 321.28(4)(b) sets the extent: the protection "shall extend at least 30 inches up the roof slope from the roof edge and at least 12 inches up the roof slope beyond the inner face of the exterior wall." The trigger is the roof slope, not the climate zone or a design temperature, so a roof steeper than 4:12 is not covered by the requirement at all - although the shingle manufacturer's instructions may still call for it, and SPS 321.28(3)(a)3. makes those instructions binding for asphalt shingles. Howard adds nothing to the requirement - Chapter 40 of the Village Code was read in full and contains no ice barrier or ice dam provision - but it does more than most Wisconsin municipalities to make sure the state requirement reaches the job. AND THE SCOPE QUESTION THAT HANGS OVER MOST WISCONSIN REROOFS IS CLOSED HERE, BY NUMBER, IN THE ADOPTING SECTION ITSELF. Statewide, SPS 320.05(1) takes dwellings begun before the code took effect on June 1, 1980, and additions or alterations to them, outside the uniform dwelling code, and SPS 320.05(3) takes "repairs or maintenance" outside it as well - which matters because SPS 320.07(61) defines a repair to include "the replacement of existing fixtures, systems or equipment with the equivalent fixture, system or equipment." Howard has excepted those carve-outs by number and even annotated them. Village Code Section 40-64, "State codes adopted," adopts at item (3) the "Uniform Dwelling Code, Wis. Admin. Code chs. SPS 320-325, with the exception of: a. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 320.05(1), additions and alterations to existing buildings built prior to June 1, 1980. b. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 320.05(3), repairs or maintenance to dwellings. c. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 320.05(4), accessory buildings with the exception of the braced wall line requirements of Wis. Admin. Code SPS 321.25(8) and (9) and the energy conservation requirements of Wis. Admin. Code SPS 322." So neither the age of the house nor the argument that a like-for-like tear-off is a repair takes a job here outside the dwelling code. That is unusual - most Wisconsin municipalities adopt the code without touching those two exemptions, and the roofer is left to ask the inspector which side of the line the job falls on. So the slope test governs on a Howard house of any vintage, on a job that needs no permit and will not be inspected. Green Bay area snow loads make the 4:12 line worth measuring rather than eyeballing. About ice & water barrier
Mid-roof inspection
Not required — THERE IS NO MID-ROOF INSPECTION IN HOWARD, AND ON A ONE- OR TWO-FAMILY REROOF THERE IS NO VILLAGE INSPECTION AT ALL. Village Code Section 40-149(2) exempts "Siding and roofing repair or replacement on one-family and two-family dwellings" from the building permit, and Section 40-192 attaches inspection requests to a permit applicant, so an exempt job generates no inspection sequence. WHERE A PERMIT IS REQUIRED - a roof on a building of three or more units, or on a commercial property, or trade work alongside the roof - the stages are enumerated and none of them is a roof-covering stage. Section 40-193, "Inspection types," states that "The following inspections shall be completed for all projects whenever applicable" and lists, in full: erosion control, building sewer and water service, drain tile, footing and foundation, rough (general building construction plus electrical, plumbing and HVAC after all rough work is finished but before it is covered or concealed), insulation and energy, and final. ONE GENERAL RULE STILL BITES ON PERMITTED WORK: Section 40-191 provides that "in no case shall any electrical, plumbing or heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) installation be enclosed or any structural portion of any building or structure be covered or concealed prior to completion of required inspections and approval by the village building inspector."
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — No impact-resistance or hail-rating mandate applies here. The statewide Wisconsin uniform dwelling code carries none: ch. SPS 321, which holds the construction standards for one- and two-family dwellings, contains no occurrence of UL 2218, Class 4, Class IV or FM 4473 anywhere, roof coverings included, and SPS 321.28(5) sends any covering the section does not otherwise address to "the manufacturer's instructions or a national standard recognized by the department," which sets no impact class. Impact-resistant shingles are an insurer-driven upgrade in this market, not a code obligation. ONE CAUTION FOR READING PAPERWORK ON A WISCONSIN JOB: a Class A, B or C designation, or a reference to ASTM E108 or UL 790, is a FIRE rating and says nothing about hail, and ASTM D3161 or D7158 is a WIND rating. Only UL 2218 or FM 4473 answers impact. On the Village side, Chapter 40 of the Village Code was read in full and contains no UL 2218, Class 4, Class IV or FM 4473 requirement, and the Village permit fee schedule and building permit application set no shingle rating.
Repair permit threshold
NO BUILDING PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR A REROOF ON A ONE- OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING IN HOWARD, AND THE ORDINANCE SAYS SO IN ITS OWN WORDS RATHER THAN LEAVING IT TO A THRESHOLD. Village Code Section 40-148 states the general rule - no person shall "erect or construct any building or structure whatever or add to, enlarge, move, improve, alter, extend, convert, repair, remove or demolish any building or structure ... without first obtaining a permit therefor from the village building inspector" - but it opens with the words "Except as provided in section 40-149." Section 40-149, "Exempt work," then lists eight categories, and item (2) is, in its entirety: "Siding and roofing repair or replacement on one-family and two-family dwellings." THERE IS NO DOLLAR CAP AND NO SQUARE-FOOT CAP ON THAT ITEM. It sits beside, and is separate from, item (1), the general maintenance exemption for alterations and repairs that do not exceed a labor and materials cost of $2,000, do not involve a change of building use, do not affect structural strength, fire hazards, exits or natural lighting, and do not involve replacing major equipment. A roof job does not have to fit inside the $2,000 line, because it has an exemption of its own. THE LIMITS ON THE EXEMPTION, WHICH MATTER MORE THAN THE EXEMPTION. It reaches ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS only, so a roof on a three-unit building, an apartment block or a commercial property is ordinary permit work. It is an exemption from the BUILDING permit, and Section 40-148 separately requires permits for electrical, plumbing, mechanical and HVAC work, so a job that moves a vent or a service still needs the relevant trade permit. And Section 40-149 opens by saying so directly: "Notwithstanding permit requirements, however, such work shall comply with all other applicable rules, standards and zoning regulations set forth in this Code." THE EXEMPTION REMOVES THE INSPECTION, NOT THE REQUIREMENT - the statewide roofing standards described elsewhere on this record still govern how the roof must be built, and nobody from the Village will be checking. Where a permit IS required, the fee for alterations, repairs and remodeling of existing buildings is 1.0 percent of the building construction cost, with a $50 minimum building permit fee, and a delinquent permit is charged at double fee.
Wind design criteria
STATE-SET, AND WISCONSIN STATES IT AS A PRESSURE RATHER THAN AS A WIND SPEED - do not go looking for a mph figure, because the uniform dwelling code does not publish one. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 321.02(1)(c) provides that "Dwellings shall be designed and constructed to withstand either a horizontal and uplift pressure of 20 pounds per square foot acting over the surface area or the wind loads determined in accordance with ASCE 7-05, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures," and the code adds its own note that ASCE 7-05 "allows for substantial reduction from 20 psf as applied to the surface area." The roof-specific figures are in SPS 321.27(3), "UPLIFT AND SUCTION FORCES": roofs "shall withstand a pressure of at least 20 pounds per square foot acting upward normal to the roof surface," and "Roof overhangs, eaves, canopies and cornices shall withstand an upward wind pressure of at least 20 pounds per square foot applied to the entire exposed area." SPS 321.27(3)(b) adds the anchorage rule that roof framing members spanning more than 6 feet from the outermost edge of the roof "shall be permanently fastened to the top plate of load bearing walls using engineered clips, straps or hangers." For the shingles themselves the code sets a fastening count rather than a wind class: SPS 321.28(3)(a)4. requires at least 4 fasteners per strip shingle or 2 per interlocking shingle unless the manufacturer specifies otherwise, and SPS 321.28(3)(a)1. requires a self-sealing adhesive strip with an average bond strength of at least 1.5 pounds per 3.75 inches of shingle width at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Howard publishes no local wind figure and Chapter 40 of the Village Code contains none.
Roof layer limit / recover
STATE-SET, AND IT APPLIES HERE EVEN THOUGH NO PERMIT DOES. The statewide rule is SPS 321.28(6), "REROOFING," which provides that new roof coverings may not be installed over existing roof coverings where any of three conditions exist: the existing roof or roof covering "is water-soaked or has deteriorated such that it is inadequate as a base for additional roofing"; the existing roof "is wood shake, slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile"; or the existing roof "has 2 or more applications of any type of permanent roof covering." So the ceiling is two total layers, and fewer than that where the deck is wet or deteriorated or the existing covering is one of the listed materials. A complete tear-off to the deck is not restricted by that rule at any layer count. Howard writes no layer rule of its own: Village Code Chapter 40, "Buildings and Building Regulations," was read in full - all seven articles and every numbered section from 40-1 through 40-367 - and it contains no layer limit, no recover rule and no shingle provision. So a roof already carrying two applications is a tear-off in Howard, and the fact that the job needs no permit does not change that. AND THE SCOPE QUESTION THAT HANGS OVER MOST WISCONSIN REROOFS IS CLOSED HERE, BY NUMBER, IN THE ADOPTING SECTION ITSELF. Statewide, SPS 320.05(1) takes dwellings begun before the code took effect on June 1, 1980, and additions or alterations to them, outside the uniform dwelling code, and SPS 320.05(3) takes "repairs or maintenance" outside it as well - which matters because SPS 320.07(61) defines a repair to include "the replacement of existing fixtures, systems or equipment with the equivalent fixture, system or equipment." Howard has excepted those carve-outs by number and even annotated them. Village Code Section 40-64, "State codes adopted," adopts at item (3) the "Uniform Dwelling Code, Wis. Admin. Code chs. SPS 320-325, with the exception of: a. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 320.05(1), additions and alterations to existing buildings built prior to June 1, 1980. b. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 320.05(3), repairs or maintenance to dwellings. c. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 320.05(4), accessory buildings with the exception of the braced wall line requirements of Wis. Admin. Code SPS 321.25(8) and (9) and the energy conservation requirements of Wis. Admin. Code SPS 322." So neither the age of the house nor the argument that a like-for-like tear-off is a repair takes a job here outside the dwelling code. That is unusual - most Wisconsin municipalities adopt the code without touching those two exemptions, and the roofer is left to ask the inspector which side of the line the job falls on. The combination is what makes Howard unusual: the state standards reach the job more completely than in most Wisconsin municipalities, and the Village will not be inspecting it. Village Code Section 40-149 says as much - exempt work "shall comply with all other applicable rules, standards and zoning regulations set forth in this Code."
Deck & sheathing requirements
STATE-SET. The statewide rule is Wis. Admin. Code SPS 321.27(9), "ROOF SHEATHING, BOARDS AND PLANKING," read in full. For structural panels, SPS 321.27(9)(a) provides that "The allowable loads and spans for structural sheathing shall be in accordance with the grade stamp on the panel" - Wisconsin sets no minimum panel thickness of its own and defers to the stamp, so a roofer replacing decking should match the stamp to the rafter spacing rather than to a table. For board decking, SPS 321.27(9)(b) allows roof boards at least 5/8 inch thick for solid sheathing and 3/4 inch for spaced sheathing where rafters are 24 inches on centre or closer, and requires tongue-and-groove boards at least 1.5 inches thick where rafter spacing is greater than 24 inches on centre. SPS 321.27(9)(c) covers roof planks, which must be tongue-and-groove or splined and at least 2 inches nominal. Nothing in the section states a trigger for replacing sound decking on a reroof; what forces sheathing off is the separate reroofing rule, SPS 321.28(6)(a), which bars covering a deck that is water-soaked or deteriorated. Howard adds no sheathing or decking specification of its own - Chapter 40 of the Village Code was read in full and contains none - and note that a reroof on a one- or two-family dwelling here is exempt from the building permit, so no Village inspector will see the deck. The standard still governs the work.
Sales & use tax
5.5% on materials. Wisconsin state sales and use tax is 5%, and Brown County levies the half-point county tax on top of it, at 0.50% with an effective date of January 2018 - county code 5 on the chart. The figures are from the Department of Revenue sales tax rate chart, Guidance Document Number 100047, dated January 16, 2026. No municipal sales tax applies here - the Department states that "The city of Milwaukee is the only municipality that imposes a city sales and use tax" - and no premier resort area tax applies, because this municipality is not among the ten the Department lists as having adopted one. Howard lies mostly within Brown County and shares a boundary with Outagamie County, which levies the same half-point rate, so the figure does not change across that line. HOW THE TAX FALLS ON A ROOFING JOB MATTERS MORE THAN THE RATE. Wisconsin treats a roof as real property: the Department of Revenue contractor guidance, Publication 207, answers it by name in its item chart, listing "Roofs" as real estate for residential installation, residential repair, commercial installation and commercial repair alike. The roofing contractor is therefore the consumer of what it installs. It pays sales or use tax when buying shingles, underlayment and other materials, and the same publication states that a contractor performing a real property construction activity "is not permitted to collect sales tax from its customers on its sales price from sales of real property construction activities," so neither labour nor materials are taxed on the reroofing contract itself. The exception runs the other way: Publication 207 lists "Selling lumber, roofing materials or other tangible personal property, without installation" as an example of the contractor acting as a retailer, which is a taxable retail sale. So the rate is a cost input on the material purchase rather than a line on the homeowner invoice.

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The permitting authority for the Village of Howard, Wisconsin, a Brown County village of about 20,500 on the northwest side of Green Bay. The Village runs its own Building Inspection function through the Department of Code Administration inside Community Development Services at 2456 Glendale Avenue, with a code enforcement officer and a building inspector named on its own department page. HOWARD IS THE OUTLIER IN THIS DIRECTORY AND THE REASON IS ONE LINE OF ORDINANCE: A REROOF ON A HOUSE HERE NEEDS NO BUILDING PERMIT AT ALL. The Village exempt-work section names siding and roofing repair or replacement on one- and two-family dwellings outright, with no dollar cap and no square-foot cap. WHAT DOES NOT FOLLOW FROM THAT IS THAT THE RULES DO NOT APPLY. The same section says exempt work must still comply with the code, and Howard has gone the other way on scope from most of Wisconsin: its adopting section excepts the state dwelling code own carve-outs for pre-1980 buildings and for repairs, by number, so the statewide roofing standards reach a Howard job whatever the age of the house. The practical effect is unusual and worth stating plainly - the standards apply, the inspection does not, and nobody from the Village is coming to check.

Hail reports near Howard, WI

Reports, last 24 months
14
Largest, last 24 months
1.75 in Jun 24, 2026
Most recent
Jun 24, 2026 1.75 in
Reports, last 5 years
21
5 most recent reports, last 5 years
DateHail sizeDistance
Jun 24, 20261.75 in2 mi SW
Jun 24, 20261.50 in2 mi SE
Jun 24, 20261.25 in3 mi SSE
Jun 24, 20261.00 in2 mi SW
Apr 13, 20261.25 in4 mi SSE

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 Howard, WI (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: Howard, WI

Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Howard, WI?

No, Howard, WI does not require a permit to replace a roof. NO BUILDING PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR A REROOF ON A ONE- OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING IN HOWARD, AND THE ORDINANCE SAYS SO IN ITS OWN WORDS RATHER THAN LEAVING IT TO A THRESHOLD. Village Code Section 40-148 states the general rule - no person shall "erect or construct any building or structure whatever or add to, enlarge, move, improve, alter, extend, convert, repair, remove or demolish any building or structure ... without first obtaining a permit therefor from the village building inspector" - but it opens with the words "Except as provided in section 40-149." Section 40-149, "Exempt work," then lists eight categories, and item (2) is, in its entirety: "Siding and roofing repair or replacement on one-family and two-family dwellings." THERE IS NO DOLLAR CAP AND NO SQUARE-FOOT CAP ON THAT ITEM. It sits beside, and is separate from, item (1), the general maintenance exemption for alterations and repairs that do not exceed a labor and materials cost of $2,000, do not involve a change of building use, do not affect structural strength, fire hazards, exits or natural lighting, and do not involve replacing major equipment. A roof job does not have to fit inside the $2,000 line, because it has an exemption of its own. THE LIMITS ON THE EXEMPTION, WHICH MATTER MORE THAN THE EXEMPTION. It reaches ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS only, so a roof on a three-unit building, an apartment block or a commercial property is ordinary permit work. It is an exemption from the BUILDING permit, and Section 40-148 separately requires permits for electrical, plumbing, mechanical and HVAC work, so a job that moves a vent or a service still needs the relevant trade permit. And Section 40-149 opens by saying so directly: "Notwithstanding permit requirements, however, such work shall comply with all other applicable rules, standards and zoning regulations set forth in this Code." THE EXEMPTION REMOVES THE INSPECTION, NOT THE REQUIREMENT - the statewide roofing standards described elsewhere on this record still govern how the roof must be built, and nobody from the Village will be checking. Where a permit IS required, the fee for alterations, repairs and remodeling of existing buildings is 1.0 percent of the building construction cost, with a $50 minimum building permit fee, and a delinquent permit is charged at double fee.

Is ice & water shield required in Howard, WI?

Yes. STATE-SET AND SLOPE-CONDITIONED - read the trigger carefully, because it is narrower than the International Residential Code rule used in most other states. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 321.28(4)(a) requires that "Shingled or shake roofs that extend over a heated area of a dwelling or attached garage and that have a slope of 4:12 or less shall be provided with ice dam protection in the form of sheet metal or a product labeled as meeting the requirements of ASTM D 1970." SPS 321.28(4)(b) sets the extent: the protection "shall extend at least 30 inches up the roof slope from the roof edge and at least 12 inches up the roof slope beyond the inner face of the exterior wall." The trigger is the roof slope, not the climate zone or a design temperature, so a roof steeper than 4:12 is not covered by the requirement at all - although the shingle manufacturer's instructions may still call for it, and SPS 321.28(3)(a)3. makes those instructions binding for asphalt shingles. Howard adds nothing to the requirement - Chapter 40 of the Village Code was read in full and contains no ice barrier or ice dam provision - but it does more than most Wisconsin municipalities to make sure the state requirement reaches the job. AND THE SCOPE QUESTION THAT HANGS OVER MOST WISCONSIN REROOFS IS CLOSED HERE, BY NUMBER, IN THE ADOPTING SECTION ITSELF. Statewide, SPS 320.05(1) takes dwellings begun before the code took effect on June 1, 1980, and additions or alterations to them, outside the uniform dwelling code, and SPS 320.05(3) takes "repairs or maintenance" outside it as well - which matters because SPS 320.07(61) defines a repair to include "the replacement of existing fixtures, systems or equipment with the equivalent fixture, system or equipment." Howard has excepted those carve-outs by number and even annotated them. Village Code Section 40-64, "State codes adopted," adopts at item (3) the "Uniform Dwelling Code, Wis. Admin. Code chs. SPS 320-325, with the exception of: a. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 320.05(1), additions and alterations to existing buildings built prior to June 1, 1980. b. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 320.05(3), repairs or maintenance to dwellings. c. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 320.05(4), accessory buildings with the exception of the braced wall line requirements of Wis. Admin. Code SPS 321.25(8) and (9) and the energy conservation requirements of Wis. Admin. Code SPS 322." So neither the age of the house nor the argument that a like-for-like tear-off is a repair takes a job here outside the dwelling code. That is unusual - most Wisconsin municipalities adopt the code without touching those two exemptions, and the roofer is left to ask the inspector which side of the line the job falls on. So the slope test governs on a Howard house of any vintage, on a job that needs no permit and will not be inspected. Green Bay area snow loads make the 4:12 line worth measuring rather than eyeballing.

Is drip edge required in Howard, WI?

No. No drip edge is required by code here, and the reason is that Wisconsin never adopted the International Residential Code rule that most other states rely on for it. SPS 321.28, "Weather protection for roofs," was read in full - general drainage and fasteners, underlayment for shingles, asphalt shingles, ice dam protection, other roof coverings, reroofing, and every flashing paragraph - and no provision requires a drip edge at an eave or a rake. The only drip-edge language anywhere in the Wisconsin dwelling construction chapter is a masonry chimney cap rule, which is not a roof-edge requirement. PRACTICAL POINT FOR A BID: drip edge may still be required as a matter of the shingle manufacturer's printed instructions, and SPS 321.28(3)(a)3. makes those instructions binding for asphalt shingles, so read the wrapper before leaving it off. On the Village side, Chapter 40 of the Village Code was read in full and the words drip edge do not appear in it, and neither does any other roof-edge or roof-flashing requirement.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Howard, WI?

STATE-SET, AND IT APPLIES HERE EVEN THOUGH NO PERMIT DOES. The statewide rule is SPS 321.28(6), "REROOFING," which provides that new roof coverings may not be installed over existing roof coverings where any of three conditions exist: the existing roof or roof covering "is water-soaked or has deteriorated such that it is inadequate as a base for additional roofing"; the existing roof "is wood shake, slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile"; or the existing roof "has 2 or more applications of any type of permanent roof covering." So the ceiling is two total layers, and fewer than that where the deck is wet or deteriorated or the existing covering is one of the listed materials. A complete tear-off to the deck is not restricted by that rule at any layer count. Howard writes no layer rule of its own: Village Code Chapter 40, "Buildings and Building Regulations," was read in full - all seven articles and every numbered section from 40-1 through 40-367 - and it contains no layer limit, no recover rule and no shingle provision. So a roof already carrying two applications is a tear-off in Howard, and the fact that the job needs no permit does not change that. AND THE SCOPE QUESTION THAT HANGS OVER MOST WISCONSIN REROOFS IS CLOSED HERE, BY NUMBER, IN THE ADOPTING SECTION ITSELF. Statewide, SPS 320.05(1) takes dwellings begun before the code took effect on June 1, 1980, and additions or alterations to them, outside the uniform dwelling code, and SPS 320.05(3) takes "repairs or maintenance" outside it as well - which matters because SPS 320.07(61) defines a repair to include "the replacement of existing fixtures, systems or equipment with the equivalent fixture, system or equipment." Howard has excepted those carve-outs by number and even annotated them. Village Code Section 40-64, "State codes adopted," adopts at item (3) the "Uniform Dwelling Code, Wis. Admin. Code chs. SPS 320-325, with the exception of: a. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 320.05(1), additions and alterations to existing buildings built prior to June 1, 1980. b. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 320.05(3), repairs or maintenance to dwellings. c. Wis. Admin. Code SPS 320.05(4), accessory buildings with the exception of the braced wall line requirements of Wis. Admin. Code SPS 321.25(8) and (9) and the energy conservation requirements of Wis. Admin. Code SPS 322." So neither the age of the house nor the argument that a like-for-like tear-off is a repair takes a job here outside the dwelling code. That is unusual - most Wisconsin municipalities adopt the code without touching those two exemptions, and the roofer is left to ask the inspector which side of the line the job falls on. The combination is what makes Howard unusual: the state standards reach the job more completely than in most Wisconsin municipalities, and the Village will not be inspecting it. Village Code Section 40-149 says as much - exempt work "shall comply with all other applicable rules, standards and zoning regulations set forth in this Code."

What building code does Howard, WI use?

THE VILLAGE ADOPTS THE STATE CODES BY REFERENCE, THE ADOPTION IS FLOATING, AND THE LIST IS LONGER THAN MOST. Village Code Section 40-64 provides that "The following state codes and subsequent amendments and recodifications thereto are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated in this chapter as if fully set forth," and lists: the electrical code, SPS 316; inspection and certification, ch. SPS 305; the Uniform Dwelling Code, chs. SPS 320 to 325, with three named exceptions; manufactured homes, ch. SPS 326; smoke detectors, ch. SPS 328; the building and HVAC code, chs. SPS 361 to 365; barrier-free design under the ANSI A117.1 handbook; the historic building code; and the existing building code, chs. SPS 366 and 375 to 379. Because the adoption runs to subsequent amendments, the currently published text of chs. SPS 320 to 325 governs a house and there is no local edition year to check. Chapter 40 was comprehensively re-enacted by Ordinance No. 2024-07 on August 12, 2024 - almost every section in it carries that history line - and the Village Code is codified through Ordinance No. 2026-02, adopted January 26, 2026. THE THREE NAMED EXCEPTIONS ARE THE POINT OF THIS SECTION AND ARE SET OUT UNDER THE LAYER LIMIT ON THIS RECORD. A NOTE ON WHERE LOCAL AUTHORITY STOPS, BECAUSE WISCONSIN DRAWS THAT LINE HARDER THAN MOST STATES. Wis. Stat. 101.65(1) lets cities, villages, towns and counties exercise jurisdiction over the construction and inspection of new dwellings by ordinance, but 101.65(1c) provides that they "may not make or enforce an ordinance under sub. (1) that is applied to a dwelling and that does not conform to this subchapter and the uniform dwelling code." It then goes a step further than a plain preemption clause: if a contract between the municipality and an owner requires the owner to comply with a non-conforming ordinance, "the owner may waive the provision, and the provision, if waived, is void and unenforceable." So a local roofing rule that departs from the state dwelling code is not merely unenforceable against the municipality - the owner can strike it out of a contract.

Is a mid-roof inspection required in Howard, WI?

No. THERE IS NO MID-ROOF INSPECTION IN HOWARD, AND ON A ONE- OR TWO-FAMILY REROOF THERE IS NO VILLAGE INSPECTION AT ALL. Village Code Section 40-149(2) exempts "Siding and roofing repair or replacement on one-family and two-family dwellings" from the building permit, and Section 40-192 attaches inspection requests to a permit applicant, so an exempt job generates no inspection sequence. WHERE A PERMIT IS REQUIRED - a roof on a building of three or more units, or on a commercial property, or trade work alongside the roof - the stages are enumerated and none of them is a roof-covering stage. Section 40-193, "Inspection types," states that "The following inspections shall be completed for all projects whenever applicable" and lists, in full: erosion control, building sewer and water service, drain tile, footing and foundation, rough (general building construction plus electrical, plumbing and HVAC after all rough work is finished but before it is covered or concealed), insulation and energy, and final. ONE GENERAL RULE STILL BITES ON PERMITTED WORK: Section 40-191 provides that "in no case shall any electrical, plumbing or heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) installation be enclosed or any structural portion of any building or structure be covered or concealed prior to completion of required inspections and approval by the village building inspector."