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

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City of Hudsonville - Building Permits (Professional Code Inspections of Michigan)

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Hudsonville, MI, issued by City of Hudsonville - Building Permits (Professional Code Inspections of Michigan). Hudsonville's building permits run through Professional Code Inspections of Michigan (PCI), Jenison office, 1913 Baldwin St., Jenison, 616-667-8803. The city's Applications & Permits page lists a Building Permit category whose forms are hosted on PCI's Hudsonville forms page, and the city's fee schedule (Fiscal Year 2025-2026, approved 6/10/25) has a "PCI (BUILDING PERMITS)" section. That section prices a building permit by valuation: $60 up to $1,000, $60 plus $10 per $1,000 from $1,001 to $10,000, and $150 plus $5 per $1,000 above $10,000 for one and two family work, with a one and two family plan review at $50. It says "The value or cost of a building permit shall be based on the contract price, including all sub-contracts" and lists an administrative fee of $75/hour, one hour minimum, for starting a building project without a permit. PCI takes building permit applications and supplemental documents through BS&A Online for its Jenison office. The city's page does not say whether a reroof needs a permit; it says "If you are unsure if a license is needed for a particular activity, please contact the City at 616-669-0200." City Hall is at 3275 Central Blvd., Hudsonville.

Roof code checklist: Hudsonville, MI

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofYeshudsonville.org2026-10-11
Repair permit thresholdPublishedhudsonville.org2026-10-11
Layer limit / roof-overPublishedR908.3.1.1codes.iccsafe.org2026-10-11
Deck & sheathingPublishedR905.2.1codes.iccsafe.org2026-10-11
Drip edgeYesR905.2.8.5codes.iccsafe.org2026-10-11
Ice & water shieldYesR905.1.2ars.apps.lara.state.mi.us2026-10-11
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNoars.apps.lara.state.mi.us2026-10-11
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublishedars.apps.lara.state.mi.us2026-10-11
Contractor license / registrationYeslegislature.mi.gov2026-10-11
Sales & use taxPublishedlegislature.mi.gov2026-10-11

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 Hudsonville, Michigan
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
3275 Central Boulevard, Hudsonville, MI 49426
Contact
  • url: https://www.hudsonville.org/directory/applications_permits.php
  • phone: 616-669-0200
Permit portal
Permit portal
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
  • state_level: Michigan licenses residential builders and residential maintenance and alteration contractors under the Occupational Code (MCL 339.601, 339.2401 to 339.2404); this record does not decide whether a given roofer falls inside an exemption.
  • city_level: The city's Applications & Permits page and the PCI building permit application were read for a local contractor registration. The application asks for the contractor's builder's license number, federal employer ID number, workers compensation carrier and MESC employer number, and the city page states no separate city registration.
Permit process note
Hudsonville's building permits run through Professional Code Inspections of Michigan (PCI), Jenison office, 1913 Baldwin St., Jenison, 616-667-8803. The city's Applications & Permits page lists a Building Permit category whose forms are hosted on PCI's Hudsonville forms page, and the city's fee schedule (Fiscal Year 2025-2026, approved 6/10/25) has a "PCI (BUILDING PERMITS)" section. That section prices a building permit by valuation: $60 up to $1,000, $60 plus $10 per $1,000 from $1,001 to $10,000, and $150 plus $5 per $1,000 above $10,000 for one and two family work, with a one and two family plan review at $50. It says "The value or cost of a building permit shall be based on the contract price, including all sub-contracts" and lists an administrative fee of $75/hour, one hour minimum, for starting a building project without a permit. PCI takes building permit applications and supplemental documents through BS&A Online for its Jenison office. The city's page does not say whether a reroof needs a permit; it says "If you are unsure if a license is needed for a particular activity, please contact the City at 616-669-0200." City Hall is at 3275 Central Blvd., Hudsonville.
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 Hudsonville as its own building code enforcer. Sec. 8-21 of the City Code, "Adoption of the state building code.", designates the city as the enforcing agency to enforce the provisions of the single state construction code within the city and names no edition of a residential code; the city's recodified Code is current through Ordinance No. 22-330, adopted October 11, 2022. The city's Applications & Permits page links a document titled Building Permit Requirements, a Professional Code Inspections of Michigan plan review submittal form marked 2015, that asks for finished interior detail "in accordance with MBC 2012"; that is a commercial-code edition reference on a form dated before 2016, its text was not read, and this record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above. The city's property maintenance code is the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code (Sec. 8-141).
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). Chapter 8 of the Hudsonville City Code and the city's Applications & Permits page 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). Chapter 8 of the Hudsonville City Code and the city's Applications & Permits page 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." Chapter 8 of the Hudsonville City Code and the city's Applications & Permits page were read for a local rule and state nothing further on impact resistance.
Repair permit threshold
The City of Hudsonville and its permit office, PCI, publish nothing on reroofs. The city's Applications & Permits page says only "You will need a license or permit to perform several activities within the City of Hudsonville, many of which are detailed below. If you are unsure if a license is needed for a particular activity, please contact the City at 616-669-0200." Its building permit application, a PCI form, lists project types (new building, addition, alteration, demolition, relocation, sign) and has no roofing item; the city's fee schedule has a "PCI (BUILDING PERMITS)" section that prices work on project valuation, with no roofing line; and Chapter 8 of the City Code (Buildings and Building Regulations), read in full, has no roofing text. The general clause and the referral supply the answer. The state part: Michigan's construction code act says a building permit is required "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 city has published nothing applying that relief to roof work, so for a reroof call the city at 616-669-0200 or PCI at 616-667-8803 before starting.
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 city's own building ordinance, Chapter 8 of the Hudsonville City Code (Buildings and Building Regulations), was read in full together with the city's community development, fire prevention and floodplain management chapters: they designate the enforcing agency, set fees and boards of appeal for the electrical, mechanical and plumbing codes, adopt the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code with revisions, and cover fire safety, rental registration and satellite dishes; none has a reroofing provision, and nothing in them amends Section R908. The city's permit page states 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). Chapter 8 of the Hudsonville City Code and the city's Applications & Permits 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 City of Hudsonville's Applications & Permits page, in its fee schedule or in Chapter 8 of its City Code changes this.

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The City of Hudsonville's Applications & Permits page, for City Hall at 3275 Central Boulevard, links its building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permit forms to the Jenison office of Professional Code Inspections of Michigan (PCI), and the city's fee schedule has a "PCI (BUILDING PERMITS)" section. Section 8-21 of the City Code designates the city as the enforcing agency for the single state construction code, and the State of Michigan's jurisdiction list names the city 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: Hudsonville, MI

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

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Hudsonville, MI. The City of Hudsonville and its permit office, PCI, publish nothing on reroofs. The city's Applications & Permits page says only "You will need a license or permit to perform several activities within the City of Hudsonville, many of which are detailed below. If you are unsure if a license is needed for a particular activity, please contact the City at 616-669-0200." Its building permit application, a PCI form, lists project types (new building, addition, alteration, demolition, relocation, sign) and has no roofing item; the city's fee schedule has a "PCI (BUILDING PERMITS)" section that prices work on project valuation, with no roofing line; and Chapter 8 of the City Code (Buildings and Building Regulations), read in full, has no roofing text. The general clause and the referral supply the answer. The state part: Michigan's construction code act says a building permit is required "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 city has published nothing applying that relief to roof work, so for a reroof call the city at 616-669-0200 or PCI at 616-667-8803 before starting.

Is ice & water shield required in Hudsonville, 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). Chapter 8 of the Hudsonville City Code and the city's Applications & Permits page were read for a local rule and state nothing further on ice barrier.

Is drip edge required in Hudsonville, 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). Chapter 8 of the Hudsonville City Code and the city's Applications & Permits page were read for a local rule and state nothing further on drip edge.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Hudsonville, 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, the city's own building ordinance, Chapter 8 of the Hudsonville City Code (Buildings and Building Regulations), was read in full together with the city's community development, fire prevention and floodplain management chapters: they designate the enforcing agency, set fees and boards of appeal for the electrical, mechanical and plumbing codes, adopt the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code with revisions, and cover fire safety, rental registration and satellite dishes; none has a reroofing provision, and nothing in them amends Section R908. The city's permit page states no layer rule.

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

Yes.

What building code does Hudsonville, 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 Hudsonville as its own building code enforcer. Sec. 8-21 of the City Code, "Adoption of the state building code.", designates the city as the enforcing agency to enforce the provisions of the single state construction code within the city and names no edition of a residential code; the city's recodified Code is current through Ordinance No. 22-330, adopted October 11, 2022. The city's Applications & Permits page links a document titled Building Permit Requirements, a Professional Code Inspections of Michigan plan review submittal form marked 2015, that asks for finished interior detail "in accordance with MBC 2012"; that is a commercial-code edition reference on a form dated before 2016, its text was not read, and this record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above. The city's property maintenance code is the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code (Sec. 8-141).