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Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Leonard, MI?
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Village of Leonard - Building Department
Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Leonard, MI, issued by Village of Leonard - Building Department. In the Village of Leonard the permit answer rests on the general state rule, because the village has published nothing on reroofs. The Permits & Codes page offers Building Permits, Residential Mechanical, Commercial Electrical, Commercial Mechanical, Plumbing and Residential Electrical permit forms and a Village Fee Schedule, and lists a building official by title. The fee schedule says "Failure to apply for and receive a Building; Plumbing; Electrical or Mechanical (HVAC) before commencing construction will result in applying a multiplier of 2", and Section 12.1(e) of the Code of Ordinances says "Upon application for any building permit, the applicant shall deposit with his application a building permit performance guarantee". The building permit application gives the Building Department at 23 E Elmwood, Leonard MI 48367, phone 248-628-7380, and the Permits & Codes page lists office hours of "Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 9:00 AM until 2:00 PM" and "By appointment only 3PM to 5PM on regular office days". The state's general rule is that "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", and the same section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs. Read October 15, 2026.
Roof code checklist: Leonard, MI
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Jurisdiction
Village of Leonard, Michigan
Address
23 E Elmwood, Leonard, MI 48367
Contact
- url: https://www.villageofleonard.org/copy-of-permits-codes
- phone: 248-628-7380
- email: [email protected]
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
In the Village of Leonard the permit answer rests on the general state rule, because the village has published nothing on reroofs. The Permits & Codes page offers Building Permits, Residential Mechanical, Commercial Electrical, Commercial Mechanical, Plumbing and Residential Electrical permit forms and a Village Fee Schedule, and lists a building official by title. The fee schedule says "Failure to apply for and receive a Building; Plumbing; Electrical or Mechanical (HVAC) before commencing construction will result in applying a multiplier of 2", and Section 12.1(e) of the Code of Ordinances says "Upon application for any building permit, the applicant shall deposit with his application a building permit performance guarantee". The building permit application gives the Building Department at 23 E Elmwood, Leonard MI 48367, phone 248-628-7380, and the Permits & Codes page lists office hours of "Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 9:00 AM until 2:00 PM" and "By appointment only 3PM to 5PM on regular office days". The state's general rule is that "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", and the same section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs. Read October 15, 2026.
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 Leonard as its own building code enforcer. The village's Permits & Codes page, read October 15, 2026, says the village has adopted by reference the state codes, including "the Michigan Residential Code (in reference to 2015 International Residential Code, IRC)", which is the state edition. Section 12.1 of the Code of Ordinances designates the building official as the enforcing agency and names no edition.
Drip edge
Required — Required on asphalt shingle roofs by state law. Michigan makes no amendment to the drip edge rule of the 2015 International Residential Code, Section R905.2.8.5, which applies as published: "A drip edge shall be provided at eaves and rake edges of shingle roofs." Segments overlap by at least 2 inches, the drip edge extends at least 1/4 inch below the roof sheathing and at least 2 inches back onto the deck, it is fastened at no more than 12 inches on center, and underlayment goes over it at the eaves and under it at the rakes. A reroof is held to the same rule, because "Materials and methods of application used for re-covering or replacing an existing roof covering shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 9" (R908.1). Chapter 12 of the Village of Leonard Code of Ordinances, the Permits & Codes page, the building permit application and the fee schedule 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). Chapter 12 of the Village of Leonard Code of Ordinances, the Permits & Codes page, the building permit application and the fee schedule 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." Chapter 12 of the Village of Leonard Code of Ordinances, the Permits & Codes page, the building permit application and the fee schedule were read for a local rule and state nothing further on impact resistance.
Repair permit threshold
The Village of Leonard has published nothing on reroofs. Its building permit application lists "REPAIR" and "ALTERATION" among its types of improvement, its fee schedule (Resolution 102) charges an application fee of $75 for "Residential additions, alterations or other" and has no roofing line, and its Permits & Codes page says nothing about roofing. Under state law, "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" and "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," (MCL 125.1510), without a definition of ordinary repairs. Ask the village building official, through the village office at 248-628-7380, whether a given roof job needs a permit.
Roof layer limit / recover
Two layers at most, under state law. Michigan builds one- and two-family homes to the 2015 Michigan Residential Code, which adopts the 2015 International Residential Code and makes no amendment to its reroofing section, Section R908; the Michigan rule set was searched in full and R908 does not appear in it. The base section therefore applies as the International Code Council publishes it. Section R908.3.1.1 lists the conditions under which a new roof may not be laid over an existing one, and the third is "Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering." One existing layer may be covered once; a roof that already carries two layers is torn off to the deck. The same section also bars covering a roof that is water soaked or too deteriorated to serve as a base, and covering "slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile." Locally, Chapter 12 of the Village of Leonard Code of Ordinances (Sections 12.1 to 12.7), the village's own building ordinance, was read in full: it designates the building official as the enforcing agency, adopts Appendix G and the flood hazard maps, adopts the International Property Maintenance Code of 2021, and regulates dangerous buildings, property identification, rental units and performance guarantees. It has no reroofing provision and amends nothing in Section R908; the property maintenance code's roof clause, Section 304.7, says only "The roof and flashing shall be sound, tight and not have defects that admit rain." The Permits & Codes page, the building permit application and the fee schedule 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). Chapter 12 of the Village of Leonard Code of Ordinances, the Permits & Codes page, the building permit application and the fee schedule 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 Leonard Permits & Codes page or fee schedule changes this.
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The Village of Leonard's Building Department, at 23 E Elmwood in Leonard, offers building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing permit forms and a fee schedule on its Permits & Codes page and lists a building official by title. Section 12.1 of the village's Code of Ordinances designates the building official as the enforcing agency under the state construction code act, 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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Roofing questions: Leonard, MI
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Leonard, MI?
Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Leonard, MI. The Village of Leonard has published nothing on reroofs. Its building permit application lists "REPAIR" and "ALTERATION" among its types of improvement, its fee schedule (Resolution 102) charges an application fee of $75 for "Residential additions, alterations or other" and has no roofing line, and its Permits & Codes page says nothing about roofing. Under state law, "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" and "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," (MCL 125.1510), without a definition of ordinary repairs. Ask the village building official, through the village office at 248-628-7380, whether a given roof job needs a permit.
Is ice & water shield required in Leonard, 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 12 of the Village of Leonard Code of Ordinances, the Permits & Codes page, the building permit application and the fee schedule were read for a local rule and state nothing further on ice barrier.
Is drip edge required in Leonard, 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 12 of the Village of Leonard Code of Ordinances, the Permits & Codes page, the building permit application and the fee schedule were read for a local rule and state nothing further on drip edge.
Can you roof over an existing roof in Leonard, MI?
Two layers at most, under state law. Michigan builds one- and two-family homes to the 2015 Michigan Residential Code, which adopts the 2015 International Residential Code and makes no amendment to its reroofing section, Section R908; the Michigan rule set was searched in full and R908 does not appear in it. The base section therefore applies as the International Code Council publishes it. Section R908.3.1.1 lists the conditions under which a new roof may not be laid over an existing one, and the third is "Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering." One existing layer may be covered once; a roof that already carries two layers is torn off to the deck. The same section also bars covering a roof that is water soaked or too deteriorated to serve as a base, and covering "slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile." Locally, Chapter 12 of the Village of Leonard Code of Ordinances (Sections 12.1 to 12.7), the village's own building ordinance, was read in full: it designates the building official as the enforcing agency, adopts Appendix G and the flood hazard maps, adopts the International Property Maintenance Code of 2021, and regulates dangerous buildings, property identification, rental units and performance guarantees. It has no reroofing provision and amends nothing in Section R908; the property maintenance code's roof clause, Section 304.7, says only "The roof and flashing shall be sound, tight and not have defects that admit rain." The Permits & Codes page, the building permit application and the fee schedule state no layer rule.
Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Leonard, MI?
Yes.
What building code does Leonard, 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 Village of Leonard as its own building code enforcer. The village's Permits & Codes page, read October 15, 2026, says the village has adopted by reference the state codes, including "the Michigan Residential Code (in reference to 2015 International Residential Code, IRC)", which is the state edition. Section 12.1 of the Code of Ordinances designates the building official as the enforcing agency and names no edition.