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

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City of Marine City - Building / Code Enforcement

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Marine City, MI, issued by City of Marine City - Building / Code Enforcement. In Marine City a reroof is priced as roof work on the city's fee schedule: the line for "Roof" reads "Application fee + value + inspection costs", with a "$75 - Nonrefundable on all permit types" application fee and an inspection fee of "Flat Rate $75". The Building / Code Enforcement page says "ALL APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A COPY OF" the contractor's license, a "Certificate of Liability Insurance", workers compensation insurance if applicable, a driver's license or company affidavit of authorization and a "Current Contractor Registration on file". It offers an online application through BS&A and says "Please call 810-765-8846 to schedule a meeting with the Building Official" for conceptual review. The Building Official's hours on the page are "Tuesday Afternoons & Thursday Mornings", and City Hall at 260 S. Parker Street, Marine City, MI 48039 is open "Monday - Friday: 7:30AM - 4:00PM". The building department line printed on the city's Contractor Registration form is (810) 765-9011. The fee schedule is approved for 2025-2026, so confirm the current fee with the department.

Roof code checklist: Marine City, MI

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofYesmarinecity.gov2026-10-12
Repair permit thresholdPublishedmarinecity.gov2026-10-12
Layer limit / roof-overPublishedR908.3.1.1codes.iccsafe.org2026-10-12
Deck & sheathingPublishedR905.2.1codes.iccsafe.org2026-10-12
Drip edgeYesR905.2.8.5codes.iccsafe.org2026-10-12
Ice & water shieldYesR905.1.2ars.apps.lara.state.mi.us2026-10-12
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNoars.apps.lara.state.mi.us2026-10-12
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublished§ 623.3.1ars.apps.lara.state.mi.us2026-10-12
Contractor license / registrationYeslegislature.mi.gov2026-10-12
Sales & use taxPublishedlegislature.mi.gov2026-10-12

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 Marine City, Michigan
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
260 S. Parker Street, Marine City, MI 48039
Contact
  • url: https://marinecity.gov/building-code-enforcement/
  • phone: 810-765-9011
Permit portal
Permit portal
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
  • state_level: Michigan licenses residential maintenance and alteration contractors under the Occupational Code, and that licence "includes the following crafts and trades" among which it names roofing (MCL 339.2404(3)); "A person shall not engage in or attempt to engage in the practice of an occupation regulated under this act" without the licence (MCL 339.601(1)). MCL 339.2403 lists who may work without one, including a project whose "aggregate contract price for the labor, material, and any other items for the undertaking or project is less than $600.00". This record does not decide whether a given roofer falls inside an exemption.
  • city_level: Marine City registers contractors: its Building / Code Enforcement page says all applications must include a "Current Contractor Registration on file", and its Contractor Registration form lists "Residential Contractor Fee: $25.00", with the same $25.00 for electrical, mechanical and plumbing.
Permit process note
In Marine City a reroof is priced as roof work on the city's fee schedule: the line for "Roof" reads "Application fee + value + inspection costs", with a "$75 - Nonrefundable on all permit types" application fee and an inspection fee of "Flat Rate $75". The Building / Code Enforcement page says "ALL APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A COPY OF" the contractor's license, a "Certificate of Liability Insurance", workers compensation insurance if applicable, a driver's license or company affidavit of authorization and a "Current Contractor Registration on file". It offers an online application through BS&A and says "Please call 810-765-8846 to schedule a meeting with the Building Official" for conceptual review. The Building Official's hours on the page are "Tuesday Afternoons & Thursday Mornings", and City Hall at 260 S. Parker Street, Marine City, MI 48039 is open "Monday - Friday: 7:30AM - 4:00PM". The building department line printed on the city's Contractor Registration form is (810) 765-9011. The fee schedule is approved for 2025-2026, so confirm the current fee with the department.
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 Marine City as its own building code enforcer. Section 158.001 of the city's Code of Ordinances adopts "The Michigan Building Code, as published by the State of Michigan", and section 158.005 designates the Building Official as the enforcing agency; neither names a residential code edition. The Building / Code Enforcement page links "The City of Marine City Building Codes", an image the city uploaded in May 2026 that lists the "2015 Michigan Residential Code". Section 153.21 of the Code of Ordinances, on anchoring a mobile home, refers to "§ 623.3.1 of BOCA Basic Building Code"; that text was not read, 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). Chapter 158 of the Marine City Code of Ordinances, the Building / Code Enforcement page, the fee schedule and the Building Permit Application 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 158 of the Marine City Code of Ordinances, the Building / Code Enforcement page, the fee schedule and the Building Permit Application 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 158 of the Marine City Code of Ordinances, the Building / Code Enforcement page, the fee schedule and the Building Permit Application were read for a local rule and state nothing further on impact resistance.
Repair permit threshold
Marine City treats roof work as its own permit item. Its fee schedule approved 5/15/2025 has a separate "Roof" line under Building Construction, and the line reads "Application fee + value + inspection costs". The fee schedule and the Building Permit Application publish no size or cost point below which a reroof needs no permit. The city's zoning ordinance, section 160.293(D), says "No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be hereafter erected, altered, moved, or repaired unless a building permit shall have been first issued for the work." and excepts "minor repairs or changes not involving any of the aforesaid features", and it names no roof work. The state part: Michigan's construction code act says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure" and does not define ordinary repairs; the city 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 city's own building ordinances, the Code of Ordinances posted on the city's website (current through Ordinance 25-007, passed 1-15-2026), were searched in full for roof, reroof, shingle and layer, and the building provisions of Chapter 158 (Building Regulations; Construction) were read: they adopt the Michigan Building Code, designate the enforcing agency and the flood hazard maps, create the Construction Board of Appeals, adopt the International Property Maintenance Code, the Michigan Mechanical Code, a plumbing code and the National Electrical Code, and regulate dangerous buildings, blight and vacant or abandoned structures. They have no reroofing provision and amend nothing in Section R908; the only roof standard anywhere in the Code is a shingled-roof design rule for mobile homes (Section 153.17). The Building / Code Enforcement page, fee schedule and Building Permit Application 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 158 of the Marine City Code of Ordinances, the Building / Code Enforcement page, the fee schedule and the Building Permit Application were read for a local rule and state nothing further on roof sheathing.
Sales & use tax
6%, statewide, with no local add-on. This is state law: the General Sales Tax Act sets the tax "equal to 6% of the gross proceeds of the business," the Use Tax Act sets "a total combined rate equal to 6%," and the Michigan Department of Treasury says "Michigan does not allow city or local units to impose sales tax." On a roofing job the roofer is the taxpayer on materials, because the Use Tax Act counts as a consumer "A person acquiring tangible personal property if engaged in the business of constructing, altering, repairing, or improving the real estate of others." Nothing on the City of Marine City Building / Code Enforcement page or fee schedule changes this.

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The City of Marine City's Building / Code Enforcement department, at City Hall, 260 S. Parker Street, issues building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits, takes applications online through BS&A, and registers contractors. Its fee schedule has a separate "Roof" line, and its list of building codes names the 2015 Michigan Residential Code. Michigan applies one residential code statewide, so the roofing rules below are state law.

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Roofing questions: Marine City, MI

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

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Marine City, MI. Marine City treats roof work as its own permit item. Its fee schedule approved 5/15/2025 has a separate "Roof" line under Building Construction, and the line reads "Application fee + value + inspection costs". The fee schedule and the Building Permit Application publish no size or cost point below which a reroof needs no permit. The city's zoning ordinance, section 160.293(D), says "No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be hereafter erected, altered, moved, or repaired unless a building permit shall have been first issued for the work." and excepts "minor repairs or changes not involving any of the aforesaid features", and it names no roof work. The state part: Michigan's construction code act says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure" and does not define ordinary repairs; the city has published nothing applying that relief to roof work.

Is ice & water shield required in Marine City, 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 158 of the Marine City Code of Ordinances, the Building / Code Enforcement page, the fee schedule and the Building Permit Application were read for a local rule and state nothing further on ice barrier.

Is drip edge required in Marine City, 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 158 of the Marine City Code of Ordinances, the Building / Code Enforcement page, the fee schedule and the Building Permit Application were read for a local rule and state nothing further on drip edge.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Marine City, 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 ordinances, the Code of Ordinances posted on the city's website (current through Ordinance 25-007, passed 1-15-2026), were searched in full for roof, reroof, shingle and layer, and the building provisions of Chapter 158 (Building Regulations; Construction) were read: they adopt the Michigan Building Code, designate the enforcing agency and the flood hazard maps, create the Construction Board of Appeals, adopt the International Property Maintenance Code, the Michigan Mechanical Code, a plumbing code and the National Electrical Code, and regulate dangerous buildings, blight and vacant or abandoned structures. They have no reroofing provision and amend nothing in Section R908; the only roof standard anywhere in the Code is a shingled-roof design rule for mobile homes (Section 153.17). The Building / Code Enforcement page, fee schedule and Building Permit Application state no layer rule.

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

Yes.

What building code does Marine City, 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 Marine City as its own building code enforcer. Section 158.001 of the city's Code of Ordinances adopts "The Michigan Building Code, as published by the State of Michigan", and section 158.005 designates the Building Official as the enforcing agency; neither names a residential code edition. The Building / Code Enforcement page links "The City of Marine City Building Codes", an image the city uploaded in May 2026 that lists the "2015 Michigan Residential Code". Section 153.21 of the Code of Ordinances, on anchoring a mobile home, refers to "§ 623.3.1 of BOCA Basic Building Code"; that text was not read, and this record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above.