Permitting Authorities / Township of Nottawa - Building Official and Zoning Administration
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Township of Nottawa, MI?
Adopted code
Township of Nottawa - Building Official and Zoning Administration
Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Township of Nottawa, MI, issued by Township of Nottawa - Building Official and Zoning Administration. In Nottawa Township the Applications - Permits page links the "Zoning/Site Plan Review & Building Permit" application and a separate "Building Permit- 6 pgs." form, and the Contact page lists the Zoning Administrator and, under Inspection Services, Building (269-816-4951), Electrical and Plumbing/Mechanical inspectors. With no township statement on reroofs, the state's general permit rule applies: "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." The same state section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs. The Zoning-Building Permit Application says "Building or excavation work shall not be started until the application for permit has been approved by the Zoning Administrator and/or the Building Official." and "The building official will advise you of the building permit fees at the time of issuance of such permit.", and it says "Building Permits are valid for 6 months." The building permit form tells the applicant "It is the legal responsibility for the applicant to call for all required inspections before any electrical, plumbing, mechanical or structural work is concealed or covered." and the application says "The inspector will typically perform the inspection within 2 business days as his or her schedule permits." The township's fee schedule lists a zoning application fee and no building permit fee or roofing line, so ask the Building Official for the current fee. The township hall is at 112 South Clark Street, PO Box 68, Centreville, MI 49032, phone 269-467-7835; the Zoning Administrator works from P.O. Box 30, Colon, MI 49040.
Roof code checklist: Township of Nottawa, MI
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Jurisdiction
Township of Nottawa, St. Joseph County, Michigan
Address
112 South Clark Street, Centreville, MI 49032
Contact
- url: http://nottawatownship.org/applications-permits.html
- phone: 269-386-1110
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: The township's building permit form asks the contractor for a builder's license number, expiration date and proof of workers' compensation and employer numbers or the reason for exemption, and the Applications - Permits page, the Zoning-Building Permit Application, the fee schedule, the General Ordinances and the Zoning Ordinance publish no contractor registration or licence of the township's own. This record does not decide whether a given roofer falls inside a state exemption.
Permit process note
In Nottawa Township the Applications - Permits page links the "Zoning/Site Plan Review & Building Permit" application and a separate "Building Permit- 6 pgs." form, and the Contact page lists the Zoning Administrator and, under Inspection Services, Building (269-816-4951), Electrical and Plumbing/Mechanical inspectors. With no township statement on reroofs, the state's general permit rule applies: "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." The same state section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs. The Zoning-Building Permit Application says "Building or excavation work shall not be started until the application for permit has been approved by the Zoning Administrator and/or the Building Official." and "The building official will advise you of the building permit fees at the time of issuance of such permit.", and it says "Building Permits are valid for 6 months." The building permit form tells the applicant "It is the legal responsibility for the applicant to call for all required inspections before any electrical, plumbing, mechanical or structural work is concealed or covered." and the application says "The inspector will typically perform the inspection within 2 business days as his or her schedule permits." The township's fee schedule lists a zoning application fee and no building permit fee or roofing line, so ask the Building Official for the current fee. The township hall is at 112 South Clark Street, PO Box 68, Centreville, MI 49032, phone 269-467-7835; the Zoning Administrator works from P.O. Box 30, Colon, MI 49040.
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 Township of Nottawa in St. Joseph County as its own building code enforcer. Part 10 of the township's General Ordinances says "the Building Official of the Township of Nottawa is hereby designated as the enforcing agency" under Act 230 and refers to Table R301.2(1) of the Michigan Residential Code and to Appendix G of the Michigan Building Code without naming an edition. The township's Applications - Permits page carries a "Note from the inspector", written for the township's electrical permits, that says "The Part 8 rules have been amended to include exterior service disconnects and surge protection for all one-and two-family homes even though the 2015 MRC will still be the correct code." The township's Dangerous Buildings ordinance, Part 190, refers to "the Building Code of the Township of Nottawa (BOCA)" without an edition; that ordinance is Ordinance No. 13, adopted January 3, 1991, and the text of the building code it refers to was not read.
Drip edge
Required — Required on asphalt shingle roofs by state law. Michigan makes no amendment to the drip edge rule of the 2015 International Residential Code, Section R905.2.8.5, which applies as published: "A drip edge shall be provided at eaves and rake edges of shingle roofs." Segments overlap by at least 2 inches, the drip edge extends at least 1/4 inch below the roof sheathing and at least 2 inches back onto the deck, it is fastened at no more than 12 inches on center, and underlayment goes over it at the eaves and under it at the rakes. A reroof is held to the same rule, because "Materials and methods of application used for re-covering or replacing an existing roof covering shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 9" (R908.1). The Nottawa Township General Ordinances and Zoning Ordinance, its Applications - Permits page and its permit applications were read for a local rule and state nothing further on drip edge.
About drip edgeIce & water shield
Required — Required everywhere in Michigan by state law. Michigan fills in the climatic design table of the 2015 code once for the whole state (Rule 516, Table R301.2(1)), and its ice barrier underlayment column reads Yes. The state footnote calls for Yes "for areas where the average daily temperature in January is 25 degrees Fahrenheit" or less, or where ice damming has caused damage. The base code then requires an ice barrier "for asphalt shingles, metal roof shingles, mineral-surfaced roll roofing, slate and slate-type shingles, wood shingles and wood shakes," running "from the lowest edges of all roof surfaces to a point not less than 24 inches (610 mm) inside the exterior wall line of the building" (R905.1.2). Detached accessory structures without conditioned floor area are exempt. On a tear-off, an existing ice barrier that is adhered to the deck may stay and be covered with an additional layer (R908.3, Exception). The Nottawa Township General Ordinances and Zoning Ordinance, its Applications - Permits page and its permit applications were read for a local rule and state nothing further on ice barrier.
About ice & water barrierImpact-resistant roofing
Not required — No impact-resistance requirement under state law. The 2015 Michigan Residential Code was searched in full and has no hail or impact rating rule for roof coverings: the words hail, impact and UL 2218 do not appear in it, and none of them appears in the roof assemblies chapter of the base 2015 International Residential Code either. Michigan applies one code statewide ("This act and the code apply throughout the state."), and the act gives the power to amend it to the state director, who adopts the model codes "with amendments, additions, or deletions as the director determines appropriate." The Nottawa Township General Ordinances and Zoning Ordinance, its Applications - Permits page and its permit applications were read for a local rule and state nothing further on impact resistance.
Repair permit threshold
Nottawa Township has published nothing on reroofs, and no size or cost point for roof work is stated. Its Applications - Permits page offers a "Zoning/Site Plan Review & Building Permit" application and a six-page building permit form whose types of improvement include New building, Addition, Alteration, Repair and Wrecking, with no roofing choice; the Zoning-Building Permit Application says only that "Plans are not required for alterations and repair work if determined by the building official to be minor in nature." Under state law, "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure." (MCL 125.1510), without a definition of ordinary repairs, and the township has not applied that relief to roof work. For a reroof or a roof repair, call the Zoning Administrator at 269-386-1110 or the Building Official at 269-816-4951 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 township's building provisions were read: its General Ordinances (compiled November 2023, Parts 1 through 251) hold Part 10 (the enforcing agency designation and flood hazard areas), Part 190 (Dangerous Buildings) and Part 249 (Construction Board of Appeals) as their building instruments, and none has a reroofing provision or amends anything in Section R908. Its Zoning Ordinance Part 300 (revised April 2025) was searched for roofing and has only a dwelling standard on roof overhang and roof snow load and solar roof provisions, and no layer rule. The township's permit forms state no layer rule.
Deck & sheathing requirements
State law, from the base code. Michigan makes no amendment to the roof sheathing section of the 2015 International Residential Code, Section R803, which does not appear in the Michigan rule set, so it applies as published. Lumber roof sheathing follows Table R803.1: over rafters or beams 24 inches apart it must be at least 5/8 inch net thick. Wood structural panels must be identified "for grade, bond classification and performance category by a grade mark or certificate of inspection issued by an approved agency," and their spans may not exceed "the values set forth in Table R503.2.1.1(1), or APA E30." For a shingle roof the base code adds that "Asphalt shingles shall be fastened to solidly sheathed decks" (R905.2.1), and on any reroof "The structural roof components shall be capable of supporting the roof covering system" (R908.2). The Nottawa Township General Ordinances and Zoning Ordinance, its Applications - Permits page and its permit applications 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 Nottawa Township Applications - Permits page, permit applications or fee schedule changes this.
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Nottawa Township, in St. Joseph County, takes zoning and building permit applications through its Zoning Administrator and its Building Official; the township hall is at 112 South Clark Street in Centreville. Part 10 of the township's General Ordinances designates the Building Official of the Township of Nottawa as the enforcing agency under the state construction code act, and the State of Michigan's jurisdiction list names the Township of Nottawa in St. Joseph County 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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