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Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Charter Township of Pavilion, MI?

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Charter Township of Pavilion - Building Department

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Charter Township of Pavilion, MI, issued by Charter Township of Pavilion - Building Department. In Pavilion Township a reroof goes through the township's contracted building department: the township's Building Permits page says "PAVILION TOWNSHIP CURRENTLY CONTRACTS WITH:" "ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENT SERVICES (AGS)." for "Building, Mechanical, Electrical", plan reviews, plumbing, code enforcement, demolition permits, zoning and onsite sewer inspections, and gives AGS's line as 269-629-0600. AGS's Building Permit application, posted for all of its jurisdictions, lists "Re-Roofing" among its project types, shows the department at 8721 Gull Road, Suite B in Richland, and its "Roof Repair" requirement asks for drawings of the roof covering materials, the number of layers, decking, roof venting and flashing. The township page also says "NEED AN ADDRESS FOR A PROPERTY YOU ARE BUILDING ON?" and that an address is needed before a building permit can be had. The township's fee schedule ("Revised 2021") lists planning and zoning fees and "ZONING COMPLIANCE PERMIT: FREE" and posts no building permit fee, so ask AGS for the current fee. Part 145 completes Section 114.3.2 of the code and says "In the event construction is commenced before the required building permits are obtained, the permit fee will be an additional 25 percent of the original fee for a total fee of 125 percent of the original fee." The township hall is open 9:00 to 4:30 Monday to Friday on 269-327-0462. The fee schedule is a scanned page and its quoted lines are transcribed from its page render.

Roof code checklist: Charter Township of Pavilion, MI

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofYespaviliontwpmi.gov2026-10-12
Repair permit thresholdPublishedpaviliontwpmi.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 codePublishedars.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
Charter Township of Pavilion, Michigan
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
7510 East Q Avenue, Scotts, MI 49088
Contact
  • url: https://www.paviliontwpmi.gov/building-permits-zoning
  • phone: 269-629-0600
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
  • city_level: Pavilion Township's Building Permits page and Part 145 of its Code of Ordinances name no separate township contractor registration; the Associated Government Services Building Permit application asks for a federal ID or Social Security number, an MESC employer number, a workers compensation carrier and a license number with expiration date, or the reason for exemption. This record does not decide whether a given roofer falls inside a state exemption.
  • 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.
Permit process note
In Pavilion Township a reroof goes through the township's contracted building department: the township's Building Permits page says "PAVILION TOWNSHIP CURRENTLY CONTRACTS WITH:" "ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENT SERVICES (AGS)." for "Building, Mechanical, Electrical", plan reviews, plumbing, code enforcement, demolition permits, zoning and onsite sewer inspections, and gives AGS's line as 269-629-0600. AGS's Building Permit application, posted for all of its jurisdictions, lists "Re-Roofing" among its project types, shows the department at 8721 Gull Road, Suite B in Richland, and its "Roof Repair" requirement asks for drawings of the roof covering materials, the number of layers, decking, roof venting and flashing. The township page also says "NEED AN ADDRESS FOR A PROPERTY YOU ARE BUILDING ON?" and that an address is needed before a building permit can be had. The township's fee schedule ("Revised 2021") lists planning and zoning fees and "ZONING COMPLIANCE PERMIT: FREE" and posts no building permit fee, so ask AGS for the current fee. Part 145 completes Section 114.3.2 of the code and says "In the event construction is commenced before the required building permits are obtained, the permit fee will be an additional 25 percent of the original fee for a total fee of 125 percent of the original fee." The township hall is open 9:00 to 4:30 Monday to Friday on 269-327-0462. The fee schedule is a scanned page and its quoted lines are transcribed from its page render.
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." Part 145 of Pavilion Township's Code of Ordinances (Ord. No. 100, adopted August 9, 1993, amended by Ord. No. 121, 5-8-00) says "the Township assumes the responsibility for the administration and enforcement of the Michigan Construction Code and that Code is hereby adopted as the Building Code of the Township of Pavilion" and names no edition of any residential code. The compilation is codified through Ordinance No. 183, adopted June 9, 2025. Part 149 (Ord. No. 51, adopted June 17, 1977) adopts the "American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 90-75, Energy Conservation in New Building Design", and Part 130 (Ord. No. 97, adopted July 8, 1991) adopts the "UNIFORM FIRE CODE AND UNIFORM FIRE CODE STANDARDS"; an energy standard for new building designs and a fire code are not residential code editions, and their text was not read for this record's roof fields.
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 Pavilion Township Building Permits page, the Associated Government Services Building Permit application and Parts 130, 131, 145, 147, 148, 149 and 200 of the township's codified ordinances were read for a local rule on drip edge and state nothing on it. 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). The Pavilion Township Building Permits page, the Associated Government Services Building Permit application and Parts 130, 131, 145, 147, 148, 149 and 200 of the township's codified ordinances were read for a local rule on ice barrier and state nothing on it. 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." The Pavilion Township Building Permits page, the Associated Government Services Building Permit application and Parts 130, 131, 145, 147, 148, 149 and 200 of the township's codified ordinances were read for a local rule on impact resistance and state nothing on it.
Repair permit threshold
No size or cost threshold is published. The Building Permit application that the township's contracted building department, Associated Government Services, posts for all of its jurisdictions lists "Re-Roofing" among its project types, and its requirements list a "Roof Repair" item asking for "Drawings of Work to be Performed that includes but not limited to: Roof covering materials, Number of layers, Decking, Roof venting, Flashing". The township's own Building Permits page sends applicants to AGS with "FOR PERMIT FORMS AND INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT". 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.
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, Part 145 (Building Code) of the Pavilion Township Code of Ordinances, Ord. No. 100 as amended by Ord. No. 121 and codified through Ordinance No. 183, was read in full: it assumes enforcement of the Michigan Construction Code, adopts it as the township's Building Code, completes a handful of its insertion sections (title, rehabilitation, fee schedule, late application fee, violation penalties, unlawful continuance and the board of survey fee) and has no reroofing provision and no amendment to Section R908. Parts 130, 131, 147, 148, 149 and 200 were searched for any roofing or layer text and have none, and the Associated Government Services application states no layer limit; its "Roof Repair" item asks the applicant to show the "Number of layers".
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 Pavilion Township Building Permits page, the Associated Government Services Building Permit application and Parts 130, 131, 145, 147, 148, 149 and 200 of the township's codified ordinances were read for a local rule on roof sheathing; the application's "Roof Repair" item asks for drawings showing "Decking" and states no sheathing thickness or grade.
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 Pavilion Township Building Permits page or in the Associated Government Services application changes this.

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The Charter Township of Pavilion, at the township hall at 7510 East Q Avenue in Scotts in Kalamazoo County, contracts with Associated Government Services (AGS) of Richland for its building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits, plan reviews, inspections, code enforcement and zoning. AGS's Building Permit application lists "Re-Roofing" as a project type. Part 145 of the township's Code of Ordinances assumes enforcement of the Michigan Construction Code, and for houses that is the 2015 Michigan Residential Code.

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Roofing questions: Charter Township of Pavilion, MI

Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Charter Township of Pavilion, MI?

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Charter Township of Pavilion, MI. No size or cost threshold is published. The Building Permit application that the township's contracted building department, Associated Government Services, posts for all of its jurisdictions lists "Re-Roofing" among its project types, and its requirements list a "Roof Repair" item asking for "Drawings of Work to be Performed that includes but not limited to: Roof covering materials, Number of layers, Decking, Roof venting, Flashing". The township's own Building Permits page sends applicants to AGS with "FOR PERMIT FORMS AND INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT". 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.

Is ice & water shield required in Charter Township of Pavilion, 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). The Pavilion Township Building Permits page, the Associated Government Services Building Permit application and Parts 130, 131, 145, 147, 148, 149 and 200 of the township's codified ordinances were read for a local rule on ice barrier and state nothing on it.

Is drip edge required in Charter Township of Pavilion, 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). The Pavilion Township Building Permits page, the Associated Government Services Building Permit application and Parts 130, 131, 145, 147, 148, 149 and 200 of the township's codified ordinances were read for a local rule on drip edge and state nothing on it.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Charter Township of Pavilion, 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, Part 145 (Building Code) of the Pavilion Township Code of Ordinances, Ord. No. 100 as amended by Ord. No. 121 and codified through Ordinance No. 183, was read in full: it assumes enforcement of the Michigan Construction Code, adopts it as the township's Building Code, completes a handful of its insertion sections (title, rehabilitation, fee schedule, late application fee, violation penalties, unlawful continuance and the board of survey fee) and has no reroofing provision and no amendment to Section R908. Parts 130, 131, 147, 148, 149 and 200 were searched for any roofing or layer text and have none, and the Associated Government Services application states no layer limit; its "Roof Repair" item asks the applicant to show the "Number of layers".

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Charter Township of Pavilion, MI?

Yes.

What building code does Charter Township of Pavilion, 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." Part 145 of Pavilion Township's Code of Ordinances (Ord. No. 100, adopted August 9, 1993, amended by Ord. No. 121, 5-8-00) says "the Township assumes the responsibility for the administration and enforcement of the Michigan Construction Code and that Code is hereby adopted as the Building Code of the Township of Pavilion" and names no edition of any residential code. The compilation is codified through Ordinance No. 183, adopted June 9, 2025. Part 149 (Ord. No. 51, adopted June 17, 1977) adopts the "American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 90-75, Energy Conservation in New Building Design", and Part 130 (Ord. No. 97, adopted July 8, 1991) adopts the "UNIFORM FIRE CODE AND UNIFORM FIRE CODE STANDARDS"; an energy standard for new building designs and a fire code are not residential code editions, and their text was not read for this record's roof fields.