Permitting Authorities / Kalamazoo Area Building Authority (KABA), enforcing agency for Pine Grove Township
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Township of Pine Grove, MI?
Adopted code
Kalamazoo Area Building Authority (KABA), enforcing agency for Pine Grove Township
Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Township of Pine Grove, MI, issued by Kalamazoo Area Building Authority (KABA), enforcing agency for Pine Grove Township. Plan on a building permit for a reroof in Pine Grove Township, and file it with the Kalamazoo Area Building Authority (KABA), not the township. KABA's About page says it "has the power to administer and enforce the State Construction Code within the boundaries of each such unit" and names Pine Grove Township among them, and the township's own website links "Building Department" to KABA. KABA's building permit application lists "Re-Roofing" among its types of work and says completion is "Mandatory to obtain permit" and "No work shall commence until a permit has been obtained, and work shall not be concealed until it has been inspected." Its Who Do I Call page lists "Re-roof or Roof Repairs" under "Call KABA For…". KABA's fee schedule (effective October 1, 2024) bases the building permit fee on the construction value of the project: "$108.00 or sum of CV x .0039, whichever is greater" for a project with one inspection (the minimums rise with the number of inspections, up to seven), and "For any work started without obtaining the required permit(s): Permit fee times (2) two." To get an inspection, call KABA, "providing as much advance notice as possible"; KABA lists building inspection days as Monday through Friday. Applications can be filed online or at KABA, 2322 Nazareth Road, Kalamazoo, MI 49048, 269-216-9511, open Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm. The township's Zoning Code (Section 9.14) separately requires a zoning compliance permit from the Zoning Administrator for a building or structure that is constructed, enlarged, altered, moved or reconstructed, and the township hall is at 26520 County Road 388, Gobles, MI 49055, (269) 628-4380.
Roof code checklist: Township of Pine Grove, MI
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
Township of Pine Grove, Van Buren County, Michigan
Address
2322 Nazareth Road, Kalamazoo, MI 49048
Contact
- url: https://kaba-mi.org/
- phone: 269-216-9511
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: KABA's building permit application asks for the "Licensee Name and #" and its expiration date; neither KABA's pages read for this record nor the township's posted ordinances set a separate contractor registration.
Permit process note
Plan on a building permit for a reroof in Pine Grove Township, and file it with the Kalamazoo Area Building Authority (KABA), not the township. KABA's About page says it "has the power to administer and enforce the State Construction Code within the boundaries of each such unit" and names Pine Grove Township among them, and the township's own website links "Building Department" to KABA. KABA's building permit application lists "Re-Roofing" among its types of work and says completion is "Mandatory to obtain permit" and "No work shall commence until a permit has been obtained, and work shall not be concealed until it has been inspected." Its Who Do I Call page lists "Re-roof or Roof Repairs" under "Call KABA For…". KABA's fee schedule (effective October 1, 2024) bases the building permit fee on the construction value of the project: "$108.00 or sum of CV x .0039, whichever is greater" for a project with one inspection (the minimums rise with the number of inspections, up to seven), and "For any work started without obtaining the required permit(s): Permit fee times (2) two." To get an inspection, call KABA, "providing as much advance notice as possible"; KABA lists building inspection days as Monday through Friday. Applications can be filed online or at KABA, 2322 Nazareth Road, Kalamazoo, MI 49048, 269-216-9511, open Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm. The township's Zoning Code (Section 9.14) separately requires a zoning compliance permit from the Zoning Administrator for a building or structure that is constructed, enlarged, altered, moved or reconstructed, and the township hall is at 26520 County Road 388, Gobles, MI 49055, (269) 628-4380.
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 Pine Grove in Van Buren County as its own building code enforcer. The Kalamazoo Area Building Authority (KABA), a joint construction code authority, says it "has the power to administer and enforce the State Construction Code within the boundaries of each such unit" and names Pine Grove Township, and KABA's Current Codes in Effect page lists the "2015 Michigan Residential Code". Section 9.14 of the township's Zoning Code refers to "the Pine Grove Township Construction Code Ordinance and the therein referenced constructions codes" and does not name an edition; that ordinance is not posted on the township's website or in its online code, so it 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). KABA's pages, its application and fee schedule and the township's Zoning Code 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). KABA's pages, its application and fee schedule and the township's Zoning Code 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." KABA's pages, its application and fee schedule and the township's Zoning Code were read for a local rule and state nothing further on impact resistance.
Repair permit threshold
KABA publishes no size or dollar line below which roof work in Pine Grove Township needs no permit. Its building permit application lists "Re-Roofing" among its types of work, its application checklist lists "Roof Repair" "When structural work or sheathing is needed", and its Who Do I Call page lists "Re-roof or Roof Repairs" under "Call KABA For…". 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. KABA has published nothing applying that relief to roof work, so plan on a permit for any reroof in the township and call KABA at 269-216-9511 before a small roof repair.
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, neither KABA's pages nor the township's ordinances page list a building or construction code ordinance for Pine Grove Township, and the one ordinance that would be the township's own building instrument, the "Pine Grove Township Construction Code Ordinance" referred to in Section 9.14 of its Zoning Code, is not posted, so no local reroofing rule was read and none is stated here. The township's Zoning Code was read for roofing text and its roof provisions concern roof signs, roof-mounted solar panels, roof-mounted wireless equipment, the roof overhang of a manufactured dwelling and rooftop features exempt from the height limit.
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). KABA's pages, its application and fee schedule and the township's Zoning Code 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 KABA pages, its fee schedule or the Pine Grove Township pages changes this.
Local roofing hub
Roof permits nearby: Van Buren County
More roof permit pages in Michigan
Related guides
Pine Grove Township, in Van Buren County, is one of the member jurisdictions of the Kalamazoo Area Building Authority (KABA), at 2322 Nazareth Road in Kalamazoo, which issues building and trade permits and inspects construction in the township. KABA's building permit application has a Re-Roofing box. Michigan applies one residential code statewide, so the roofing rules below are state law that KABA enforces in Pine Grove Township.
Working an insurance claim in Township of Pine Grove, MI? Everything on this page (drip edge, ice & water shield, inspections, Class 4 rules) formatted as a claim-ready evidence pack: verbatim ordinance quotes, code section cites, verification dates, and official source links, ready to attach to a supplement. See a real sample pack (PDF, 4 pages, free).
Code items like drip edge and ice & water shield are what adjusters ask you to document.
Buy this jurisdiction's pack: $12 Delivered by email within minutes. Digital download: all sales are final once delivered, except for a failed delivery, a defective file, a duplicate purchase, or a pack materially different from its description. See Section 6 of our Terms of Use.
Questions about the Township of Pine Grove, MI pack?
Not ready to buy, or need a different jurisdiction? Tell us and we’ll reply directly.