Permitting Authorities / Schoolcraft Township - Building Department (South Central Michigan Construction Code Inspections)
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Township of Schoolcraft, MI?
Adopted code
Schoolcraft Township - Building Department (South Central Michigan Construction Code Inspections)
Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Township of Schoolcraft, MI, issued by Schoolcraft Township - Building Department (South Central Michigan Construction Code Inspections). In Schoolcraft Township the permit office is SCMCCI, 113 S. Capitol Avenue, Athens, (269) 729-5355, open "7:30am to 12:00pm and 1:00pm to 4:00pm M-F". SCMCCI's FAQ says "Any construction other than routine maintenance and repairs requires a permit." and names no roofing work; the FAQ, the residential application and the permit checklist say nothing more about reroofs, and the SCMCCI pages read post no fee schedule, so ask the office whether a reroof needs a permit and what it costs. Applications are printed from the SCMCCI site, and "Building applications include the required plan review application." On payment, the applications page says "We now accept debit and credit payments; please fill out and include a credit card authorization form", while the FAQ says checks are made out to SCMCCI. "Inspections can be scheduled by calling the SCMCCI office at 877-223-2292, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day." SCMCCI's FAQ says a licensed contractor is "required by state law to obtain the permit", and contractors register with SCMCCI on its registration form, which asks for the residential builder or maintenance and alteration license, listing roofing among the categories, with a $15.00 fee per license term. The Village of Schoolcraft is a separate enforcing unit on the state's list and is not covered by this record.
Roof code checklist: Township of Schoolcraft, MI
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Jurisdiction
Township of Schoolcraft, Michigan
Address
50 East VW Avenue, Vicksburg, MI 49097
Contact
- url: http://www.scmcci.org/municipalities.shtml
- phone: 269-729-5355
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
In Schoolcraft Township the permit office is SCMCCI, 113 S. Capitol Avenue, Athens, (269) 729-5355, open "7:30am to 12:00pm and 1:00pm to 4:00pm M-F". SCMCCI's FAQ says "Any construction other than routine maintenance and repairs requires a permit." and names no roofing work; the FAQ, the residential application and the permit checklist say nothing more about reroofs, and the SCMCCI pages read post no fee schedule, so ask the office whether a reroof needs a permit and what it costs. Applications are printed from the SCMCCI site, and "Building applications include the required plan review application." On payment, the applications page says "We now accept debit and credit payments; please fill out and include a credit card authorization form", while the FAQ says checks are made out to SCMCCI. "Inspections can be scheduled by calling the SCMCCI office at 877-223-2292, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day." SCMCCI's FAQ says a licensed contractor is "required by state law to obtain the permit", and contractors register with SCMCCI on its registration form, which asks for the residential builder or maintenance and alteration license, listing roofing among the categories, with a $15.00 fee per license term. The Village of Schoolcraft is a separate enforcing unit on the state's list and is not covered by this record.
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 Schoolcraft as its own building code enforcer. The township's ordinance page lists its State Construction Code Ordinance, Ordinance 113 of 1988, only as amended: Ordinance 207 (violations and enforcement) and Ordinances 240 and 245 (flood hazard areas) are posted, and none of them names a residential code edition. The text of Ordinance 113 itself is not posted, so it was not read for this record. SCMCCI's pages name no residential code 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). SCMCCI's FAQ, residential building permit application and building permit checklist, and the township's ordinance page 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). SCMCCI's FAQ, residential building permit application and building permit checklist, and the township's ordinance page 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." SCMCCI's FAQ, residential building permit application and building permit checklist, and the township's ordinance page were read for a local rule and state nothing further on impact resistance.
Repair permit threshold
SCMCCI, the office that issues Schoolcraft Township's building permits, answers "What sort of projects need to have an inspection (done by "pulling" a permit through the building department)?" with "Any construction other than routine maintenance and repairs requires a permit." It names no roofing work and publishes nothing applying that line to a reroof, and its residential building permit application has no roofing category. 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, the township's ordinance page lists its State Construction Code Ordinance (Ordinance 113 of 1988) only as amended by Ordinance 207 and supplemented by Ordinances 240 and 245, and lists a Dangerous Buildings Ordinance (Ordinance 233). Those four posted texts were read: none has a reroofing provision. The text of Ordinance 113 itself is not posted, so the township's own construction code ordinance was not read in full, and no classification is stated here. SCMCCI's FAQ and 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). SCMCCI's FAQ, residential building permit application and building permit checklist, and the township's ordinance page 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 township's pages or SCMCCI's pages changes this.
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Schoolcraft Township, in Kalamazoo County with its township hall at 50 East VW Avenue in Vicksburg, has its building permits and inspections handled by South Central Michigan Construction Code Inspections (SCMCCI), a governmental entity formed by member townships, cities and villages, whose office is at 113 S. Capitol Avenue in Athens. The township's website sends its Building Department link to SCMCCI, and the State of Michigan's jurisdiction list names the Township 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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