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Roofing in Auburn, Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Auburn, MI, issued by City of Auburn - Building Department. In the City of Auburn a reroof is permit work at the Township Code Authority: its building permit fee sheet lists "NEW ROOF / REPLACEMENT" at $50.00 under its "OTHER" items, with the "APPLICATION FEE" ($50.00), "TECHNOLOGY FEE" ($10.00) and "INSPECTION FEE" ($50.00) "ADDED TO EACH PERMIT", and it prices "WINDOW REPLACEMENT" at $30.00 and "NEW ROOF / REPLACEMENT" separately from the per-square-foot residential permit. The fee sheet was read as a scanned PDF and transcribed from its page renders. The city's building department page says the city "contracts with the Township Code Authority out of Midland, MI to process permits and complete inspections related to Building, Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing issues", and its city permits page says a building project first goes to the City Zoning Officer, who decides whether a city permit is required, and that the city permit must be presented to the Township Code Authority. The Township Code Authority's checklist says a "ZONING PERMIT" is "Required for Edenville, Geneva, Homer, Hope, Jasper, Larkin, Lee, Mills, Warren, and Auburn prior to issuance of building permit" and that "A homeowner may secure these permits if the homeowner is doing the work." State law requires that "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" and says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure." (MCL 125.1510), without defining ordinary repairs. The Township Code Authority's office is at 220 W. Ellsworth St. in Midland on its own checklist (the city's page prints "220 E. Ellsworth"), and its number is 989-837-6521; the city's page lists its hours as Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., closed Friday. Auburn City Hall is at 113 E. Elm Street, Auburn, MI 48611. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Auburn, Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Auburn

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Auburn are set locally by City of Auburn - Building Department. Michigan licenses residential roofers at the state level — the Occupational Code’s residential maintenance and alteration contractor licence names roofing among its trades, with exemptions that include a job whose whole contract price is under $600 — and some cities add a local contractor registration on top, while the Michigan Residential Code applies throughout the state, so a city, village, township or county enforces the state code rather than writing its own roofing rules — always confirm the current requirements with the authority before starting work.

Roofing permit
Required
Contractor registration
Required
Adopted building 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 Auburn as its own building code enforcer. The City of Auburn's building department and city permits pages and the Township Code Authority's building permit checklist and fee sheet were read and name no edition of the residential code. The city's Code of Ordinances is published on American Legal Publishing, and its text was not read for this record.
Permit process
In the City of Auburn a reroof is permit work at the Township Code Authority: its building permit fee sheet lists "NEW ROOF / REPLACEMENT" at $50.00 under its "OTHER" items, with the "APPLICATION FEE" ($50.00), "TECHNOLOGY FEE" ($10.00) and "INSPECTION FEE" ($50.00) "ADDED TO EACH PERMIT", and it prices "WINDOW REPLACEMENT" at $30.00 and "NEW ROOF / REPLACEMENT" separately from the per-square-foot residential permit. The fee sheet was read as a scanned PDF and transcribed from its page renders. The city's building department page says the city "contracts with the Township Code Authority out of Midland, MI to process permits and complete inspections related to Building, Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing issues", and its city permits page says a building project first goes to the City Zoning Officer, who decides whether a city permit is required, and that the city permit must be presented to the Township Code Authority. The Township Code Authority's checklist says a "ZONING PERMIT" is "Required for Edenville, Geneva, Homer, Hope, Jasper, Larkin, Lee, Mills, Warren, and Auburn prior to issuance of building permit" and that "A homeowner may secure these permits if the homeowner is doing the work." State law requires that "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" and says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure." (MCL 125.1510), without defining ordinary repairs. The Township Code Authority's office is at 220 W. Ellsworth St. in Midland on its own checklist (the city's page prints "220 E. Ellsworth"), and its number is 989-837-6521; the city's page lists its hours as Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., closed Friday. Auburn City Hall is at 113 E. Elm Street, Auburn, MI 48611.

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Roofing materials for Auburn

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Local permitting authority

City of Auburn - Building Departmentcity

Roofing guides

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