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No, Aurelius Township (Ingham County), MI does not require a permit for like-for-like roof replacement (Township of Aurelius - Building Department). The township's no-permit line for re-shingling carries three conditions about the work: two layers or less, no roof boards or rafters replaced, and no change in shape. Its Building, Planning, & Zoning page, read October 12, 2026, answers "What does not require a permit?" with "No Permit is required for the following:" and "RE-SHINGLING: Provided two layers or less, and no roof boards or rafters are being replaced, or any change in shape." The page states that line only for work that meets those conditions. The township's own code names no roof work either way: Chapter 6 of its Code of Ordinances designates the enforcing agency, enforces Appendix G of the Michigan Building Code, sets fees by resolution and regulates private driveways, and it adopts no local amendment to the permit section of the residential code. The state's general permit rule is "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 section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs; the township's no-permit line is the department's stated practice, and this record does not decide whether it is the department's reading of that relief. The township's fee schedule, revised December 2025, prices a building permit at "$0.30 per sq. ft. of living space" with a "($200.00 minimum fee)" and has no roofing line. The page lists a Building Inspector, Electrical Inspector, Mechanical Inspector, Plumbing Inspector and Site Inspector, and says "Payments may be made by check or cash during office hours, by mail or by using the 24/7 drop box next to the office door." The township office, 1939 S. Aurelius Road in Mason, is open "Tuesday - Friday, 10:00AM - 3:00PM" and answers at 517-628-2093. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Aurelius Township (Ingham County), Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Aurelius Township (Ingham County)

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Aurelius Township (Ingham County) are set locally by Township of Aurelius - 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
Not 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 Township of Aurelius, in Ingham County, as its own building code enforcer. Section 6-1 of the township's Code of Ordinances designates the township supervisor as the enforcing agency, provides that "Appendix G of the Michigan Building Code shall be enforced by the enforcing agency within the Township of Aurelius" and refers to Table R301.2(1) of the Michigan Residential Code for flood hazards, and Section 6-31 designates an official of the township; none of them names a code edition. The township's Building, Planning, & Zoning page and its building permit packet name no residential code edition.
Permit process
The township's no-permit line for re-shingling carries three conditions about the work: two layers or less, no roof boards or rafters replaced, and no change in shape. Its Building, Planning, & Zoning page, read October 12, 2026, answers "What does not require a permit?" with "No Permit is required for the following:" and "RE-SHINGLING: Provided two layers or less, and no roof boards or rafters are being replaced, or any change in shape." The page states that line only for work that meets those conditions. The township's own code names no roof work either way: Chapter 6 of its Code of Ordinances designates the enforcing agency, enforces Appendix G of the Michigan Building Code, sets fees by resolution and regulates private driveways, and it adopts no local amendment to the permit section of the residential code. The state's general permit rule is "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 section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs; the township's no-permit line is the department's stated practice, and this record does not decide whether it is the department's reading of that relief. The township's fee schedule, revised December 2025, prices a building permit at "$0.30 per sq. ft. of living space" with a "($200.00 minimum fee)" and has no roofing line. The page lists a Building Inspector, Electrical Inspector, Mechanical Inspector, Plumbing Inspector and Site Inspector, and says "Payments may be made by check or cash during office hours, by mail or by using the 24/7 drop box next to the office door." The township office, 1939 S. Aurelius Road in Mason, is open "Tuesday - Friday, 10:00AM - 3:00PM" and answers at 517-628-2093.

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Local permitting authority

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