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Roofing in Birch Run Township, Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Birch Run Township, MI, issued by Birch Run Township - Building Department. Birch Run Township has published nothing that names roof work, so the general permit rule supplies the requirement and the township's office is the referral. The Building / Zoning page lists the building inspector, assistant building inspector, electrical inspector, mechanical and plumbing inspector and an office manager by title, a building department email box, and the Building Permit Application packet and trade applications; the township office line printed on the application is 989-624-9773, and no separate building department line is given. The packet's fee table starts at "$1.00 to $500.00.....................................$100.00", adds "CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION FEE: $15.00", and sets surety deposits: "Four Hundred ($400.00) Dollar surety shall be deposited prior to a building permit being issued for a proposed residential structure, alteration, or addition thereto." The township's 2004 Building Permit Fee and Surety Deposit Ordinance (Ordinance #2004-01) prints a different Table 1-A, which starts at "$1.00 to $500.00 $23.50", so ask the office for the current fee. Fees are calculated from "the latest version of the ICC's Building Valuation Data Table" and "the applicant may be required to provide a copy of a signed contract to verify the cost of the project". Office: 8425 Main Street, Birch Run, MI 48415. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Birch Run Township, Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Birch Run Township

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Birch Run Township are set locally by Birch Run Township - 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 Township of Birch Run as its own building code enforcer. The township's General Ordinances page lists Ordinance #1994-02 (Building Code), whose posted copy, adopted June 14, 1994, says the township "elects that it shall be exempt from the State Construction Codes" and "elects to adopt the Uniform Building Code, 1994 Edition, published by the International Conference of Building Officials"; this directory has not read that edition, the page's Ordinance #1995-05 amending it returned a page-not-found response, and whether the 1994 ordinance has any effect today is not decided here. The township's Ordinance #2006-03 (State Construction Code), effective July 25, 2006, says "Pursuant to the provisions of the Michigan Building, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing and Residential Code, in accordance with Section 8b (6) of 1972 PA230, as amended" the township's building official is "hereby designated as the enforcing agency" and names no edition, and the Building Permit Application packet refers to the "MI Building Code (Current Edition)". This record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above.
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: Birch Run Township posts a Contractor Registration Form with "Fee: $15.00" that asks for a trade (building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical or other), an occupational license number and expiration date, a workers compensation carrier or a reason for exemption, an employer identification number or reason for exemption and a Michigan employment security number or reason for exemption, and says "TO BE PROVIDED: 1.) COPY OF STATE LICENSE 2.) PICTURE ID" and a workers compensation certificate or exemption form. The Building Permit Application packet lists the same "CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION FEE: $15.00". This record does not decide whether a given roofer falls inside a state exemption.
Permit process
Birch Run Township has published nothing that names roof work, so the general permit rule supplies the requirement and the township's office is the referral. The Building / Zoning page lists the building inspector, assistant building inspector, electrical inspector, mechanical and plumbing inspector and an office manager by title, a building department email box, and the Building Permit Application packet and trade applications; the township office line printed on the application is 989-624-9773, and no separate building department line is given. The packet's fee table starts at "$1.00 to $500.00.....................................$100.00", adds "CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION FEE: $15.00", and sets surety deposits: "Four Hundred ($400.00) Dollar surety shall be deposited prior to a building permit being issued for a proposed residential structure, alteration, or addition thereto." The township's 2004 Building Permit Fee and Surety Deposit Ordinance (Ordinance #2004-01) prints a different Table 1-A, which starts at "$1.00 to $500.00 $23.50", so ask the office for the current fee. Fees are calculated from "the latest version of the ICC's Building Valuation Data Table" and "the applicant may be required to provide a copy of a signed contract to verify the cost of the project". Office: 8425 Main Street, Birch Run, MI 48415.

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