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Roofing in Bloomingdale Township (Van Buren County), Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Bloomingdale Township (Van Buren County), MI, issued by Bloomingdale Township - Building Permits. In Bloomingdale Township a reroof is permit work: the Building Permit Application lists "RE-ROOF" as a type of improvement, and the Building Permit and Inspection Fees sheet lists "Roof - $100.00" among its "Exceptions to Residential Permit Fee calculation". The application is headed "Bloomingdale Township & Village" with the Building Official's line, (269) 998-4458, says "Authority: 1972 PA 230.", asks for the contractor's builder license number, and says "Permits are valid for 180 days from the date of issuance." It tells applicants to make checks payable to "Bloomingdale Township or Village of Bloomingdale"; the Village of Bloomingdale is a separate jurisdiction in the same listing. The fee sheet adds that work "not involving a square foot computation" carries a "Plan review and administration base fee" of $100.00 plus $100.00 for each inspection, and that the building plan review fee is "non-refundable"; the sheet reproduces the state Bureau of Construction Codes schedule effective April 1, 2013 and the township's own exceptions. Ordinance No. 4-90, adopted February 21, 1990, says "Any person or persons living or planning on living within the Township of Bloomingdale will be required to obtain a building permit, for any new construction, alterations to existing structures". The township hall is at 109 E. Kalamazoo Street, Bloomingdale, MI 49026, at (269) 521-3800, and its directory lists clerk office hours of Monday through Thursday, 9am to 2pm. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Bloomingdale Township (Van Buren County), Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Bloomingdale Township (Van Buren County)

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Bloomingdale Township (Van Buren County) are set locally by Bloomingdale Township - Building Permits. 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
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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 Bloomingdale as its own building code enforcer. Bloomingdale Township's Ordinance No. 4-90 (adopted February 21, 1990) adopts the "BOCA National Building Code, 1990 edition" as the township's building code, its Ordinance No. 1-96 (listed in the township's ordinance index as "1993 BOCA NATIONAL BUILDING CODE") adopts the 1993 edition of that code, and its Ordinance No. 7-90 (passed June 20, 1990) "adopts by reference the State Building, Mechanical and Plumbing Codes"; this directory has not read the BOCA text, and whether the codified reference has any effect today is not decided here. This record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code, which the state construction code act applies throughout the state ("This act and the code apply throughout the state," MCL 125.1508a) and which LARA says remains in effect while the Court of Claims order of July 7, 2025 stands. Bloomingdale Township has published no statement naming the edition it enforces.
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.
Permit process
In Bloomingdale Township a reroof is permit work: the Building Permit Application lists "RE-ROOF" as a type of improvement, and the Building Permit and Inspection Fees sheet lists "Roof - $100.00" among its "Exceptions to Residential Permit Fee calculation". The application is headed "Bloomingdale Township & Village" with the Building Official's line, (269) 998-4458, says "Authority: 1972 PA 230.", asks for the contractor's builder license number, and says "Permits are valid for 180 days from the date of issuance." It tells applicants to make checks payable to "Bloomingdale Township or Village of Bloomingdale"; the Village of Bloomingdale is a separate jurisdiction in the same listing. The fee sheet adds that work "not involving a square foot computation" carries a "Plan review and administration base fee" of $100.00 plus $100.00 for each inspection, and that the building plan review fee is "non-refundable"; the sheet reproduces the state Bureau of Construction Codes schedule effective April 1, 2013 and the township's own exceptions. Ordinance No. 4-90, adopted February 21, 1990, says "Any person or persons living or planning on living within the Township of Bloomingdale will be required to obtain a building permit, for any new construction, alterations to existing structures". The township hall is at 109 E. Kalamazoo Street, Bloomingdale, MI 49026, at (269) 521-3800, and its directory lists clerk office hours of Monday through Thursday, 9am to 2pm.

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