Roofing in Burnside Township (Lapeer County), Michigan

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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 Burnside as its own building code enforcer. The township's Building Department, Building Forms and Instructions and Fee Schedule pages name no residential code edition; this record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above.

Burnside Township lists a Building Department with Building Forms and Instructions, Fee Schedule and Planning and Zoning Ordinances pages. The township offices at 7045 Burnside Road, Brown City, MI 48416, phone (810) 346-3559, are open Monday and Tuesday, 9:00am to 12:00pm. The Building Department pages, read in a browser on October 15, 2026, carry headings only, with no permit, form or fee text. No roofing fee line was read. The township publishes nothing on reroofing, so the general permit clause of the state construction code act supplies the requirement for a reroof.