Roofing in De Pere, Wisconsin

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STATE CODE, ADOPTED BY THE CITY AND EXTENDED TO EXISTING HOUSES. One- and two-family dwellings in De Pere are built to the Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code, the chapters of the Wisconsin Administrative Code numbered in the SPS 320s. That code is Wisconsin's own text rather than an adoption of the International Residential Code, which is why its roofing rules read differently from the IRC and why no IRC edition year applies to a house here. Municipal Code section 54-3(a)(1) adopts by reference, as the state uniform dwelling code, Wis. Admin. Code chs. SPS 321 Construction standards, SPS 322 Energy conservation, SPS 323 Heating, ventilating and air conditioning, SPS 324 Electrical standards, SPS 325 Plumbing, SPS 326 Manufactured home communities, SPS 327 Camping units and SPS 328 Smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. Note for anyone comparing this with other Wisconsin cities: ch. SPS 320, the chapter that carries the state code's own scope, exemptions and definitions, is NOT in that list, and De Pere writes its own scope instead at section 54-3(c) and 54-3(f). The City does cite SPS 320.05(3) by number, in section 54-3(f)(3), for the meaning of a minor repair. The adoption floats rather than freezing an edition - section 54-3(b) provides that "Future amendments, revisions, or modifications of the Wisconsin Administrative Code provisions incorporated in this chapter are intended to be made a part of this chapter to secure uniform state regulation of one-family and two-family dwellings in this city." Commercial work runs on a different code set: section 54-4(a)(1) adopts chs. SPS 316, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366 and 382, the state commercial building code, and that track is not the subject of the residential fields recorded here. Chapter 54 of the Municipal Code was read in full, all fifteen sections, and it adds no roof-assembly requirement of its own. The codification is current through Ordinance No. 26-11, enacted April 8, 2026, Supplement No. 9.

Permits are taken out at the Building Inspection Division, 335 S Broadway Street, on 920-339-4053 or [email protected]. Office hours are Monday to Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., with the counter staffed 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. and inspections run between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. A reroof that needs a permit is filed on the Alteration Permit application, which is the same form used for window replacement and siding; it asks for the general contractor's Dwelling Contractor Credential and Dwelling Contractor Qualifier Credential numbers, the square footage and the cost of construction, and it carries the cautionary statement to owners that Wis. Stat. 101.65(1r) requires. Ordinance section 54-3(f)(6) puts the inspection timing in writing: the applicant notifies the inspector when work is ready, work may not proceed until the required inspection is done, "except that construction may proceed if an inspection has not been performed within two business days after proper notification has been given." The applicant must call for the final not more than 30 days after completion, the City performs it within five business days of notification, and any noted violations must be corrected within 30 days or a stop work order may issue. The permit placard must be posted in a front window or door visible from the road for the whole job. A building permit for a one- or two-family dwelling runs two years from issuance; other permits run one year, and a lapsed permit costs 75 dollars to renew. Note also that De Pere issues separate electrical, HVAC, plumbing and sewer permits rather than folding them into the building permit, so a job that crosses trades needs more than one.