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Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Dowagiac, MI, issued by City of Dowagiac - Building & Planning. Building & Planning publishes nothing specific to roof work: its building permit application, its fee schedule for building permits and its other permit fees list name no roofing line, no size or cost point and no reroof exemption, and its Codes Enforced page names none either. With the department silent on reroofs, the state's general permit rule applies: "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, and the department has published nothing applying that relief to roof work. Its fee schedule for building permits (effective April 1, 2025) charges $75.00 for work valued at $0 to $1,000 and "$75.00 + $10 per $1,000 over $1,000" for work valued at $1,001 to $10,000, and a person who starts work that needs a permit without one pays "a special inspection fee of $51.75 in addition to the actual permit fee." The application says "SEPARATE APPLICATIONS MUST BE MADE FOR ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING AND ZONING PERMITS." Permit fees are set by resolution of the city council (Section 18-29). The office is in City Hall at 241 S. Front Street, Dowagiac, MI 49047, 269-782-8427, and its page lists hours of "8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.". This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Dowagiac, Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.