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Roofing in Franklin Township (Lenawee County), Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Franklin Township (Lenawee County), MI, issued by Franklin Township - Building Department. A reroof in Franklin Township starts with the township's Building Permit Application (5/2025), whose items to check for the construction include "Re-Roof" and "Re-Side", and its Building Permit Fee Schedule & Information, which says "Franklin Township issues Building, Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing permits." and lists "Replacement Roofing/Siding" with "Mtg. on site to review work and applicable codes to assure compliance" at "$90 ea.". The schedule says "PERMIT FEES ARE BASED ON A NINETY ($90) DOLLAR PER INSPECTION FEE" and "Administrative Fee (added to all permits)", and that it "was adopted on April 14, 2026, at the Franklin Township Board meeting and will go into effect on May 1, 2026." The township's Zoning and Building Permit Requirements page says "Contractors are required to submit a copy of their respective State of Michigan license with the application." and its application asks for the "Construction Value", the contractor's license type and number and a "Current copy of Active License to be submitted". The state's general permit rule is the base: "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 township has published nothing applying that relief to roof work. The township office is at 3922 Monroe Road, P.O. Box 101, Tipton, MI 49287, and its application lists office hours of Monday 9 am to 5 pm, Tuesday 9 am to 12 pm and Wednesday 9 am to 5 pm; call (517) 431-2320. The township lists a zoning officer who is also the building inspector, an electrical inspector, a mechanical inspector and a plumbing inspector on its building page. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Franklin Township (Lenawee County), Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Franklin Township (Lenawee County)

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Franklin Township (Lenawee County) are set locally by Franklin 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 Franklin in Lenawee County as its own building code enforcer. Franklin Township's Building Permit Application, marked 5/2025, says "Code in Effect: 2015 MRC & 2021 MBC" and offers "Michigan Residential Code 2015 (Site)" and "Michigan Residential Code 2015 (Modular)" as the code to select for a dwelling, beside "Michigan Building Code 2021" for other buildings. The township's ordinance list names no building code ordinance. An undated Building Inspection Schedule on its Forms page refers to the "2009 Michigan Uniform Energy Code" for insulation, an energy code reference and not the dwelling construction code.
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: Franklin Township's Zoning and Building Permit Requirements page says "Contractors are required to submit a copy of their respective State of Michigan license with the application.", and its Building Permit Application lists "Residential Builder" and "Maintenance & Alteration" as contractor license types and asks for liability and workers compensation insurance. The township pages read publish no separate registration form, fee or rule.
Permit process
A reroof in Franklin Township starts with the township's Building Permit Application (5/2025), whose items to check for the construction include "Re-Roof" and "Re-Side", and its Building Permit Fee Schedule & Information, which says "Franklin Township issues Building, Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing permits." and lists "Replacement Roofing/Siding" with "Mtg. on site to review work and applicable codes to assure compliance" at "$90 ea.". The schedule says "PERMIT FEES ARE BASED ON A NINETY ($90) DOLLAR PER INSPECTION FEE" and "Administrative Fee (added to all permits)", and that it "was adopted on April 14, 2026, at the Franklin Township Board meeting and will go into effect on May 1, 2026." The township's Zoning and Building Permit Requirements page says "Contractors are required to submit a copy of their respective State of Michigan license with the application." and its application asks for the "Construction Value", the contractor's license type and number and a "Current copy of Active License to be submitted". The state's general permit rule is the base: "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 township has published nothing applying that relief to roof work. The township office is at 3922 Monroe Road, P.O. Box 101, Tipton, MI 49287, and its application lists office hours of Monday 9 am to 5 pm, Tuesday 9 am to 12 pm and Wednesday 9 am to 5 pm; call (517) 431-2320. The township lists a zoning officer who is also the building inspector, an electrical inspector, a mechanical inspector and a plumbing inspector on its building page.

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