Roofing in Green Township (Alpena 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." Green Township's website and permit forms name no building code edition: its zoning permit application refers only to "any other statute, building code, deed restriction or other property rights". The township's listed ordinances are a fire department cost recovery ordinance, a nuisance ordinance, an outdoor wood burning ordinance, a marihuana establishments prohibition and a 2009 zoning ordinance, and none of them is a building code. No statement of the edition the township enforces was found on its pages.

Green Township's website lists a Building Inspector, an Electrical Inspector, a Plumbing and Mechanical Inspector and a Zoning Administrator, each with a phone number. For plumbing and mechanical permits it says "The inspector will process the application and mail the permit to the contractor or homeowner", and it posts electrical, mechanical and plumbing permit forms. Its zoning permit procedure sends a house or an accessory building through a zoning permit application with a plot plan. The zoning permit application says a zoning permit "conveys only land use rights". The township posts nothing on whether a reroof needs a building permit, so ask the Building Inspector before starting. The township hall is at 14261 M-32 in Lachine.