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No — Greenwood, IN does not require a permit for like-for-like roof replacement (City of Greenwood, Indiana Building Commissioner). Applications go to the Building Commissioner inside Community Development Services at Greenwood City Center, 300 South Madison Avenue, Greenwood, IN 46142, by email to [email protected] or online through the City permit portal at https://cityworks.greenwood.in.gov/GwdPermitPortal. The Building Commissioner is Kenneth Seal; the office is open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and takes permit questions on 317-881-8698, with the Community Development Services line on the application itself given as 317-887-5230. A permitted reroof runs as a residential remodel, and the application asks which trades are in the scope of work: on the City fee schedule adopted by Ordinance 25-08, residential one- and two-family remodelling is 75 dollars for the structural component, the same for each of electrical, plumbing and mechanical, and 225 dollars for any combination of them, with only one permit required per remodelling project and each permit valid for 365 days. Greenwood publishes a statutory clock most cities do not. Under Indiana Code 36-7-2.5 the City must give written or electronic notice within 3 business days of receiving all required documents, or of receiving deficient items, and that notice must confirm whether the City can complete plan review within 7 business days and requested inspections within 3 business days. Seven business days is the review period for a complete application, and an expedited 48-hour review can be approved by the Building Commissioner for 250 dollars under Greenwood Municipal Code Sec. 7-14. An applicant may also elect a third-party plan review service or a third-party inspection service, in which case the private provider affidavit under Indiana Code 36-7-2.5-25 and a certificate of insurance at the coverage amounts in Indiana Code 36-7-2.5-26(a) go in with the application. Work has to start within 45 days of issuance or the permit is void, and the permit is good for no more than 365 days, with an extension available under Greenwood Municipal Code Sec. 7-11(b) at half the original base fee. Inspection requests are made by calling the office or emailing the Inspection Request Form; a next-day residential inspection must be requested by 4 p.m. the previous business day and a commercial inspection at least 24 hours ahead. Inspection hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday with nothing scheduled between noon and 1 p.m., and specific times are given only for footings, for occupied structures and where a homeowner has to give access -- everything else is fitted into the inspector's route for the day, because the office batches all inspections in one subdivision into a single trip. A timed inspection must be cancelled at least an hour ahead and an untimed one by 9 a.m. on the day, or a 75 dollar re-inspection fee can follow. Two fee lines are worth planning around: starting work without a required permit is charged at twice the permit base fee, and a building violation carries 150 dollars. Greenwood, Indiana sits in one of the country's most hail-prone regions. This hub aggregates Greenwood's roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements and impact-resistant material options — every fact linked to its sourced directory record.