Roofing in Martin, 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." The Village of Martin is named in LARA's Statewide Jurisdiction List as its own building code enforcer. The village's ordinance page lists a "Building Code" ordinance and a "Building Code-Local Inspector" ordinance. The Village of Martin's Ordinance No. 24 (1974 Building Code Ordinance, effective November 15, 1974) adopts "The BOCA Basic Building Code, 1970 Edition," as amended by Cumulative Supplement dated 1973; this directory has not read that text, and whether the codified reference has any effect today is not decided here. This record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code, which the state construction code act applies throughout the state ("This act and the code apply throughout the state," MCL 125.1508a) and which LARA says remains in effect while the Court of Claims order of July 7, 2025 stands. Ordinance 38, adopted October 12, 1981, designates the village's building official as the enforcing agency under Act 230 of 1972 and names no code edition. The Village of Martin has published no statement naming the edition it enforces.

In the Village of Martin the permit answer rests on the general state rule, because the village has published nothing on reroofs. Ordinance 38, adopted October 12, 1981, says the village's building official "is hereby designated as the enforcing agency to discharge the responsibilities of the Village of Martin" under Act 230 of 1972, and Ordinance 24, effective November 15, 1974, adopts "The BOCA Basic Building Code, 1970 Edition," as amended by Cumulative Supplement dated 1973, and says its purpose is "to exempt the village from the operation and effect of said Public Act". The village's contact page lists the village office at 1609 North Main St., Martin, MI 49070, phone 269-672-7777, hours "Mon-Fri 8am - 11am", with a president, clerk, treasurer and DPW supervisor listed by title; it names no building official, and no permit form or fee schedule is posted. The state's general rule is that "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", and the same section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs. Read October 15, 2026.