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Roofing in Mattawan, Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Mattawan, MI, issued by Village of Mattawan - Building Department. In the Village of Mattawan a roof has its own permit fee: the New Fee Scale for Building Permits lists "Roof - $100.00" among the "Exceptions to Residential Permit Fee calculation". The Village's Permits page lists a Building Permit Application and an Inspections Required by Project Type sheet, and says "The inspectors do not have offices in the Village Hall." and lists the building inspector's line as 269-228-3234. The inspections sheet says an inspection is scheduled by text to 269-228-3234 with the address, the permit number and any special instructions for access, and the application says "compliance with the Michigan Building Codes. No work shall be concealed until it has been inspected." The Village Hall is at 24221 Front Ave., Mattawan, MI 49071, (269) 668-2128. The Antwerp Township website also posts the Village's permit forms, with a 10-16-2025 revision of the application. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Mattawan, Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Mattawan

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Mattawan are set locally by Village of Mattawan - 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 Village of Mattawan as its own building code enforcer. Village Ordinance No. 69, passed July 10, 1989, says the Village "adopts by reference the following construction codes" and lists the Michigan Building Code, Electrical Code, Plumbing Code and Mechanical Code, as amended, with no edition named, and designates the Village's building official as the enforcing agency. The Village's building permit application says "compliance with the Michigan Building Codes" and names no residential code edition. No document the Village posts that was read for this record names a residential code edition, and this record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above.
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.
Permit process
In the Village of Mattawan a roof has its own permit fee: the New Fee Scale for Building Permits lists "Roof - $100.00" among the "Exceptions to Residential Permit Fee calculation". The Village's Permits page lists a Building Permit Application and an Inspections Required by Project Type sheet, and says "The inspectors do not have offices in the Village Hall." and lists the building inspector's line as 269-228-3234. The inspections sheet says an inspection is scheduled by text to 269-228-3234 with the address, the permit number and any special instructions for access, and the application says "compliance with the Michigan Building Codes. No work shall be concealed until it has been inspected." The Village Hall is at 24221 Front Ave., Mattawan, MI 49071, (269) 668-2128. The Antwerp Township website also posts the Village's permit forms, with a 10-16-2025 revision of the application.

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Roofing materials for Mattawan

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Local permitting authority

Village of Mattawan - Building Departmentcity

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