Roofing in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin

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STATE CODE, ADOPTED BY THE VILLAGE AND EXPRESSLY EXTENDED TO PRE-1980 HOUSES. One- and two-family dwellings in Menomonee Falls are built to the Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code, chs. SPS 320 to 325 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. That code is Wisconsin's own text rather than an adoption of the International Residential Code, which is why its roofing rules read differently from the IRC and why no IRC edition year applies to a house here. Village Municipal Code section 18-97(a) adopts it, providing that "The following chapters of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, their referenced codes and standards, and subsequent revisions, are adopted for municipal enforcement by the building inspector, who shall be certified as a commercial building inspector by the State of Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services," and listing at (a)(4) "Chs. SPS 320-325, Uniform Dwelling Code" and at (a)(5) "Chs. SPS 361-366, Commercial Building Code." Note the words "and subsequent revisions": the adoption is a floating one, so the Village enforces the state code as it stands rather than a frozen edition. Section 18-100, headed "Scope of Uniform Dwelling Code expanded," then does the thing most Wisconsin municipalities never do - it provides that "the standards contained in the Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code shall be expanded to apply as the standards for construction of the following: (a) Additions, alterations and major equipment replacements for one and two family dwellings built before June 1, 1980." That matters to a roofer more than it looks, because the state code by its own terms does not reach dwellings begun before June 1, 1980 or alterations to them unless the municipality adopts chs. SPS 320 to 325 for that purpose. Section 18-92 points the same way, applying the building article to "new buildings or structure and additions or alterations to existing buildings hereafter erected or undertaken in the village." Commercial and three-family and larger buildings run on the separate Wisconsin Commercial Building Code and are not the subject of the residential fields recorded here. Chapter 18 of the Municipal Code was read in full - Article I In General, Article II Administration and Enforcement, Article III Building Code, and the electrical, moving-of-structures, plumbing and swimming pool articles - and it adds no roof-assembly requirement of its own. The codification is current through Ordinance No. 947-O-26, enacted March 2, 2026, Supplement No. 44.

The Village publishes a Reside/Re-Roof page of its own, and it carries operational rules a roofer needs before the truck is loaded. On paperwork, it lists as the requirements for the permit a completed Building Permit Application and the fee, with an online application and a PDF application both offered, and states that "A final inspection will be performed by the building inspector." Building permitting is reached through the Engineering and Development Department on 262-532-4400; inspections are scheduled on 262-532-4282; code and plan questions go to the same building mailbox. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On the work itself the page sets three site rules. Shingle loading: "It has become common practice to load bundles of roof shingles on the ridge of roofs. This practice violates Chapter 21.02 (3)e of the State of Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code and rules of the Wood Truss Council of America," and "Shingle bundles must be distributed evenly on roofs. Bundles stacked on the ridge shall be no more than two bundles high." The chapter number in that sentence is the Village's own wording and is the historic numbering of the state rule now published as SPS 321.02; it is reproduced here as printed. Dumpsters: "When possible, dumpsters used for the removal of debris should be placed on your private property," and where that is not possible a dumpster permit must be obtained from the Public Works Department. Debris: "All debris must be removed from the property in a timely manner." On duration, Municipal Code section 18-67(a)(1) provides that a building permit issued for a principal building is valid for 24 months.