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Roofing in Milan, Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Milan, MI, issued by City of Milan - Building, Zoning, and Planning. A reroof in Milan is permit work under the city's own ordinance: Section 6-14(a) requires a written application and a permit to "construct, enlarge, alter or demolish a structure" and exempts only "minor and ordinary repairs, except as hereafter provided, costing five hundred dollars ($500.00) or less". Section 6-14(c) says "The amount of such fee shall be based upon the projected cost of the project and shall be the fee specified for such permit in the official fee schedule adopted by resolution of the Milan City Council"; the pages this directory could read post no fee schedule, so ask the department for the current fee. Section 6-15 makes architects, contractors, subcontractors and builders responsible "to see that a proper permit has been granted" before they start, with the same municipal civil infraction liability as the owner, and Section 6-18(a) says the holder of every permit must "notify the building department twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the time when such building shall be ready for inspection." The department's page lists building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits among its services, and its permit applications page lists a Contractor Registration form, Homeowner Affidavit, Building Permit - Full and Building Permit - Short, which are online forms this directory could not open. City Hall is at 147 Wabash Street, Milan; the department page lists 734-439-1501. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Milan, Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Milan

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Milan are set locally by City of Milan - Building, Zoning, and Planning. 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 shows the City of Milan as a local enforcing agency. Section 6-2 of the City of Milan Code of Ordinances designates "the building inspector of the City of Milan" as the enforcing agency under the state act, and Section 6-12(a) designates "the building official of the city". Milan's codified Sec. 6-12 (Ord. of 4-24-67, as amended through Ord. No. 96-8, 12-9-96) makes part of its building code article "the building code adopted by the Construction Code Commission, Michigan Department of Labor, effective May 5, 1995, and corresponding sections of all Michigan Building Codes hereafter adopted", which names no residential code edition; that text was not read, and this record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above. Its Property Maintenance Code, Section 6-71, is the 2021 edition of the International Property Maintenance Code.
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.
  • city_level: The City of Milan requires registration on top of the state licence. Section 6-12.1 of its Code of Ordinances says "Before performing any construction work within the City of Milan, all building contractors required to be licensed by the State of Michigan shall register with the building official. Registration with the building official requires presentation of the contractor's license and payment to the city of an annual registration fee." The fee is the amount in the city's fee schedule adopted by council resolution, which the pages this directory could read do not post. The department's permit applications page lists a Contractor Registration form.
Permit process
A reroof in Milan is permit work under the city's own ordinance: Section 6-14(a) requires a written application and a permit to "construct, enlarge, alter or demolish a structure" and exempts only "minor and ordinary repairs, except as hereafter provided, costing five hundred dollars ($500.00) or less". Section 6-14(c) says "The amount of such fee shall be based upon the projected cost of the project and shall be the fee specified for such permit in the official fee schedule adopted by resolution of the Milan City Council"; the pages this directory could read post no fee schedule, so ask the department for the current fee. Section 6-15 makes architects, contractors, subcontractors and builders responsible "to see that a proper permit has been granted" before they start, with the same municipal civil infraction liability as the owner, and Section 6-18(a) says the holder of every permit must "notify the building department twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the time when such building shall be ready for inspection." The department's page lists building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits among its services, and its permit applications page lists a Contractor Registration form, Homeowner Affidavit, Building Permit - Full and Building Permit - Short, which are online forms this directory could not open. City Hall is at 147 Wabash Street, Milan; the department page lists 734-439-1501.

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