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Roofing in New Lothrop, Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in New Lothrop, MI, issued by Village of New Lothrop - Building Official. In the Village of New Lothrop the Building Official issues the permit: the village page lists a Building Official with a phone number of (517) 898-1209 and says to call that number for a building permit form, and the application says "For inspections please call" the same number. The posted Building/Zoning Permit Application prices roofing work on its own line: "Replacement Windows, Roofing, Siding, Misc." is $50.00, with "$7 per each add" for each additional $1,000 of value. Other lines on the same fee list are a $50.00 non-refundable application fee, a $75.00 zoning review, $70.00 for each rough inspection, final inspection and re-inspection, and a $50.00 occupancy permit. The form has a SIDING/ROOFING section with boxes for the material and a total fee "calculated by staff". It says a permit "remains valid up to one year as work is progressing and inspections are requested and conducted". The heading above the fee list on the posted form reads "The City of Corunna Ordains: FEES", and the village page posts no separate fee resolution. The form is marked "Sample only". The village office is open Thursday mornings, and the page says to call (810) 638-5496. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for New Lothrop, Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in New Lothrop

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in New Lothrop are set locally by Village of New Lothrop - Building Official. 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." The village's own page links its ordinances as nine scanned documents (Documents 1 to 9) and lists a Building Official. Only the first page of Document 1, a dangerous-building ordinance, was opened for this record, and the other documents and the rest of Document 1 were not read. The village's posted permit application says work is installed "in accordance with the Michigan State Building Code" and names no edition, and no New Lothrop page read for this record names a residential code edition, so this record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above.
Permit process
In the Village of New Lothrop the Building Official issues the permit: the village page lists a Building Official with a phone number of (517) 898-1209 and says to call that number for a building permit form, and the application says "For inspections please call" the same number. The posted Building/Zoning Permit Application prices roofing work on its own line: "Replacement Windows, Roofing, Siding, Misc." is $50.00, with "$7 per each add" for each additional $1,000 of value. Other lines on the same fee list are a $50.00 non-refundable application fee, a $75.00 zoning review, $70.00 for each rough inspection, final inspection and re-inspection, and a $50.00 occupancy permit. The form has a SIDING/ROOFING section with boxes for the material and a total fee "calculated by staff". It says a permit "remains valid up to one year as work is progressing and inspections are requested and conducted". The heading above the fee list on the posted form reads "The City of Corunna Ordains: FEES", and the village page posts no separate fee resolution. The form is marked "Sample only". The village office is open Thursday mornings, and the page says to call (810) 638-5496.

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