Roofing in Northville Township, 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." LARA's Statewide Jurisdiction List names the Township of Northville as its own building code enforcer. Section 58-1 of the Northville Charter Township Code (Chapter 58 adopted 5-21-2009) takes on enforcement of the State Construction Code Act "and the Building, Residential, Uniform Energy, Electrical, Plumbing, and Mechanical Codes promulgated thereunder, as amended", naming no edition.

In Northville Charter Township the township's Code Official and the inspectors the Code Official designates are the enforcing agency under the state construction code act (Code Section 58-2), so permit applications go to the township, not the state. Chapter 58 lets the Code Official require a performance guarantee from applicants "constructing improvements under any permits and approvals granted pursuant to the Building Code and this chapter" (Section 58-21) and sets construction site maintenance rules that count shingles as debris. No fee schedule or permit page was read for this record, so ask the township's building department for the current fee, address and hours.