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Roofing in Onondaga Township (Ingham County), Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Onondaga Township (Ingham County), MI, issued by Township of Onondaga - Building Inspector. Onondaga Township publishes nothing specific to roof work: its Permits page, building permit instructions, building permit application and Zoning Ordinance name no roofing line, no reroof exemption and no size or cost point. With the township silent on reroofs, the state's general permit rule applies: "before construction of a building or structure, the owner, or the owner's builder, architect, engineer, or agent, shall submit an application in writing to the appropriate enforcing agency for a building permit." The same section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs, and the township has published no statement applying that relief to roof work. The township's building permit instructions list the steps for a permit, "Copy of the builder's license" among the items to present, and charges of "Additions/Improvements $350"; they add "A $70 FEE WILL BE CHARGED IF YOU ASK FOR AN INSPECTION AND YOU ARE NOT READY!" The township's Permits page says "All contractors working in Onondaga Township are required to furnish a copy of their license to the township office", that documents are delivered to the Township Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 4:30 pm and 7:00 pm or to a drop box, and that "At this time we do not take credit cards or payments by phone." The township's Inspectors page lists a building inspector, an electrical inspector, a mechanical inspector and a plumbing inspector by title, with the building inspector's office line, 517-628-2654, and the building permit application gives a separate telephone number for inspections, 517-525-2888. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Onondaga Township (Ingham County), Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Onondaga Township (Ingham County)

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Onondaga Township (Ingham County) are set locally by Township of Onondaga - Building Inspector. 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 Township of Onondaga as a local building code enforcer. The township's building permit application cites "P.A. 230 of 1972, as amended" as its authority and its homeowner's affidavit says all work "shall be done in accordance with the MIBC or MIRBC Code", naming no edition, and its Zoning Ordinance refers to "the Township building code" without naming an edition. The township's ordinance page lists no building code ordinance, so no codified building text was read, and the township has published no statement of which edition of the residential code it enforces.
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: Onondaga Township publishes no contractor licence or registration of its own. Its Permits page says "All contractors working in Onondaga Township are required to furnish a copy of their license to the township office", and its building permit application asks for the contractor's builder's licence number and expiration.
Permit process
Onondaga Township publishes nothing specific to roof work: its Permits page, building permit instructions, building permit application and Zoning Ordinance name no roofing line, no reroof exemption and no size or cost point. With the township silent on reroofs, the state's general permit rule applies: "before construction of a building or structure, the owner, or the owner's builder, architect, engineer, or agent, shall submit an application in writing to the appropriate enforcing agency for a building permit." The same section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs, and the township has published no statement applying that relief to roof work. The township's building permit instructions list the steps for a permit, "Copy of the builder's license" among the items to present, and charges of "Additions/Improvements $350"; they add "A $70 FEE WILL BE CHARGED IF YOU ASK FOR AN INSPECTION AND YOU ARE NOT READY!" The township's Permits page says "All contractors working in Onondaga Township are required to furnish a copy of their license to the township office", that documents are delivered to the Township Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 4:30 pm and 7:00 pm or to a drop box, and that "At this time we do not take credit cards or payments by phone." The township's Inspectors page lists a building inspector, an electrical inspector, a mechanical inspector and a plumbing inspector by title, with the building inspector's office line, 517-628-2654, and the building permit application gives a separate telephone number for inspections, 517-525-2888.

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