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Roofing in Oxford, Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Oxford, MI, issued by Village of Oxford - Building Services Department. A reroof in the Village of Oxford is priced on the village's building permit fee schedule, which lists "Roof/Awning/Siding" at "$60.00" and "with tear off $80.00" and says the permit application fee is "$15.00" for a total permit work value "of $10,000 and under" and "$50.00" over $10,000; the schedule is headed "Revised 7/1/2016", so confirm the current fee with the department. The state's general permit rule is the base: "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 department has published no statement applying that relief to roof work. The Building/Demolition Permit Application asks for three sets of construction documents "unless waived by the Building Official when code compliance can be determined based on the description in the application", for an "Estimated Cost of Construction", and for the contractor's "BUILDERS LICENSE NUMBER", and says "An administrative fee equal to the permit fee may be charged in addition to the permit fee when work is started without first obtaining the permit." The fee schedule also lists a "Plan Review Fees" line for "Residential additions, alterations and accessory structures" of "$40.00" and "Re-Inspections/Special Inspections/Permit Renewal Fees" of "$75.00". The Building Services Department is at the Village Offices, 22 West Burdick, P.O. Box 94, Oxford, MI 48371, phone (248) 628-2543; the village offices are open Monday through Thursday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and closed Fridays. The Charter Township of Oxford, which surrounds the village, is a separate enforcing agency with its own building department and its own record. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Oxford, Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Oxford

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Oxford are set locally by Village of Oxford - Building Services Department. 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 Village of Oxford in Oakland County as its own building code enforcer. Locally, Section 10-31 of the village's Code of Ordinances (codified through the Ordinance of March 11, 2025) says "The state construction code" "is hereby adopted" and that it "includes the building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical codes", and Section 10-32 says the village "shall also administer and enforce the respective provisions of the Michigan Residential, Rehabilitation, and Uniform Energy Codes"; neither names an edition, and the Building/Demolition Permit Application sorts residential work under "BUILDINGS REGULATED BY THE MICHIGAN RESIDENTIAL CODE" without an edition year. The village's code also adopts a fire code and a property maintenance code, which are not dwelling construction codes. None of the village's dwelling-code references names an older edition, so this record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above.
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 Village of Oxford has its own contractor registration. Its Building Permit Fee Schedule lists a "Contractor Registration Fee" of "$15.00", and its Contractor Registration form lists registration fees of "Building - $15.00 (annual fee)", asks the contractor to "INCLUDE COPY OF DRIVER'S LICENSE AND STATE LICENSE", and says "only the following person(s) will be allowed to obtain permits" for the names the contractor signs.
Permit process
A reroof in the Village of Oxford is priced on the village's building permit fee schedule, which lists "Roof/Awning/Siding" at "$60.00" and "with tear off $80.00" and says the permit application fee is "$15.00" for a total permit work value "of $10,000 and under" and "$50.00" over $10,000; the schedule is headed "Revised 7/1/2016", so confirm the current fee with the department. The state's general permit rule is the base: "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 department has published no statement applying that relief to roof work. The Building/Demolition Permit Application asks for three sets of construction documents "unless waived by the Building Official when code compliance can be determined based on the description in the application", for an "Estimated Cost of Construction", and for the contractor's "BUILDERS LICENSE NUMBER", and says "An administrative fee equal to the permit fee may be charged in addition to the permit fee when work is started without first obtaining the permit." The fee schedule also lists a "Plan Review Fees" line for "Residential additions, alterations and accessory structures" of "$40.00" and "Re-Inspections/Special Inspections/Permit Renewal Fees" of "$75.00". The Building Services Department is at the Village Offices, 22 West Burdick, P.O. Box 94, Oxford, MI 48371, phone (248) 628-2543; the village offices are open Monday through Thursday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and closed Fridays. The Charter Township of Oxford, which surrounds the village, is a separate enforcing agency with its own building department and its own record.

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Local permitting authority

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