Roofing in Pinconning 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 Pinconning Township as its own building code enforcer. Pinconning Township's codified Ordinance No. 95-3 (adopted December 12, 1995), Section II, adopts "The BOCA National Building Code/1993 Edition", and its Ordinance No. 21-91A (adopted July 23, 1991) adopts "The BOCA National Building Code of 1990"; this directory has not read that text, and whether the codified reference has any effect today is not decided here. Section IV of Ordinance No. 95-3 says its codes are "adopted and enacted by the Township for the purpose of continuing to exempt the Township from the operation and effect of Act No. 230 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan 1972". The state act's section 8a(4) speaks of a unit that "has elected to exempt itself pursuant to section 8(1)," and section 8 was repealed by 1999 PA 245, effective July 31, 2001 (MCL 125.1508). This record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code, which the state construction code act applies throughout the state ("This act and the code apply throughout the state," MCL 125.1508a) and which LARA says remains in effect while the Court of Claims order of July 7, 2025 stands. Pinconning Township has published no statement naming the edition it enforces; its permits page and building permit application name no code edition.

In Pinconning Township the permits page says "All permits in Pinconning Township & Mt. Forest Township must go through TCE (Township Code Enforcement)", and it directs completed permits to Township Code Enforcement, PO BOX 58, Pinconning MI 48650, with building permit checks payable to T.C.E. and a site plan required with every building permit. The building permit application (phone 989-879-4018 ext 2) names no roofing item. Its fee table, headed "Adopted December 19, 2018 -----(2005 Rates)", sets a $30.00 minimum for work of $1 to $500 and a non-refundable $50.00 application fee on all building permits, and neither the table nor the township fee schedule dated July 13, 2026 prices roofing. The permits page says "Guidance cost nothing" and calls the township office for any question about whether a permit is required. Separate applications are required for electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits.