Roofing in Shelbyville, Indiana

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THE CITY ADOPTS THE STATE CODE AND SAYS SO ON ITS OWN BUILDING CODES PAGE. That page reads: "The City of Shelbyville's Building Commission has adopted the building codes set forth by the Indiana State Department of Homeland Security." It then lists, under the words "As of January 2020, the current State building codes in effect are:", the residential code as "Indiana Residential Code 2020 Edition (International Residential Code 2018 Edition 1st Printing, With Indiana Amendments)". WHAT THAT STATE RULE IS. The 2020 Indiana Residential Code is 675 IAC 14-4.4, which adopts and amends the first printing of the 2018 International Residential Code, and the State Building Commissioner's own memo states: "The 2020 Indiana Residential Code is in full force and effect statewide." The rule was readopted by a filing of November 18, 2025, and its only amendments anywhere in the roof assemblies chapter delete the word "approved" from the asphalt-shingle attachment and flashing sections, delete "printed" from the other-flashing section and delete the last sentence of the rooftop photovoltaic section. Indiana law also limits what the City could add: IC 22-13-2-3(c) bars a city, town or county from adopting an ordinance "that conflicts with or includes more stringent or detailed requirements than the commission's rules". THE CITY'S CODIFIED ADOPTION TAKES IN LATER STATE AMENDMENTS. Section 152.05(A) of the City's Building Code incorporates by reference the "Building rules of the State Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission as set out in the following Articles of Title 675 of the Indiana Administrative Code" and provides that the adoption "shall include later amendments to those Articles as the same are published in the Indiana Register or the Indiana Administrative Code with effective dates as fixed therein". Its list names Article 14, One and Two Family Dwelling Codes, and still cites the residential rule by the older number 675 IAC 14-4.2 rather than the 675 IAC 14-4.4 now in force. Chapter 152 attaches no technical amendment to any rule it adopts: it was read in full, every section from 152.01 through 152.99 in the codification current through Ordinance 25-3050, passed December 15, 2025, and it contains no roofing provision.

WHERE. The Planning and Building Department is on the first floor of Shelbyville City Hall, 44 West Washington Street, Shelbyville, IN 46176, on 317-392-5102; the general City Hall line is 317-398-6624. Contractor registration questions go to the Permits and Licenses Administrator. Check the address first: the Shelby County Building Inspector, at the Courthouse Annex, serves the unincorporated county and the Town of Fairland, not the City. WHAT IS FILED. The City's combined Improvement Location and Building Permit application asks for the owner and registered contractor, a description of work with a box for remodeling, alteration or repair, the square footage and value of construction, and whether engineered lumber is used in the roof trusses, and it must be signed by a registered contractor or carry a homeowner's affidavit. The City says it is moving permits and contractor registrations onto an online Citizenserve platform alongside counter and phone service. TIME AND MONEY. The City's FAQ states: "Building, Improvement Location, and Right-Of-Way permits typically take 3 to 5 days, while most other permits are issued immediately." The Building Department fee schedule prices residential remodeling by value of construction, from $50 at $5,000 or below up to $250 over $100,000, and a residential Improvement Location Permit is $50; the schedule has no line for roofing, and its only occurrences of the word roof are rooftop mechanical units. Re-inspections are $50, then $25 more for each further failure of the same phase. Work without a permit is fined $200 plus the normal permit fees, $400 plus fees on a second offense, and a third offense brings a stop work order and a required appearance before the Building Commission.