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Roofing in Sherman Township (Newaygo County), Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Sherman Township (Newaygo County), MI, issued by Sherman Township - Building Department. Sherman Township has published nothing that names roof work, so the state's general permit rule, quoted at the end of this note, supplies the requirement for a reroof. Its Representatives page lists a Zoning Administrator and a Building Inspector as appointed positions, and its Zoning Ordinance, posted on the Ordinances and Services page as "Sherman Township z ord and index up to date 2026", says in Section 20.03(1) that "No person shall commence any construction of any building or structure or structural changes to any existing structures without first obtaining a building permit from the Building Inspector" and in Section 20.03(2) that a zoning permit comes first. The township's Application for Zoning Compliance Permit offers boxes for zoning "to construct new building", "to add to existing building" and "to alter existing building" and has no roofing box. The Building Inspector is a person appointed by the township board, and the township home page says "No regular business hours, so please contact the required department to schedule an appointment." The township hall is at 2168 South Wisner Avenue, Fremont, MI 49412, and its line is 231-924-7164. The state's general permit rule says "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.". This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Sherman Township (Newaygo County), Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Sherman Township (Newaygo County)

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Sherman Township (Newaygo County) are set locally by Sherman Township - Building 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 Township of Sherman as its own building code enforcer, and Newaygo County's list of units it serves leaves Sherman Township out. The township's website pages and zoning permit application name no residential code edition. Its Zoning Ordinance defines the Building Inspector as the person "appointed by the Sherman Township Board to administer the building code adopted by Sherman Township" without naming that code or its edition. The township's Stand Alone Ordinances file is 83 pages: its last nine pages, a 2025 Large Events Ordinance, were read, and its first 74 pages are scanned images with no text layer (the first page viewed is a Land Division Ordinance) and were not read, so this directory has read no building code ordinance of the township. 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.
Permit process
Sherman Township has published nothing that names roof work, so the state's general permit rule, quoted at the end of this note, supplies the requirement for a reroof. Its Representatives page lists a Zoning Administrator and a Building Inspector as appointed positions, and its Zoning Ordinance, posted on the Ordinances and Services page as "Sherman Township z ord and index up to date 2026", says in Section 20.03(1) that "No person shall commence any construction of any building or structure or structural changes to any existing structures without first obtaining a building permit from the Building Inspector" and in Section 20.03(2) that a zoning permit comes first. The township's Application for Zoning Compliance Permit offers boxes for zoning "to construct new building", "to add to existing building" and "to alter existing building" and has no roofing box. The Building Inspector is a person appointed by the township board, and the township home page says "No regular business hours, so please contact the required department to schedule an appointment." The township hall is at 2168 South Wisner Avenue, Fremont, MI 49412, and its line is 231-924-7164. The state's general permit rule says "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."

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Roofing materials for Sherman Township (Newaygo County)

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Local permitting authority

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