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Roofing in Shoreham, Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Shoreham, MI, issued by Village of Shoreham - Building Permits (Saint Joseph Charter Township Building Department). The Village of Shoreham's Building & Enforcement page says its building official and enforcement officer is employed by Saint Joseph Charter Township under an agreement with the village, and the village's Construction Code ordinance says "St. Joseph Charter Township is hereby designated as the enforcing agency to discharge the responsibility of the Village of Shoreham". The township's Building Department, at 3000 Washington Avenue, St. Joseph, MI 49085, phone 269-429-7703, posts building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical permit forms, and its Building Permit Application is headed "St. Joseph Charter Township/Village of Shoreham". The application asks for a plan review fee on work valued at $100,000 or more, and the fee schedule says "Any new home or commercial property with a construction value over $100,000 will be charged a building permit fee and a plan check/review fee which is 60% of the building permit fee." The fee schedule has no roofing line. The village hall at 2120 Brown School Road is open by appointment only, phone 269-932-8956. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Shoreham, Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Shoreham

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Shoreham are set locally by Village of Shoreham - Building Permits (Saint Joseph Charter 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 Village of Shoreham as its own building code enforcer. The Village's Ordinance 2022-3, Construction Code, says the state construction code and "all subsequent amendments of the state construction code are hereby adopted by reference". Section 4 of that ordinance repeals "The Village of Shoreham Michigan Building Code 2003 ordinance adopted in 2008", and the Village's ordinance index still lists a Michigan Building Code 2008 and an International Existing Building Code 2008 among its ordinances adopted by reference. Those Michigan Building Code texts were not read, they name no residential code edition, and whether the listed references have any effect today is not decided here. The Saint Joseph Charter Township Building Department page, which the Village's own Building & Enforcement page points to, lists "2015 Michigan Residential Code" among the codes it currently enforces, and this record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above.
Permit process
The Village of Shoreham's Building & Enforcement page says its building official and enforcement officer is employed by Saint Joseph Charter Township under an agreement with the village, and the village's Construction Code ordinance says "St. Joseph Charter Township is hereby designated as the enforcing agency to discharge the responsibility of the Village of Shoreham". The township's Building Department, at 3000 Washington Avenue, St. Joseph, MI 49085, phone 269-429-7703, posts building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical permit forms, and its Building Permit Application is headed "St. Joseph Charter Township/Village of Shoreham". The application asks for a plan review fee on work valued at $100,000 or more, and the fee schedule says "Any new home or commercial property with a construction value over $100,000 will be charged a building permit fee and a plan check/review fee which is 60% of the building permit fee." The fee schedule has no roofing line. The village hall at 2120 Brown School Road is open by appointment only, phone 269-932-8956.

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Roofing materials for Shoreham

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Local permitting authority

Village of Shoreham - Building Permits (Saint Joseph Charter Township Building Department)city

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