Roofing in Sodus Township (Berrien County), 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." Sodus Township's Ordinance Number 25, printed with its zoning ordinance, provides in Section 2 that "Appendix G of the Michigan Building Code shall be enforced by the enforcing agency within Sodus Township", which names no residential code edition; that text was not read, and this record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above. The township's posted ordinances name no residential code edition, and Ordinance 40 adopts the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code, which is not an older edition of the residential code. LARA's Statewide Jurisdiction List names the Township of Sodus as its own building code enforcer.

Sodus Township has published nothing specific to reroofing, so the state's general permit rule applies: "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." Its Permits, Fees and Forms page lists a Building Permit, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Permit, Property Split and Burn Permit, a 2026 Fee Schedule of Permits and "Building Permit Fees". The building permit application is headed "APPLICATION FOR BUILDING PERMIT" and says "NOTE: SEPARATE APPLICATIONS MUST BE MADE FOR ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING & ZONING PERMITS." Its 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 65% of the building permit fee." Neither names a reroof, so ask the township office, 269-926-6285, whether and at what fee a reroof is permitted.