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Roofing in St. Charles Township (Saginaw County), Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in St. Charles Township (Saginaw County), MI, issued by St. Charles Township - Building Permits. St. Charles Township publishes nothing specific to roof work. Its Building Permit packet says "Mail completed application and check to:" "St. Charles Twp." at 1003 N. Saginaw in St. Charles, with "Phone 989-865-9010", and its first page notes "Separate Applications Must Be Completed for Plumbing, Mechanical and Electrical Work Permits". The packet's guidelines ask for "COPY OF DEED AND LATEST PROPERTY TAX STATEMENT" among the items to return with the application. With the township silent on reroofs, 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." The same section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs, and the township has published nothing applying that relief to roof work. The packet says "For all applications, please call" the Building Inspector at 1-989-737-5671, and the same number for building inspections; the township's Township Information page lists a "Building Inspector / Zoning Administrator" at 989-737-5671. No building permit fee schedule is posted on the township's pages, so ask the township for the current fee. The township office is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 8am to 12pm and 1pm to 5pm and Thursday from 8am to 12pm. LARA's Statewide Jurisdiction List lists the Village of St. Charles as its own enforcing agency, and this record does not cover the village. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for St. Charles Township (Saginaw County), Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in St. Charles Township (Saginaw County)

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in St. Charles Township (Saginaw County) are set locally by St. Charles Township - Building Permits. 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 St. Charles in Saginaw County as its own building code enforcer. Locally, the township's Zone & Building Permits page posts a zoning ordinance and tall grass, marijuana and solar farm ordinances, and no building code ordinance, and the Building Permit packet says only that the applicant agrees "TO CONFORM TO ALL APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN"; none of these names a building code edition, so 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.
  • city_level: The township's Building Permit application asks for the contractor's builders license number and expiration date, a federal employer ID number or reason for exemption, a workers compensation carrier or reason for exemption and a MESC employer number or reason for exemption, and the township posts no separate local contractor registration or fee.
Permit process
St. Charles Township publishes nothing specific to roof work. Its Building Permit packet says "Mail completed application and check to:" "St. Charles Twp." at 1003 N. Saginaw in St. Charles, with "Phone 989-865-9010", and its first page notes "Separate Applications Must Be Completed for Plumbing, Mechanical and Electrical Work Permits". The packet's guidelines ask for "COPY OF DEED AND LATEST PROPERTY TAX STATEMENT" among the items to return with the application. With the township silent on reroofs, 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." The same section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs, and the township has published nothing applying that relief to roof work. The packet says "For all applications, please call" the Building Inspector at 1-989-737-5671, and the same number for building inspections; the township's Township Information page lists a "Building Inspector / Zoning Administrator" at 989-737-5671. No building permit fee schedule is posted on the township's pages, so ask the township for the current fee. The township office is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 8am to 12pm and 1pm to 5pm and Thursday from 8am to 12pm. LARA's Statewide Jurisdiction List lists the Village of St. Charles as its own enforcing agency, and this record does not cover the village.

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