Roofing in Waterloo Township (Jackson 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." LARA's Statewide Jurisdiction List names the Township of Waterloo in Jackson County as its own building code enforcer. Locally, the township's Ordinance 02-04-23-1 (April 23, 2002) designates "the Building, Electrical, Mechanical or Plumbing Official of the Township of Waterloo" as the enforcing agency under the state construction code act, and its Zoning Ordinance (last amended April 28, 2026) says "Building Inspector: An individual hired by the Township to administer the State Building Code." The township's Forms and Ordinances page also posts a "Do I need a Permit for that?" sheet, uploaded in June 2022, reproducing Section R105 of the 2015 Michigan Residential Code. Its codified ordinance list includes Ordinance 98-02-16-05, adopted December 15, 1998, "Ordinance for the Adoption of the 1996 BOCA National Building Code", which adopts "The BOCA National Building Code, Thirteenth Edition, 1996" "as the Building Code of the Township of Waterloo" and repeals the township's 1993 BOCA code ordinance; this directory has not read the 1996 BOCA National Building Code text, and whether the codified reference has any effect today is not decided here. This record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above, which is also the edition whose permit section the township's sheet reproduces.

Plan on a building permit for a reroof in Waterloo Township. Its building permit application, revised September 8, 2026, has a "Roof" project type and three roof lines in its fee table: "Roof: ice & water guard, final" (2 inspections, $170.00 total with the $30.00 application fee), "Roof w/OSB (total tear off, removal/replace): rough, ice & water guard, final" (3 inspections, $240.00) and "Roof, Metal: no water & ice guard required, final" (1 inspection, $100.00). Inspections cost $70.00 each, the application fee is "Application Fee (non-refundable) $30.00", and a permit will not be issued unless the application is "COMPLETELY FILLED OUT, SIGNED AND PAYMENT INCLUDED"; the township takes cash or check only. The application asks for a certificate of liability insurance, a copy of the state license and a copy of the driver's license. You schedule inspections yourself: the township says "TO SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS, YOU MUST CALL THE INSPECTOR DIRECTLY", and its building page lists inspection work days as Monday through Thursday and says "Inspectors have 72 Hours to answer an inspection request". The township office is at 9773 Mt Hope Road, Munith, MI 49259, phone 517-596-8200, open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9AM to 1PM and Wednesday from 1PM to 5PM, closed Fridays. The township's Zoning Ordinance says "No building shall be erected prior to the issuance of a zoning permit by the Zoning Administrator, and a building permit by the Building Inspector", which names no roof work.