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No, Whitehall Township (Muskegon County), MI does not require a permit for like-for-like roof replacement (Township of Whitehall (Muskegon County) - Building Permits (White Lake Area Building Inspection Department)). In Whitehall Township, a roof-shingle job is on the building department's no-permit list: the White Lake Area Building Inspection Board's brochure, posted on the township's Building Department forms page, lists "Roof shingles" under "ITEMS NOT REQUIRING BUILDING PERMITS", names no other roof covering, and sets no area or dollar limit; it lists "All Structural Changes" among the items that need a permit. The Montague Building Inspection Department page says "As of January 1, 2018, Whitehall Township has joined the White Lake Area Building Inspection Department", and the township's Zoning / Building page lists the "White Lake Area Building Inspection Department" for building permits. The Board's "Repair & Replacement Expenditures" form (7.1.2019) says it "shall be filled out and returned to the City's Assessor before any repair and/or replacement of exterior doors, windows, roof, and/or siding not requiring a building permit". No enacted text names roof work either way: Section 1202 of Article 12 of the township's General Ordinance says only that the township "enforces the applicable building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical provisions of the State Construction Code", and the titles of the General Ordinance's other articles listed on the township's site (among them water, sewer, aquifer protection, dangerous buildings, garbage, noise, rental registration and the enforcement officer) name no building permit section, and those articles were not opened; state law requires that "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" and also says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure." (MCL 125.1510) without defining ordinary repairs or capping them by size or cost. Michigan's list of work exempt from permit (Section R105.2 of the residential code, as Michigan amends it by Rule 505) names no roof work, and the township adopts no local amendment to it. The Board's fee schedule (effective July 1, 2019) has no roofing line, and the building permit application has no roofing box. The no-permit line for roof shingles is the department's stated practice; this record does not decide whether it is the department's reading of the ordinary-repairs clause. The brochure says "Building permits DO NOT cover changes or installation of" electrical, mechanical and plumbing work that is part of a project, and "These are covered by separate permits." Zoning approval is separate: the township's Zoning Administrator is listed on its Zoning / Building page at 231-894-9088 ext 33, and the brochure marks zoning approval for additions, porches, decks and garages but not for roof shingles. The brochure says "Feel free to contact the Inspection Department at Montague City Hall at 8778 Ferry Street in Montague if you have questions." The department's permit coordinator keeps office hours Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, and the building inspector keeps Tuesday office hours from 2:00 to 5:00 pm; call 231-893-1155. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Whitehall Township (Muskegon County), Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.