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Roofing in Windsor Township, Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Windsor Township, MI, issued by Windsor Charter Township - Building and Trades Department. In Windsor Charter Township the Building Department takes permit applications on its Building Permit Application, which asks the contractor for a state of Michigan licence number and expiration date, a federal employer ID number (or reason for exemption), and a workers' compensation carrier (or reason for exemption), and says "Building work shall not be started until the permit has been issued". The department's page says "Structural, electrical, plumbing and mechanical work covered under the Michigan Building Code is not to be commenced without approval of permit and inspection of work performed under said permit." Fees are set by a township board fee schedule: the application's office-use block shows an "Administration Fee: $65.00" and the fee schedule charges "$60.00 per required inspection and reinspection." The page says the department is "available in person from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday and Thursday" at 300 W. Jefferson St. (rear entrance) and can be reached at 517.919.1566, option 5, with mail to P.O. Box 518, Dimondale, MI 48821. To schedule an inspection for an approved permit, leave the property address and permit number, and the page says "You will receive a return telephone call confirming what day the inspection is anticipated to occur." The page says the township's jurisdiction "DOES NOT include the Village of Dimondale". No online permit portal is posted on the page. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Windsor Township, Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Windsor Township

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Windsor Township are set locally by Windsor Charter Township - Building and Trades 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 Windsor Township as its own building code enforcer. The township's Ordinance No. 50, the Michigan Construction Code Ordinance adopted May 14, 2024, says "the Township hereby assumes responsibility for the administration and enforcement of the international residential code" and the other state construction codes, and names no edition. The department's page says it reviews and inspects work "defined under the Michigan Building Code" and names no edition of the residential code, and the township has published no statement of which edition it enforces. The township's zoning ordinance is the only code of ordinances it posts on Municode.
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 Windsor Charter Township Building Department asks licensed contractors to register: "In order to effectively and efficiently process permit applications for licensed contractors, we ask that licensed individuals register with the Township." It adds "This is not required and no fee is associated with the registration." and says "Non-registered applicants will be asked to produce evidence of appropriate license held for each permit application completed prior to issuance." The department's licensing sheet states "A RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS LICENSE IS REQUIRED FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS DOING WORK ON ANY HOME THAT IS NOT THEIR OWN FOR REMODELS, REPAIRS AND NEW BUILDS", citing the state construction code act and the Occupational Code. This record does not decide whether a given roofer falls inside a state exemption.
Permit process
In Windsor Charter Township the Building Department takes permit applications on its Building Permit Application, which asks the contractor for a state of Michigan licence number and expiration date, a federal employer ID number (or reason for exemption), and a workers' compensation carrier (or reason for exemption), and says "Building work shall not be started until the permit has been issued". The department's page says "Structural, electrical, plumbing and mechanical work covered under the Michigan Building Code is not to be commenced without approval of permit and inspection of work performed under said permit." Fees are set by a township board fee schedule: the application's office-use block shows an "Administration Fee: $65.00" and the fee schedule charges "$60.00 per required inspection and reinspection." The page says the department is "available in person from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday and Thursday" at 300 W. Jefferson St. (rear entrance) and can be reached at 517.919.1566, option 5, with mail to P.O. Box 518, Dimondale, MI 48821. To schedule an inspection for an approved permit, leave the property address and permit number, and the page says "You will receive a return telephone call confirming what day the inspection is anticipated to occur." The page says the township's jurisdiction "DOES NOT include the Village of Dimondale". No online permit portal is posted on the page.

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