These regulations shall be known and cited as the "State Construction
Code Ordinance of the Township of Denton."
Pursuant to the Stille-DeRossett-Hale Single State Construction
Code Act, Act 230 of 1972, MCLA § 125.1501 et seq., and
the Urban Cooperation Act of 1967, Act 7 of 1967, MCLA § 124.501
et seq., authorizing joint enforcement of the State Construction Code,
Denton Township, in conjunction with the Townships of Lake, Markey,
Backus and Roscommon, hereby establishes and adopts a five-township
joint enforcement agency, to be known as the "Houghton Lake Building
Agency," to discharge the responsibilities of the townships for the
administration and enforcement of the State Construction Code.
Denton Township hereby assumes responsibility for the administration
and enforcement of the State Construction Code within the Township
pursuant to the Act, consisting of the Michigan Building Code, the
Michigan Residential Code, the Michigan Uniform Energy Code, the Michigan
Electrical Code, the Michigan Mechanical Code, and the Michigan Plumbing
Code, as amended, within its political boundary (collectively the
"Construction Code") and hereby delegates responsibility for administration
and enforcement of said Act throughout the Township of Denton to the
Houghton Lake Building Agency, including administration and enforcement
of the Construction Code, and reviewing permit applications and issuing
permits on behalf of the Township.
The Houghton Lake Building Agency shall consist of a board of
five members, one to be an appointed member of the Township Board
of each of the Townships of Denton, Lake, Backus, Markey and Roscommon.
The Houghton Lake Building Agency shall be and act as the governing
board for purposes of the Construction Code for the five townships
and shall be empowered to employ an official and/or inspector to make
all inspections called for by the State Construction Code Act and
the rules promulgated thereunder. Each township shall pay its allocable
share of the expenses of the Houghton Lake Building Agency. The five
townships may further memorialize their administration, operation,
and obligations as a member of the Houghton Lake Building Agency through
an intergovernmental agreement executed by all five parties. The failure
to enter into any such agreement shall neither impact the individual
township's responsibility and obligations to the Authority or
to one another nor the existence of the Agency or its authority to
enforce the Construction Codes within each respective jurisdiction
consistent with the historical customary actions and practices within
all five townships.
Building permits provided for in the State Construction Code
Act shall be issued pursuant to applications filed with the Houghton
Lake Building Agency, and fees shall be collected from the applicant,
according to the building permit fee schedule approved by the Houghton
Lake Building Agency Board, in conformity with the State Construction
Code rules based upon the following factors:
A. Residential buildings and additions to residential buildings, porches
included, and additions to existing structures that incorporate living
quarters without altering ground area.
B. All structures on property zoned commercial, other than residential
structures.
C. Sheds and private garages and any accessory buildings and other new
dwelling structures.
D. No permit required for utility or accessory buildings under 200 square
feet.
E. Larger utility or accessory buildings and garages.
F. No permit required for structures under 150 square feet.
G. Mobile homes, double-wide mobile homes, and modular homes, having
a state inspection seal.
H. Energy Code: plan review fee, which will include the insulation inspection.