West Bloomfield, MI Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- License required for
- Electrical contractors, master/journeyman electricians
- Legal basis
- Sec. 23a, State Construction Code Act, MCL 125.1523a
- Adopted code
- Michigan Electrical Code, via Sec. 8-1(a)
- First-offense fine
- $150.00 civil infraction
- Repeat-offense fine
- $300.00 within two years
Summary
West Bloomfield Township's Sec. 8-8(a) bars anyone required to hold a state electrical contractor or electrician license from performing electrical work on a building in the township without that license, tying local enforcement to the Michigan Electrical Code the township administers under Sec. 8-1.
(a)Pursuant to Section 23a of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale Single State Construction Code Act, found at MCL 125.1523a, a person who is required to be licensed or registered as ... an electrical contractor or master or journeyman electrician ... shall not perform work on a building or structure within the township unless they have obtained the required licensing or registration. (b)Pursuant to ... the Michigan State Construction Code, as amended, which consists of ... the Michigan ... Electrical Code ... (d)A person who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this division shall be responsible for a municipal civil infraction as authorized by the Revised Judicature Act, MCL 600.8701, et seq.; and section 1-10 of the Code of Ordinances. The penalty for a first violation of this article shall be a fine in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). The penalty for a second violation and each subsequent violation within any two-year period shall be a fine in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300.00).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 8-8(a) is issued 'pursuant to Section 23a of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale Single State Construction Code Act,' MCL 125.1523a, and names the trades it covers, including 'an electrical contractor or master or journeyman electrician,' who 'shall not perform work on a building or structure within the township unless they have obtained the required licensing or registration.' Sec. 8-8(b) reinforces this by requiring that all persons on any township worksite be supervised by a licensed general contractor and themselves be licensed or registered with the State of Michigan under the Michigan State Construction Code, which Sec.
8-1(a) says 'consists of' the Michigan Residential Code, the Michigan Building Code, the Michigan Electrical Code, and the other state codes. Sec. 8-8(c) requires licenses and registrations to be available on request for inspection by any township official, including the building inspector and code enforcement officers. There is no separate West Bloomfield electrical code; electrical permitting and inspection run through the state-adopted Michigan Electrical Code administered locally by the building department under Sec. 8-1 and Sec. 8-2.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 8-8(d) makes a violation a municipal civil infraction under Sec. 1-10 of the Code: $150.00 for a first violation and $300.00 for a second or subsequent violation within any two-year period. Sec. 8-1(c) separately bars anyone who accumulates three infractions for unlicensed work or operating an unlicensed worksite from being issued any permits or operating any worksite in the township.
Frequently Asked Questions
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