Oakland County, Michigan has no hurricane-shutter or impact-glazing ordinance. Hurricanes do not make landfall in the Great Lakes region, and the Michigan Building Code's wind-design requirements (basic wind speed approximately 105–115 mph for Oakland County under ASCE 7) are met by standard residential construction without storm shutters. Owners in Royal Oak, Troy, Farmington Hills, Pontiac, and other Oakland County communities are not required to install storm shutters or impact-resistant windows.
Hurricane shutter ordinances exist primarily in Florida (Miami-Dade NOA standards, Florida Building Code HVHZ), the Gulf Coast, and coastal Atlantic counties subject to landfalling tropical cyclones. Oakland County, located in southeast Michigan, has never recorded a hurricane and does not lie within a hurricane-prone region as defined by ASCE 7-16 § 26.2 (regions within 100 miles of the hurricane coastline where basic wind speed exceeds 115 mph). The Michigan Residential Code, adopted under the Stille-DeRossett-Hale Single State Construction Code Act (MCL 125.1501 et seq.), requires window glazing to meet ordinary structural and safety glazing standards (IRC R308) but does not mandate impact-resistant glazing or shutters. Neither Oakland County's general ordinances nor any constituent municipality (Troy, Royal Oak, Farmington Hills, Southfield, Auburn Hills, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Rochester Hills, Novi, Waterford, West Bloomfield, Commerce, Independence, Oxford, Holly) imposes a shutter requirement.
Not applicable — no shutter ordinance exists. Window installations and replacements must comply with the Michigan Residential or Building Code's safety glazing and energy provisions enforced by local building officials.
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