Re‑Roof Permits & Title 24 In Menifee

Do I Need A Permit To Re‑Roof In Menifee?

Yes. The City of Menifee requires a building permit for every re-roof project, and work can’t start until the permit is issued.

Menifee treats a residential re-roof as a Fast-Track permit. Fast-Track permits are typically processed within two business days and don’t need plan review.

Sources: City of Menifee, Re-Roof Permit Guide; City of Menifee, Permits and Plan Review. Checked October 2, 2026.

How Do I Apply For It?

Applications go through the Menifee Permit Portal, the city’s online permit system. You have to register before you can use it, and a home re-roof is filed as a Residential Reroof.

The city’s Re-Roof Permit Guide lists what goes in with the application:

• the completed two-page building permit application;
• a completed CF1R energy form (see which energy form below);
• a notarized letter of authorization, if the person applying is neither the owner nor the licensed contractor.

Intake review may take up to two business days. Among other things, the city checks that the contractor holds a C-39 roofing classification and an active City of Menifee business license.

Sources: City of Menifee, Re-Roof Permit Guide; City of Menifee, Menifee Permit Portal. Checked October 2, 2026.

What Inspections Does A Re‑Roof Get?

The city lists two inspections, in this order, and work can’t move on to the next stage until the one before it is approved:

1. Roof deck. The old roofing has to be completely removed; when a layer is added instead, the inspector verifies the existing layers. The inspector checks the sheathing, and that the nailing pattern, fastener type, size, spacing and edge distance meet code.
2. Final. The roofing, underlayment, flashing, fasteners, attic ventilation and site clean-up.

Inspections are scheduled only through the Menifee Permit Portal. Requests made before 2:00 pm can be done the next business day.

Sources: City of Menifee, Re-Roof Permit Guide; City of Menifee, Inspections. Checked October 2, 2026.

What Is Title 24, And When Does It Apply?

Title 24, Part 6 is California’s Energy Code. Its 2025 edition applies to every building whose permit application is submitted on or after January 1, 2026, so it covers a re-roof permit applied for today.

For homes, the roof rule is Section 150.2(b)1I. It applies when more than 50 percent of the roof is being replaced, and it counts a new layer added over the old roof the same as a tear-off. The 2025 code sets no square-foot trigger.

Two notes on the wording. The code says “more than 50 percent”, while some of the Energy Commission’s forms and manuals say “50 percent or more”; the two differ only at exactly half, so ask the city if your job lands there. And the Commission counts replacing a roof covering, for example wood shake with asphalt shingles, as an alteration under the code, not a repair.

Sources: California Energy Commission, 2025 Building Energy Efficiency Standards; 2025 California Energy Code, Title 24 Part 6, Section 150.2(b)1I; California Energy Commission, 2025 Single-Family Residential Compliance Manual. Checked October 2, 2026.

What Climate Zone Is Menifee In?

Climate Zone 10. All of Menifee is in Zone 10, Sun City and Quail Valley included.

The city’s ZIP codes, 92584, 92585, 92586, 92587, are all Zone 10 on the California Energy Commission’s list, and the city’s own roofing handout says re-roofs follow the rules for Zone 10.

The other cities with a page on this site lie entirely in Climate Zone 10 on the Commission’s climate zone map: Murrieta, Temecula, Perris, Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, Canyon Lake and Hemet.

Sources: California Energy Commission, Building Climate Zones by ZIP Code; U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to place relationship file; California Energy Commission, climate zone tool and maps; City of Menifee, Reroofing Materials Requirements; City of Menifee, History. Checked October 2, 2026.

What Does A Cool Roof Have To Meet?

The values depend on the slope. The code calls a roof steep-sloped at a pitch of 2:12 or more, and low-sloped below 2:12. In Climate Zone 10, new roofing on a re-roof that triggers the rule has to reach:

“Aged” reflectance is the value after the product has weathered for three years. The product has to be rated and labeled through the Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC). A product with no rating is assumed to reflect just 0.08 if it is an asphalt shingle and 0.10 if it is anything else, below both minimums. An ENERGY STAR listing doesn’t count: the Energy Commission recognizes only the CRRC.

A low-sloped re-roof in Zone 10 also needs insulation: R-14 continuous insulation, or a roof assembly U-factor of 0.039. Insulation can stand in for some of the reflectance too. With continuous insulation at the roof deck, the 0.63 drops to 0.60 with R-16, 0.55 with R-18, 0.50 with R-20 and 0.45 with R-22, and with R-24 there is no reflectance minimum at all.

How we handle each kind of roof: roof replacement, asphalt shingle re-roofs, concrete tile, and for flat roofs, torch down and single ply.

Sources: 2025 California Energy Code, Title 24 Part 6, Section 150.2(b)1I; California Energy Commission, 2025 Single-Family Residential Compliance Manual. Checked October 2, 2026.

Are There Exceptions?

On a steep-sloped roof, the cool-roof product rule doesn’t apply when the home has any one of these:

• ceiling insulation of at least R-38, or a ceiling U-factor of 0.025 or lower;
• a radiant barrier in the attic that meets Section 150.1(c)2 and isn’t installed directly above spaced sheathing;
• no ducts in the attic, an exception that applies in Climate Zone 10;
• R-2 or more continuous insulation above or below the roof deck.

On either slope, the reflectance rules don’t apply to roof area covered by building-integrated solar panels, or to a roof construction weighing at least 25 pounds per square foot. The code text names building-integrated panels only; it doesn’t say whether ordinary rack-mounted panels count.

On a low-sloped roof, the insulation rule doesn’t apply to an existing roof that already has R-10 or more continuous insulation, or an assembly U-factor of 0.056 or less, or at least R-19 between the rafters in contact with the deck. It can also be reduced where rooftop equipment or wall flashing heights would otherwise end up too low.

Instead of all of this, a home can comply through the performance approach, which uses energy modeling and allows trade-offs.

Sources: 2025 California Energy Code, Title 24 Part 6, Section 150.2(b)1I; California Energy Commission, 2025 Single-Family Residential Compliance Manual. Checked October 2, 2026.

Which Energy Form Goes With The Permit?

The energy form that goes in with the permit is a CF1R, the certificate of compliance. The city’s current Reroof CF1R download is the Energy Commission’s 2025 form CF1R-ALT-05-E, already filled in for Menifee and Climate Zone 10. It is for simple alterations that don’t need field verification, and it has a section for a roof replacement over 50 percent.

When field verification is required, the registered form CF1R-ALT-01-E is used instead, and it has to be registered with an ECC-Provider first. After the work, the installation certificate, CF2R-ALT-05-E, records the roofing product’s CRRC product ID and its rated values.

One thing to watch: the city’s older handout on reroofing materials, revised in January 2023, still cites the 2022 code and the CF1R-ALT-01-E, and draws the line between steep and low slopes a little differently from the code, at exactly 2:12. The 2025 code and the city’s current CF1R are what apply to a permit today.

Sources: City of Menifee, Reroof CF1R; California Energy Commission, 2025 residential compliance forms; City of Menifee, Reroofing Materials Requirements. Checked October 2, 2026.

Do I Need HOA Approval Too?

A city permit and an HOA approval are separate things, and an association may want to see your roof plans before the city does. Two examples near Menifee:

• Canyon Lake. The City of Canyon Lake won’t accept a re-roof permit application until the Canyon Lake Property Owners Association has approved it, and the POA’s rules limit roof coverings to tile, cedar shake, wood shingle, or built-up roofing with colored rock. See roofing in Canyon Lake.
• Sun City. One association there, the Riverside Sun City Homeowners Association, requires written approval from its Architectural Review Committee before any alteration to the outside of a building, and gives the committee up to 45 days to respond. The rule doesn’t name re-roofing, but a new roof changes the outside of the building.

If your home is in an association, read its CC&Rs or call its office before the roof is booked.

Sources: City of Canyon Lake, Building Forms; Canyon Lake POA, Rules and Regulations, Version 93; Riverside Sun City Homeowners Association, Rules and Regulations. Checked October 2, 2026.

How Do Nearby Cities Handle It?

Every city runs its own re-roof permit, and the same state code applies in all of them. In short:

Each city page has the details, with a link to every city document.