No. The township cannot modify the building code.
STILLE-DEROSSETT-HALE SINGLE STATE CONSTRUCTION CODE ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 230 of 1972,
125.1502a Additional definitions.
Sec. 2a.
(bb) "
Structure" means that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind, or a piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner.
Structure does not include a
structure incident to the use for agricultural purposes of the land on which the
structure is located and does not include works of heavy civil construction including, but not limited to, a highway, bridge, dam, reservoir, lock, mine, harbor, dockside port facility, an airport landing facility and facilities for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electricity.
Structure includes a part or parts of the
structure and all equipment in the
structure unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.