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Municipality of Bethel Park - Community Services Department (Building Inspections)

The Municipality of Bethel Park's Community Services Department, which includes Building Inspections, takes building permit applications at the Municipal Building, 5100 West Library Avenue, or by email, and its residential application says the 2021 International Residential Code is enforced. The Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code applies statewide, but the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act (Act 45 of 1999) says the Act "shall not apply to" "Repairs to residential buildings, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" (section 104(b)(6)).

Roof code checklist: Municipality of Bethel Park, PA

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofNot published
Repair permit thresholdPublishedpacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-06
Layer limit / roof-overPublishedR908.3.1.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-06
Deck & sheathingPublishedR905.2.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-06
Drip edgeNot published
Ice & water shieldNot published
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNopacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-06
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublishedSec. 26.3pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-06
Contractor license / registrationYespalegis.us2026-10-06
Sales & use taxPublishedpa.gov2026-10-06

Each row comes from the sourced record on this page; full wording is in the table below. "Not published" means no official source for that item was found when the record was last verified.

Jurisdiction
Municipality of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
5100 West Library Avenue, Second Floor, Bethel Park, PA 15102
Contact
  • url: https://www.bethelparkpa.gov/community-development
  • phone: 412-831-6800, ext. 131
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
The Municipality of Bethel Park has published nothing read for this record that names reroofing as permit work or as exempt. Its Residential Building Permit Application lists project types such as additions, accessory structures, a porch roof, structural alterations and decks, and its permit packet page, handouts and fee schedule name no reroofing permit. Section 26.2 of the Code adopts the Uniform Construction Code by reference, and no Municipal ordinance read for this record names roof work. Under state law, Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6) list "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" and "Repairs to residential buildings" among work the Act does not apply to, "except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503," and 34 Pa. Code 403.62(c) says "A permit is not required for the exceptions listed in § 403.1(b) (relating to scope) and the following, if the work does not violate a law or ordinance." This record therefore does not state whether a Municipal ordinance requires a permit for a reroof. Before starting one, ask the Department at 412-831-6800, ext. 131, whether it requires a permit. Where a permit is required, Section 26.11 of the Code charges, in addition to the fee, "two times that stated therein when construction has begun without the required building permit having been issued," at least $100 and at most $1,000, and Section 26.8 sets a fine of "not more than $1,000, plus costs" for violating the ordinance. Applications can be dropped off at the Community Services Department, Bethel Park Municipal Building, 5100 W. Library Ave., 2nd floor, or sent by email; the office is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, the application asks for the contractor's registration number, and inspections are requested "24 hrs. prior to the required inspection."
Adopted code
The 2021 International Residential Code, as adopted by the State in the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (UCC). 34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7) adopts "The 'International Residential Code of 2021,' except that:" followed by the State's list of exclusions and modifications, effective January 1, 2026 (55 Pa.B. 7701). None of the State's changes touches Chapter 9, Roof Assemblies, or Section R803, Roof Sheathing, so those apply as the International Code Council publishes them. Work on existing buildings is also pointed to the State's existing-building code: "The repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition and relocation of existing buildings must comply with Chapter 34 of the 'International Building Code of 2021' or with the 'International Existing Building Code of 2021'" (34 Pa. Code 403.21(f)). The UCC is the minimum everywhere in the state: "no municipality may propose or enact any ordinance which is less than the minimum requirement of the Uniform Construction Code" (Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, section 503(b)). The Act also lists work it "shall not apply to", including "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" or to "Repairs to residential buildings," in each case "except as might be required by ordinances" kept in force under section 303(b)(1) or adopted under section 503 (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6); 34 Pa. Code 403.1(b)(8) and (9)). The Act defines a repair as "The reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for the purpose of its maintenance." So whether the code's roofing rules reach a given house reroof depends on the municipality's own ordinances. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, the Municipality of Bethel Park administers the code itself: Section 26.3 of its Code says "Administration and enforcement of the Code within the Municipality of Bethel Park shall be undertaken by the Building Code Official and the Construction Code Official," with plumbing left to the Allegheny County Health Department and electrical inspections to state-certified third-party agencies, and its Community Services Department, which includes Building Inspections, takes residential permit applications. Its Residential Building Permit Application (revised December 26, 2025) says "PA-UCC & THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODES ARE ENFORCED." Section 26.2 of the Code adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," "as the municipal building code of the Municipality of Bethel Park," and Sections 26.5 and 26.6 add survey, footing, carbon monoxide, radon and floodplain rules and fill in the design-criteria table; none of them touches roofing. No ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found in Chapter 26 of the Code (Building), Article I (Uniform Construction Code, Sections 26.1 to 26.10) and Article III (Building Permit Fees, Sections 26.11 and 26.12), or in a search of the whole Code for roof provisions, all read for this record.
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — No impact-resistance requirement under state law. The State's adoption of the 2021 International Residential Code (34 Pa. Code 403.21) contains no hail or impact rule, and it makes no change to the code's roof assemblies chapter, which itself has no UL 2218, Class 4 or hail-impact requirement for roof coverings. A municipality could add one only by an ordinance that equals or exceeds the Uniform Construction Code under Act 45 section 503, filed with the Department of Labor and Industry; none of the filings on the Department's register of municipal code change ordinances mentions hail or impact resistance. An owner may still choose an impact-rated roof covering. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, the Municipality of Bethel Park administers the code itself: Section 26.3 of its Code says "Administration and enforcement of the Code within the Municipality of Bethel Park shall be undertaken by the Building Code Official and the Construction Code Official," with plumbing left to the Allegheny County Health Department and electrical inspections to state-certified third-party agencies, and its Community Services Department, which includes Building Inspections, takes residential permit applications. Its Residential Building Permit Application (revised December 26, 2025) says "PA-UCC & THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODES ARE ENFORCED." Its forms, handouts and fee schedule set no UL 2218, Class 4 or hail-impact requirement. Section 26.2 of the Code adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," "as the municipal building code of the Municipality of Bethel Park," and Sections 26.5 and 26.6 add survey, footing, carbon monoxide, radon and floodplain rules and fill in the design-criteria table; none of them touches roofing. No ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found in Chapter 26 of the Code (Building), Article I (Uniform Construction Code, Sections 26.1 to 26.10) and Article III (Building Permit Fees, Sections 26.11 and 26.12), or in a search of the whole Code for roof provisions, all read for this record.
Repair permit threshold
The Municipality of Bethel Park publishes no threshold for roof work, and nothing read for this record names reroofing as permit work or as exempt. Its Residential Building Permit Application lists as project types "Addition," "Accessory Structure," "Porch Roof," "Structural Alterations," "Deck" and "Other," among others, and its Addition & Alteration Projects handout asks for framing details including the roof; neither names reroofing. Its development fee schedule (effective September 9, 2025) has no roofing line; a building permit costs "$50 for the first $1,000 of estimated value, $10 for each additional $1,000 of value." Section 26.2 of the Code adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," "as the municipal building code of the Municipality of Bethel Park," and Sections 26.5 and 26.6 add survey, footing, carbon monoxide, radon and floodplain rules and fill in the design-criteria table; none of them touches roofing. No ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found in Chapter 26 of the Code (Building), Article I (Uniform Construction Code, Sections 26.1 to 26.10) and Article III (Building Permit Fees, Sections 26.11 and 26.12), or in a search of the whole Code for roof provisions, all read for this record. State law sets no square-footage or percentage threshold for roof work; any threshold is set locally. The Uniform Construction Code "does not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as required by ordinances in effect under sections 303(b)(1) or 503 of the act" or to "Repairs to residential buildings, except as required by ordinances in effect under sections 303(b)(1) and 503 of the act" (34 Pa. Code 403.1(b)(8) and (9)), and "A permit is not required for the exceptions listed in § 403.1(b) (relating to scope) and the following, if the work does not violate a law or ordinance" (34 Pa. Code 403.62(c)). For houses the regulation adds: "An ordinary repair does not require a permit." Its list of work that is not an ordinary repair names cutting away a load-bearing wall, "The removal or cutting of any structural beam or load-bearing support," changes to a required means of egress, and new or relocated piping, wiring or mechanical work (34 Pa. Code 403.62(d)); roofing is not named. A municipality may require more: under Act 45 section 503(c) it "may enact ordinances pursuant to this section which adopt additional code requirements for alterations or repairs to residential buildings," after a public hearing and after filing the proposed ordinance with the Department of Labor and Industry. These rules concern a "Residential building," which the regulation defines as "Detached one-family and two-family dwellings and townhouses which are not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress and their accessory structures" (34 Pa. Code 401.1). Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, the Municipality of Bethel Park administers the code itself: Section 26.3 of its Code says "Administration and enforcement of the Code within the Municipality of Bethel Park shall be undertaken by the Building Code Official and the Construction Code Official," with plumbing left to the Allegheny County Health Department and electrical inspections to state-certified third-party agencies, and its Community Services Department, which includes Building Inspections, takes residential permit applications. Its Residential Building Permit Application (revised December 26, 2025) says "PA-UCC & THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODES ARE ENFORCED." The Municipality's forms, fee schedule and code, as quoted at the start of this entry, state no threshold for roof work, and no ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found in the chapters read.
Roof layer limit / recover
Two layers at most where the state code reaches the job. Pennsylvania adopts the 2021 International Residential Code without changing its reroofing section, R908 (34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7); the State's list of changes names no Chapter 9 section). Section R908.3.1.1 says "A roof recover shall not be permitted where any of the following conditions occur," and the third condition is "Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering." So one existing layer may be covered once, and a roof that already has two layers is torn off to the deck. The same section also bars a recover "Where the existing roof or roof covering is water soaked or has deteriorated to the point that the existing roof or roof covering is not adequate as a base for additional roofing" and "Where the existing roof covering is slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile." The existing-building code the State also adopts, the 2021 International Existing Building Code (34 Pa. Code 403.21(f)), carries the same three conditions in Section 705.2.1.1. These rules bind work the Uniform Construction Code reaches. The Act does not apply to "Repairs to residential buildings" or to alterations that make no structural change, "except as might be required by ordinances" (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6)), so whether R908 binds a particular house reroof turns on that exclusion and on the municipality's own ordinances. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, the Municipality of Bethel Park administers the code itself: Section 26.3 of its Code says "Administration and enforcement of the Code within the Municipality of Bethel Park shall be undertaken by the Building Code Official and the Construction Code Official," with plumbing left to the Allegheny County Health Department and electrical inspections to state-certified third-party agencies, and its Community Services Department, which includes Building Inspections, takes residential permit applications. Its Residential Building Permit Application (revised December 26, 2025) says "PA-UCC & THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODES ARE ENFORCED." Its forms, handouts and fee schedule say nothing on roof layers. Section 26.2 of the Code adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," "as the municipal building code of the Municipality of Bethel Park," and Sections 26.5 and 26.6 add survey, footing, carbon monoxide, radon and floodplain rules and fill in the design-criteria table; none of them touches roofing. No ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found in Chapter 26 of the Code (Building), Article I (Uniform Construction Code, Sections 26.1 to 26.10) and Article III (Building Permit Fees, Sections 26.11 and 26.12), or in a search of the whole Code for roof provisions, all read for this record.
Deck & sheathing requirements
State rules from the base code, where the state code reaches the job. Pennsylvania adopts the 2021 International Residential Code without changing Section R803, Roof Sheathing (34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7); the State's changes to Chapter 8 are to ridge framing and attic ventilation). Lumber roof sheathing follows Table R803.1: over rafters or beams 24 inches apart it must be at least 5/8 inch net thick. Wood structural panels "shall be identified for grade, bond classification and performance category by a grade mark or certificate of inspection issued by an approved agency," and their spans "shall not exceed the values set forth in Table R503.2.1.1(1) or APA E30." For shingles, "Asphalt shingles shall be fastened to solidly sheathed decks" (R905.2.1), and on any reroof "The structural roof components shall be capable of supporting the roof covering system and the material and equipment loads that will be encountered during installation of the roof covering system" (R908.2). These rules bind work the Uniform Construction Code reaches; the Act does not apply to "Repairs to residential buildings" or to alterations that make no structural change, "except as might be required by ordinances" (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6)). Act 45 section 104(b)(5) excludes alterations "which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" and says only that "a structural change does not include a minor framing change needed to replace existing windows or doors"; 34 Pa. Code 403.62(d)(2) lists "The removal or cutting of any structural beam or load-bearing support" as not an ordinary repair. Neither names roof sheathing; this record does not decide whether replacing it is either. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, the Municipality of Bethel Park administers the code itself: Section 26.3 of its Code says "Administration and enforcement of the Code within the Municipality of Bethel Park shall be undertaken by the Building Code Official and the Construction Code Official," with plumbing left to the Allegheny County Health Department and electrical inspections to state-certified third-party agencies, and its Community Services Department, which includes Building Inspections, takes residential permit applications. Its Residential Building Permit Application (revised December 26, 2025) says "PA-UCC & THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODES ARE ENFORCED." Its Porch Roof & Pergola handout asks for "Specifications of Roof Sheathing & Coverings" for new porch roofs; its forms and fee schedule say nothing else on roof sheathing. Section 26.2 of the Code adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," "as the municipal building code of the Municipality of Bethel Park," and Sections 26.5 and 26.6 add survey, footing, carbon monoxide, radon and floodplain rules and fill in the design-criteria table; none of them touches roofing. No ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found in Chapter 26 of the Code (Building), Article I (Uniform Construction Code, Sections 26.1 to 26.10) and Article III (Building Permit Fees, Sections 26.11 and 26.12), or in a search of the whole Code for roof provisions, all read for this record.
Sales & use tax
6% Pennsylvania sales and use tax, with a local tax added on purchases made in Allegheny County (1%) and Philadelphia (2%). On a reroof the roofer pays the tax on the materials and does not add it to the homeowner's bill. The Department of Revenue says: "The Pennsylvania sales tax rate is 6 percent. By law, a 1 percent local tax is added to purchases made in Allegheny County, and 2 percent local tax is added to purchases made in Philadelphia." Roof work is a construction activity: the rule's list of items "presumed to become a permanent part of real estate" includes "Roofing (repairs)" (61 Pa. Code 31.11). For construction activities, "A contractor shall pay tax upon the purchase price ... of all property, including materials, equipment, components and supplies, which he furnishes and installs" (61 Pa. Code 31.12(a)(1)), and the rule's example says the contractor "does not charge sales tax on this transaction to his customer. The contractor may include the tax he must pay in his bid proposal but not as a separately stated item." Apart from limited exceptions set out in the rule, the same holds on jobs for tax-exempt owners: "a contractor erecting a building, repairing a roof, replacing a door for a governmental agency, ... school district, charitable or religious organization, and the like, shall pay tax upon the property which he consumes" (61 Pa. Code 31.13(a)). Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. The Municipality of Bethel Park is in Allegheny County. Its Community Services Department, which administers the Uniform Construction Code there, states nothing on sales tax on the forms and fee schedule read for this record.

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Roofing questions: Municipality of Bethel Park, PA

When does a roof repair need a permit in Municipality of Bethel Park, PA?

The Municipality of Bethel Park publishes no threshold for roof work, and nothing read for this record names reroofing as permit work or as exempt. Its Residential Building Permit Application lists as project types "Addition," "Accessory Structure," "Porch Roof," "Structural Alterations," "Deck" and "Other," among others, and its Addition & Alteration Projects handout asks for framing details including the roof; neither names reroofing. Its development fee schedule (effective September 9, 2025) has no roofing line; a building permit costs "$50 for the first $1,000 of estimated value, $10 for each additional $1,000 of value." Section 26.2 of the Code adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," "as the municipal building code of the Municipality of Bethel Park," and Sections 26.5 and 26.6 add survey, footing, carbon monoxide, radon and floodplain rules and fill in the design-criteria table; none of them touches roofing. No ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found in Chapter 26 of the Code (Building), Article I (Uniform Construction Code, Sections 26.1 to 26.10) and Article III (Building Permit Fees, Sections 26.11 and 26.12), or in a search of the whole Code for roof provisions, all read for this record. State law sets no square-footage or percentage threshold for roof work; any threshold is set locally. The Uniform Construction Code "does not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as required by ordinances in effect under sections 303(b)(1) or 503 of the act" or to "Repairs to residential buildings, except as required by ordinances in effect under sections 303(b)(1) and 503 of the act" (34 Pa. Code 403.1(b)(8) and (9)), and "A permit is not required for the exceptions listed in § 403.1(b) (relating to scope) and the following, if the work does not violate a law or ordinance" (34 Pa. Code 403.62(c)). For houses the regulation adds: "An ordinary repair does not require a permit." Its list of work that is not an ordinary repair names cutting away a load-bearing wall, "The removal or cutting of any structural beam or load-bearing support," changes to a required means of egress, and new or relocated piping, wiring or mechanical work (34 Pa. Code 403.62(d)); roofing is not named. A municipality may require more: under Act 45 section 503(c) it "may enact ordinances pursuant to this section which adopt additional code requirements for alterations or repairs to residential buildings," after a public hearing and after filing the proposed ordinance with the Department of Labor and Industry. These rules concern a "Residential building," which the regulation defines as "Detached one-family and two-family dwellings and townhouses which are not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress and their accessory structures" (34 Pa. Code 401.1). Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, the Municipality of Bethel Park administers the code itself: Section 26.3 of its Code says "Administration and enforcement of the Code within the Municipality of Bethel Park shall be undertaken by the Building Code Official and the Construction Code Official," with plumbing left to the Allegheny County Health Department and electrical inspections to state-certified third-party agencies, and its Community Services Department, which includes Building Inspections, takes residential permit applications. Its Residential Building Permit Application (revised December 26, 2025) says "PA-UCC & THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODES ARE ENFORCED." The Municipality's forms, fee schedule and code, as quoted at the start of this entry, state no threshold for roof work, and no ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found in the chapters read.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Municipality of Bethel Park, PA?

Two layers at most where the state code reaches the job. Pennsylvania adopts the 2021 International Residential Code without changing its reroofing section, R908 (34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7); the State's list of changes names no Chapter 9 section). Section R908.3.1.1 says "A roof recover shall not be permitted where any of the following conditions occur," and the third condition is "Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering." So one existing layer may be covered once, and a roof that already has two layers is torn off to the deck. The same section also bars a recover "Where the existing roof or roof covering is water soaked or has deteriorated to the point that the existing roof or roof covering is not adequate as a base for additional roofing" and "Where the existing roof covering is slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile." The existing-building code the State also adopts, the 2021 International Existing Building Code (34 Pa. Code 403.21(f)), carries the same three conditions in Section 705.2.1.1. These rules bind work the Uniform Construction Code reaches. The Act does not apply to "Repairs to residential buildings" or to alterations that make no structural change, "except as might be required by ordinances" (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6)), so whether R908 binds a particular house reroof turns on that exclusion and on the municipality's own ordinances. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, the Municipality of Bethel Park administers the code itself: Section 26.3 of its Code says "Administration and enforcement of the Code within the Municipality of Bethel Park shall be undertaken by the Building Code Official and the Construction Code Official," with plumbing left to the Allegheny County Health Department and electrical inspections to state-certified third-party agencies, and its Community Services Department, which includes Building Inspections, takes residential permit applications. Its Residential Building Permit Application (revised December 26, 2025) says "PA-UCC & THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODES ARE ENFORCED." Its forms, handouts and fee schedule say nothing on roof layers. Section 26.2 of the Code adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," "as the municipal building code of the Municipality of Bethel Park," and Sections 26.5 and 26.6 add survey, footing, carbon monoxide, radon and floodplain rules and fill in the design-criteria table; none of them touches roofing. No ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found in Chapter 26 of the Code (Building), Article I (Uniform Construction Code, Sections 26.1 to 26.10) and Article III (Building Permit Fees, Sections 26.11 and 26.12), or in a search of the whole Code for roof provisions, all read for this record.

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Municipality of Bethel Park, PA?

Yes.

What building code does Municipality of Bethel Park, PA use?

The 2021 International Residential Code, as adopted by the State in the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (UCC). 34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7) adopts "The 'International Residential Code of 2021,' except that:" followed by the State's list of exclusions and modifications, effective January 1, 2026 (55 Pa.B. 7701). None of the State's changes touches Chapter 9, Roof Assemblies, or Section R803, Roof Sheathing, so those apply as the International Code Council publishes them. Work on existing buildings is also pointed to the State's existing-building code: "The repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition and relocation of existing buildings must comply with Chapter 34 of the 'International Building Code of 2021' or with the 'International Existing Building Code of 2021'" (34 Pa. Code 403.21(f)). The UCC is the minimum everywhere in the state: "no municipality may propose or enact any ordinance which is less than the minimum requirement of the Uniform Construction Code" (Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, section 503(b)). The Act also lists work it "shall not apply to", including "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" or to "Repairs to residential buildings," in each case "except as might be required by ordinances" kept in force under section 303(b)(1) or adopted under section 503 (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6); 34 Pa. Code 403.1(b)(8) and (9)). The Act defines a repair as "The reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for the purpose of its maintenance." So whether the code's roofing rules reach a given house reroof depends on the municipality's own ordinances. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, the Municipality of Bethel Park administers the code itself: Section 26.3 of its Code says "Administration and enforcement of the Code within the Municipality of Bethel Park shall be undertaken by the Building Code Official and the Construction Code Official," with plumbing left to the Allegheny County Health Department and electrical inspections to state-certified third-party agencies, and its Community Services Department, which includes Building Inspections, takes residential permit applications. Its Residential Building Permit Application (revised December 26, 2025) says "PA-UCC & THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODES ARE ENFORCED." Section 26.2 of the Code adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," "as the municipal building code of the Municipality of Bethel Park," and Sections 26.5 and 26.6 add survey, footing, carbon monoxide, radon and floodplain rules and fill in the design-criteria table; none of them touches roofing. No ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found in Chapter 26 of the Code (Building), Article I (Uniform Construction Code, Sections 26.1 to 26.10) and Article III (Building Permit Fees, Sections 26.11 and 26.12), or in a search of the whole Code for roof provisions, all read for this record.