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Caernarvon Township (Berks County) - Building Permits

Caernarvon Township in Berks County takes building permit applications at the Township Office, 3307 Main Street, Morgantown, and its residential permit packet names Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II as its appointed third-party agency. The Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code applies statewide, but Act 45 section 104(b) lists "Repairs to residential buildings" and alterations that make no structural or egress change among work it 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."

Roof code checklist: Township of Caernarvon, PA

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofNot published
Repair permit thresholdPublishedpacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-09
Layer limit / roof-overPublishedR908.3.1.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-09
Deck & sheathingPublishedR905.2.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-09
Drip edgeNot published
Ice & water shieldNot published
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNot published
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublishedSec. 240-22pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-09
Contractor license / registrationYespalegis.us2026-10-09
Sales & use taxPublishedpa.gov2026-10-09

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
Township of Caernarvon, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
3307 Main Street, Morgantown, PA 19543
Contact
  • url: https://caernarvon.org/government/building_permits/index.php
  • phone: 610-286-1010
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
Caernarvon Township's code and permit pages do not say in terms whether a reroof needs a Uniform Construction Code permit. Section 500-76 of the Township's Zoning chapter says a building permit "shall be obtained from the Zoning Officer" for new construction, structural alteration and other listed work, and that "A building permit is not required: (a) For general repairs or maintenance of any existing building or structure, provided that the structural design or floor plan of said building or structure shall not be altered, extended, or converted in any way. Such repairs or maintenance shall include, but are not limited to, painting, repair or replacement of existing windows, panes, doors, floors, ceilings, walls, roofs, porches, or siding." That section sits in the Zoning chapter and speaks of the permit the Zoning Officer issues; it does not say whether a reroof needs a Uniform Construction Code permit. The Township's Schedule of Fees (updated 4/9/2026) has no roofing line; its residential building permit lines are for new dwellings, additions and accessory structures, manufactured housing, and "Alterations, renovations, or modifications of existing buildings or structures," priced at $100.00 plus $0.40 a square foot. Section 240-22 keeps in force "All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were adopted by this Municipality on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the Code." The 1993 BOCA code that Article III adopts, and its own permit and exemption sections, were not read for this record. 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 does not state whether the Township requires a permit for a reroof. Applications, with a review deposit of "$50 Residential/ $100 Commercial," are mailed or dropped off at the Township Office, and certificates of insurance naming Caernarvon Township as certificate holder must accompany contractors hired to do the job. The Township Office is at 610-286-1010, Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:00pm; the permit packet gives (610) 286-1622 for scheduling Technicon's inspections. Read for this record: Chapter 240 of the Township Code, Construction Codes, in full (Articles I to V); Section 500-76 of the Zoning chapter; every page of a search of the whole Township Code for "roof" and for "reroofing"; the Township's Building Permit Process and Permit Applications pages; the Schedule of Fees (updated 4/9/2026); the residential building permit packet; the Application Review Checklist; and the Zoning Permit Application.
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, Caernarvon Township in Berks County takes building permit applications at the Township Office, 3307 Main Street, Morgantown, and its residential building permit packet lists the items "required to be submitted to Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II in order for you to obtain a building permit" and says "As the appointed Third-Party Agency, Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II will perform all electrical inspections for all permitted work under the Uniform Construction Code." Article V of Chapter 240 of the Township Code (Ord. No. 209, June 8, 2004) says "This municipality hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act" and adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the municipal Building Code. Section 240-22 keeps in force "All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were adopted by this Municipality on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the Code." Article III of Chapter 240 (Ord. No. 133, November 9, 1993) still adopts the "BOCA National Building Code/1993 Twelfth Edition," with its future revisions, "for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, enlargement, repair, demolition, removal, maintenance and use of all building and structures, including administration, building permits and penalties," while Article V adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time"; the Township's permit pages and fee schedule name no residential code edition; this record has not read the 1993 edition's text and does not decide which edition the Township applies.
Repair permit threshold
Caernarvon Township's code and permit pages do not say in terms whether a reroof needs a Uniform Construction Code permit. Section 500-76 of the Township's Zoning chapter says a building permit "shall be obtained from the Zoning Officer" for new construction, structural alteration and other listed work, and that "A building permit is not required: (a) For general repairs or maintenance of any existing building or structure, provided that the structural design or floor plan of said building or structure shall not be altered, extended, or converted in any way. Such repairs or maintenance shall include, but are not limited to, painting, repair or replacement of existing windows, panes, doors, floors, ceilings, walls, roofs, porches, or siding." That section sits in the Zoning chapter and speaks of the permit the Zoning Officer issues; it does not say whether a reroof needs a Uniform Construction Code permit. The Township's Schedule of Fees (updated 4/9/2026) has no roofing line; its residential building permit lines are for new dwellings, additions and accessory structures, manufactured housing, and "Alterations, renovations, or modifications of existing buildings or structures," priced at $100.00 plus $0.40 a square foot. The 1993 BOCA code that Article III adopts, and its own permit and exemption sections, were not 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, Caernarvon Township in Berks County takes building permit applications at the Township Office, 3307 Main Street, Morgantown, and its residential building permit packet lists the items "required to be submitted to Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II in order for you to obtain a building permit" and says "As the appointed Third-Party Agency, Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II will perform all electrical inspections for all permitted work under the Uniform Construction Code." Article V of Chapter 240 of the Township Code (Ord. No. 209, June 8, 2004) says "This municipality hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act" and adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the municipal Building Code. Section 240-22 keeps in force "All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were adopted by this Municipality on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the Code." No Township text read for this record sets an area or cost threshold for roof work.
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, Caernarvon Township in Berks County takes building permit applications at the Township Office, 3307 Main Street, Morgantown, and its residential building permit packet lists the items "required to be submitted to Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II in order for you to obtain a building permit" and says "As the appointed Third-Party Agency, Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II will perform all electrical inspections for all permitted work under the Uniform Construction Code." Article V of Chapter 240 of the Township Code (Ord. No. 209, June 8, 2004) says "This municipality hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act" and adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the municipal Building Code. Chapter 240 of the Township Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and the Township's pages say nothing on roof layers. Article III of Chapter 240 (Ord. No. 133, November 9, 1993) still adopts the "BOCA National Building Code/1993 Twelfth Edition," with its future revisions, "for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, enlargement, repair, demolition, removal, maintenance and use of all building and structures, including administration, building permits and penalties," while Article V adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time"; the Township's permit pages and fee schedule name no residential code edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, the 1993 edition's text was not read for this record, and this record does not decide which edition the Township applies.
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, Caernarvon Township in Berks County takes building permit applications at the Township Office, 3307 Main Street, Morgantown, and its residential building permit packet lists the items "required to be submitted to Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II in order for you to obtain a building permit" and says "As the appointed Third-Party Agency, Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II will perform all electrical inspections for all permitted work under the Uniform Construction Code." Article V of Chapter 240 of the Township Code (Ord. No. 209, June 8, 2004) says "This municipality hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act" and adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the municipal Building Code. Chapter 240 of the Township Code draws no separate line for roof sheathing. Article III of Chapter 240 (Ord. No. 133, November 9, 1993) still adopts the "BOCA National Building Code/1993 Twelfth Edition," with its future revisions, "for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, enlargement, repair, demolition, removal, maintenance and use of all building and structures, including administration, building permits and penalties," while Article V adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time"; the Township's permit pages and fee schedule name no residential code edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, the 1993 edition's text was not read for this record, and this record does not decide which edition the Township applies.
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. Caernarvon Township is in Berks County. The Township's permit pages and fee schedule say nothing on sales tax.

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When does a roof repair need a permit in Township of Caernarvon, PA?

Caernarvon Township's code and permit pages do not say in terms whether a reroof needs a Uniform Construction Code permit. Section 500-76 of the Township's Zoning chapter says a building permit "shall be obtained from the Zoning Officer" for new construction, structural alteration and other listed work, and that "A building permit is not required: (a) For general repairs or maintenance of any existing building or structure, provided that the structural design or floor plan of said building or structure shall not be altered, extended, or converted in any way. Such repairs or maintenance shall include, but are not limited to, painting, repair or replacement of existing windows, panes, doors, floors, ceilings, walls, roofs, porches, or siding." That section sits in the Zoning chapter and speaks of the permit the Zoning Officer issues; it does not say whether a reroof needs a Uniform Construction Code permit. The Township's Schedule of Fees (updated 4/9/2026) has no roofing line; its residential building permit lines are for new dwellings, additions and accessory structures, manufactured housing, and "Alterations, renovations, or modifications of existing buildings or structures," priced at $100.00 plus $0.40 a square foot. The 1993 BOCA code that Article III adopts, and its own permit and exemption sections, were not 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, Caernarvon Township in Berks County takes building permit applications at the Township Office, 3307 Main Street, Morgantown, and its residential building permit packet lists the items "required to be submitted to Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II in order for you to obtain a building permit" and says "As the appointed Third-Party Agency, Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II will perform all electrical inspections for all permitted work under the Uniform Construction Code." Article V of Chapter 240 of the Township Code (Ord. No. 209, June 8, 2004) says "This municipality hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act" and adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the municipal Building Code. Section 240-22 keeps in force "All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were adopted by this Municipality on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the Code." No Township text read for this record sets an area or cost threshold for roof work.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Township of Caernarvon, 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, Caernarvon Township in Berks County takes building permit applications at the Township Office, 3307 Main Street, Morgantown, and its residential building permit packet lists the items "required to be submitted to Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II in order for you to obtain a building permit" and says "As the appointed Third-Party Agency, Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II will perform all electrical inspections for all permitted work under the Uniform Construction Code." Article V of Chapter 240 of the Township Code (Ord. No. 209, June 8, 2004) says "This municipality hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act" and adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the municipal Building Code. Chapter 240 of the Township Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and the Township's pages say nothing on roof layers. Article III of Chapter 240 (Ord. No. 133, November 9, 1993) still adopts the "BOCA National Building Code/1993 Twelfth Edition," with its future revisions, "for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, enlargement, repair, demolition, removal, maintenance and use of all building and structures, including administration, building permits and penalties," while Article V adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time"; the Township's permit pages and fee schedule name no residential code edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, the 1993 edition's text was not read for this record, and this record does not decide which edition the Township applies.

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Township of Caernarvon, PA?

Yes.

What building code does Township of Caernarvon, 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, Caernarvon Township in Berks County takes building permit applications at the Township Office, 3307 Main Street, Morgantown, and its residential building permit packet lists the items "required to be submitted to Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II in order for you to obtain a building permit" and says "As the appointed Third-Party Agency, Technicon Enterprises, Inc., II will perform all electrical inspections for all permitted work under the Uniform Construction Code." Article V of Chapter 240 of the Township Code (Ord. No. 209, June 8, 2004) says "This municipality hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act" and adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the municipal Building Code. Section 240-22 keeps in force "All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were adopted by this Municipality on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the Code." Article III of Chapter 240 (Ord. No. 133, November 9, 1993) still adopts the "BOCA National Building Code/1993 Twelfth Edition," with its future revisions, "for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, enlargement, repair, demolition, removal, maintenance and use of all building and structures, including administration, building permits and penalties," while Article V adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time"; the Township's permit pages and fee schedule name no residential code edition; this record has not read the 1993 edition's text and does not decide which edition the Township applies.