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Cambridge Springs Borough - Building Permits and Zoning

Cambridge Springs Borough in Crawford County takes zoning permit applications at its Borough office, 161 Carringer Street, and its Ordinances and Permits page lists a UCC Permit Application and a building permits contact. 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: Borough of Cambridge Springs, PA

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofNot published
Repair permit thresholdPublishedpacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-12
Layer limit / roof-overPublishedR908.3.1.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-12
Deck & sheathingPublishedR905.2.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-12
Drip edgeNot published
Ice & water shieldNot published
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNopacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-12
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublishedpacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-12
Contractor license / registrationYespalegis.us2026-10-12
Sales & use taxPublishedpa.gov2026-10-12

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
Borough of Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
161 Carringer Street, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403
Contact
  • url: https://cambridgespringsborough.com/government/ordinances-and-permits/
  • phone: 814-398-2311
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
No Cambridge Springs Borough text read names reroofing as building permit work or as exempt. The Borough's Zoning Permit Application (read October 12, 2026) says "The Cambridge Springs Codified Ordinances Chapter 1260 - Zoning, requires a Zoning Permit to be issued for any of the listed construction activities, regardless of the fact that such activity may be excluded or exempt from building permit and standards of the PA Uniform Construction Code Act 45 of 1999." Its list of structures and activities includes "Shingles & Siding where value is greater than $1,000.00," and it closes "Approval of this application certifies compliance with zoning regulations only. Building permits may also be required per the PA Uniforms Construction Code Act 45 of 1999." The list does not use the word roof, and this record does not decide whether a house reroof is the "Shingles & Siding" activity it names; Chapter 1260 itself was posted only as a scanned image and was not read for this record. The Borough's Uniform Construction Code ordinance and any building or permit chapter of its codified ordinances were not found on the Borough's site, and the online code libraries of General Code (eCode360) and Municode did not return a Cambridge Springs code that could be read, so they were not read for this record. The Borough's zoning permit fee is "$25.00" and the permit "is valid for one year from date of approval." Ask the Borough office at 814-398-2311 or the building permits contact at (724) 927-2020 before work starts. Read for this answer: the Borough's Ordinances and Permits, Contact Us and Services pages, its UCC Permit Application and its 2026 Zoning Permit Application; the Borough's Zoning Ordinance was posted as a scanned image and was not read.
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, Cambridge Springs Borough's Ordinances and Permits page lists a "UCC Permit Application" under "Building Permits" with a contact telephone number of (724) 927-2020, and the Borough's UCC Permit Application carries a "Township use only" block of building, electrical, plumbing and fire inspection fees; the Borough office is at 161 Carringer Street, Cambridge Springs (814-398-2311), open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. The Borough's Uniform Construction Code ordinance and any building or permit chapter of its codified ordinances were not found on the Borough's site, and the online code libraries of General Code (eCode360) and Municode did not return a Cambridge Springs code that could be read, so they were not read for this record. The Borough's pages name no code edition.
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 Borough's pages read name no impact-resistance rule and the Borough's building ordinance was not read for this record.
Repair permit threshold
No Cambridge Springs Borough text read names reroofing as building permit work or as exempt. The Borough's Zoning Permit Application (read October 12, 2026) says "The Cambridge Springs Codified Ordinances Chapter 1260 - Zoning, requires a Zoning Permit to be issued for any of the listed construction activities, regardless of the fact that such activity may be excluded or exempt from building permit and standards of the PA Uniform Construction Code Act 45 of 1999." Its list of structures and activities includes "Shingles & Siding where value is greater than $1,000.00," and it closes "Approval of this application certifies compliance with zoning regulations only. Building permits may also be required per the PA Uniforms Construction Code Act 45 of 1999." The list does not use the word roof, and this record does not decide whether a house reroof is the "Shingles & Siding" activity it names; Chapter 1260 itself was posted only as a scanned image and was not read for this record. The Borough's Uniform Construction Code ordinance and any building or permit chapter of its codified ordinances were not found on the Borough's site, and the online code libraries of General Code (eCode360) and Municode did not return a Cambridge Springs code that could be read, so they were not read for this record. Ask the Borough office at 814-398-2311 before work starts. 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, Cambridge Springs Borough's Ordinances and Permits page lists a "UCC Permit Application" under "Building Permits" with a contact telephone number of (724) 927-2020, and the Borough's UCC Permit Application carries a "Township use only" block of building, electrical, plumbing and fire inspection fees; the Borough office is at 161 Carringer Street, Cambridge Springs (814-398-2311), open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. The Borough's pages set no 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, Cambridge Springs Borough's Ordinances and Permits page lists a "UCC Permit Application" under "Building Permits" with a contact telephone number of (724) 927-2020, and the Borough's UCC Permit Application carries a "Township use only" block of building, electrical, plumbing and fire inspection fees; the Borough office is at 161 Carringer Street, Cambridge Springs (814-398-2311), open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. The Borough's building ordinance was not read for this record, and the pages read say nothing on roof layers or name a code edition.
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, Cambridge Springs Borough's Ordinances and Permits page lists a "UCC Permit Application" under "Building Permits" with a contact telephone number of (724) 927-2020, and the Borough's UCC Permit Application carries a "Township use only" block of building, electrical, plumbing and fire inspection fees; the Borough office is at 161 Carringer Street, Cambridge Springs (814-398-2311), open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. The Borough's pages read do not name roof sheathing; the Borough's building ordinance was not 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. Cambridge Springs Borough is in Crawford County. The Borough's pages say nothing on sales tax.

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Roofing questions: Borough of Cambridge Springs, PA

When does a roof repair need a permit in Borough of Cambridge Springs, PA?

No Cambridge Springs Borough text read names reroofing as building permit work or as exempt. The Borough's Zoning Permit Application (read October 12, 2026) says "The Cambridge Springs Codified Ordinances Chapter 1260 - Zoning, requires a Zoning Permit to be issued for any of the listed construction activities, regardless of the fact that such activity may be excluded or exempt from building permit and standards of the PA Uniform Construction Code Act 45 of 1999." Its list of structures and activities includes "Shingles & Siding where value is greater than $1,000.00," and it closes "Approval of this application certifies compliance with zoning regulations only. Building permits may also be required per the PA Uniforms Construction Code Act 45 of 1999." The list does not use the word roof, and this record does not decide whether a house reroof is the "Shingles & Siding" activity it names; Chapter 1260 itself was posted only as a scanned image and was not read for this record. The Borough's Uniform Construction Code ordinance and any building or permit chapter of its codified ordinances were not found on the Borough's site, and the online code libraries of General Code (eCode360) and Municode did not return a Cambridge Springs code that could be read, so they were not read for this record. Ask the Borough office at 814-398-2311 before work starts. 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, Cambridge Springs Borough's Ordinances and Permits page lists a "UCC Permit Application" under "Building Permits" with a contact telephone number of (724) 927-2020, and the Borough's UCC Permit Application carries a "Township use only" block of building, electrical, plumbing and fire inspection fees; the Borough office is at 161 Carringer Street, Cambridge Springs (814-398-2311), open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. The Borough's pages set no area or cost threshold for roof work.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Borough of Cambridge Springs, 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, Cambridge Springs Borough's Ordinances and Permits page lists a "UCC Permit Application" under "Building Permits" with a contact telephone number of (724) 927-2020, and the Borough's UCC Permit Application carries a "Township use only" block of building, electrical, plumbing and fire inspection fees; the Borough office is at 161 Carringer Street, Cambridge Springs (814-398-2311), open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. The Borough's building ordinance was not read for this record, and the pages read say nothing on roof layers or name a code edition.

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Borough of Cambridge Springs, PA?

Yes.

What building code does Borough of Cambridge Springs, 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, Cambridge Springs Borough's Ordinances and Permits page lists a "UCC Permit Application" under "Building Permits" with a contact telephone number of (724) 927-2020, and the Borough's UCC Permit Application carries a "Township use only" block of building, electrical, plumbing and fire inspection fees; the Borough office is at 161 Carringer Street, Cambridge Springs (814-398-2311), open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. The Borough's Uniform Construction Code ordinance and any building or permit chapter of its codified ordinances were not found on the Borough's site, and the online code libraries of General Code (eCode360) and Municode did not return a Cambridge Springs code that could be read, so they were not read for this record. The Borough's pages name no code edition.