Chanceford Township - Building and Zoning Permits (Dependable Construction Code Services)

Township of Chanceford, Pennsylvania (York County)

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33 Muddy Creek Forks Road, Brogue, PA 17309

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No Chanceford Township text read for this record says whether a residential reroof needs a building permit. The Township's combined Application for Building Permit and/or Zoning Permit (2026) names no roof work, the Township's 2026 fee schedule prices zoning permits by cost of construction and has no roofing line, and Dependable Construction Code Services' UCC Residential 2026 Fee Schedule, posted on the Township's site, has no roofing line. Dependable's own residents page says "Not sure if a permit is required, give us a call for an office meeting or onsite meeting" and "It is important to check with the Township prior to the start of construction to confirm that the work is exempt," and names no roof work either way. The Township does not publish its Uniform Construction Code adoption ordinance; its online list of ordinances has none, and this record has not read it. The Township's zoning ordinance (adopted May 13, 2024), Section 500, says "A building permit is an authorization issued by a local (municipal) government permitting the construction of a standalone structure or building addition. Building Permits will be reviewed and approved by 3rd party appointed by the board," and Section 501 requires a zoning permit before a building or structure is "erected, moved, placed, constructed, or enlarged"; neither 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." The Forms page says "ALL PERMIT APPLICATIONS MUST BE DROPPED OFF AT THE TOWNSHIP OFFICE" and that "Zoning Permit is payable to Chanceford Township. Building Permit is payable to Dependable Construction Code Services." The Township Office is open Monday to Thursday, 8:00am to 4:00pm, at 717-927-6401, and Dependable Construction Code Services is at 717-759-5906. Read for this answer: the Township's home and Forms, Ordinances and Permits page; its 2026 Application for Building Permit and/or Zoning Permit; its 2026 fee schedule and the UCC Residential 2026 Fee Schedule it posts (scanned, read from the rendered page image); the zoning ordinance adopted May 13, 2024, in full; and Dependable Construction Code Services' home, residents, municipal applications and municipality links pages. The Township's UCC adoption ordinance is not published and was not read.

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, Chanceford Township's permits page says the Township "uses two third party companies in order to process building permits and for enforcement of ordinances" and directs "Information on permits containing the requirement of the Universal Code Construction (UCC), or to schedule UCC inspections" to Dependable Construction Code Services, LLC, whose own site lists Chanceford Township among municipalities contracted with it "as a third party inspection agency for all code disciplines of both non-residential and residential plan review and inspections"; applications are dropped off at the Township Office, 33 Muddy Creek Forks Road, Brogue. The Township does not publish its Uniform Construction Code adoption ordinance, and this record has not read it, so whether the Township changed any of the code's roofing provisions, or names an edition, is not shown here; the Township's pages name no edition.

No Chanceford Township text read for this record says whether a residential reroof needs a building permit. The Township's combined Application for Building Permit and/or Zoning Permit (2026) names no roof work, the Township's 2026 fee schedule prices zoning permits by cost of construction and has no roofing line, and Dependable Construction Code Services' UCC Residential 2026 Fee Schedule, posted on the Township's site, has no roofing line. Dependable's own residents page says "Not sure if a permit is required, give us a call for an office meeting or onsite meeting" and "It is important to check with the Township prior to the start of construction to confirm that the work is exempt," and names no roof work either way. The Township does not publish its Uniform Construction Code adoption ordinance; its online list of ordinances has none, and this record has not read it. The Township's zoning ordinance (adopted May 13, 2024), Section 500, says "A building permit is an authorization issued by a local (municipal) government permitting the construction of a standalone structure or building addition. Building Permits will be reviewed and approved by 3rd party appointed by the board," and Section 501 requires a zoning permit before a building or structure is "erected, moved, placed, constructed, or enlarged"; neither 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." 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, Chanceford Township's permits page says the Township "uses two third party companies in order to process building permits and for enforcement of ordinances" and directs "Information on permits containing the requirement of the Universal Code Construction (UCC), or to schedule UCC inspections" to Dependable Construction Code Services, LLC, whose own site lists Chanceford Township among municipalities contracted with it "as a third party inspection agency for all code disciplines of both non-residential and residential plan review and inspections"; applications are dropped off at the Township Office, 33 Muddy Creek Forks Road, Brogue. No Township text read for this record sets an area or cost threshold for roof work, and the Township's UCC adoption ordinance was not read.

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, Chanceford Township's permits page says the Township "uses two third party companies in order to process building permits and for enforcement of ordinances" and directs "Information on permits containing the requirement of the Universal Code Construction (UCC), or to schedule UCC inspections" to Dependable Construction Code Services, LLC, whose own site lists Chanceford Township among municipalities contracted with it "as a third party inspection agency for all code disciplines of both non-residential and residential plan review and inspections"; applications are dropped off at the Township Office, 33 Muddy Creek Forks Road, Brogue. The Township's UCC adoption ordinance was not read, and the Township's and Dependable's pages say nothing on roof layers.

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, Chanceford Township's permits page says the Township "uses two third party companies in order to process building permits and for enforcement of ordinances" and directs "Information on permits containing the requirement of the Universal Code Construction (UCC), or to schedule UCC inspections" to Dependable Construction Code Services, LLC, whose own site lists Chanceford Township among municipalities contracted with it "as a third party inspection agency for all code disciplines of both non-residential and residential plan review and inspections"; applications are dropped off at the Township Office, 33 Muddy Creek Forks Road, Brogue. The Township's UCC adoption ordinance was not read, and the Township's and Dependable's pages draw no line for roof sheathing.

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. Chanceford Township is in York County. The Township's permit pages and 2026 fee schedule say nothing on sales tax.