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Falls Township - Office of Code Enforcement

Falls Township's Office of Code Enforcement, at the Township building, 188 Lincoln Highway, Fairless Hills, administers the Uniform Construction Code for the Township and takes all permit applications online through the BS&A system. 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: Township of Falls, 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. 109-1pacodeandbulletin.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
Township of Falls, Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
188 Lincoln Highway, Fairless Hills, PA 19030
Contact
  • url: https://www.fallstwp.com/departments/code-enforcement-zoning/
  • phone: 215-949-9000
Permit portal
Permit portal
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
Section 109-5L of the Township Code (added October 19, 2004, by Ord. No. 2004-15) says "All alterations, repairs and additions to any building or structure shall be required to be constructed, equipped or maintained to conform to the requirements of the Township Construction Code pursuant to the Township ordinance." The clause names no permit, and this record does not read it as carrying the code's permit section to a house reroof. Read October 6, 2026, the Office of Code Enforcement's pages name no roof work either way. Its Code Enforcement & Zoning page and its BS&A online permit instructions say "RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING:" and list first floor additions, patios with footings, pools, a fence with a pool, enclosing carports, covered patios, aprons and curbs, and public sidewalks; that list does not mention roofing, and neither the pages nor the 2026 fee schedule says that a reroof needs no permit. The fee schedule has no roofing line; it charges residential permits by estimated cost, "$100.00 for the first $1,000.00 of the estimated cost of the work." Under state law, Act 45 says the Act "shall not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" or 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)(5) and (6)). The Department of Labor and Industry's register of municipal code change ordinances lists a Falls Township ordinance that "Requires a building permit for alterations and repairs in all buildings," with an approval letter mailed September 22, 2004, and enactment on October 19, 2004. This record does not answer whether a reroof needs a permit in Falls Township; ask the Office of Code Enforcement (215-949-9000) before starting. The fee schedule says "PERMIT FEES ARE DOUBLED IF RESPONSIBLE PARTY FAILS TO OBTAIN REQUIRED PERMITS PRIOR TO COMMENCING CONSTRUCTION," and Section 109-10 sets a penalty "of not more than $1,000, plus all court costs" on conviction, each day a separate offense. Permits are filed online only: the instructions say "Please note all permits are submitted online only" and "A FULL DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK IS REQUIRED IN THE DESCRIPTION BOX," and a homeowner filing is asked to include "the contractor's name and license #." Section 145-12 of the Township Code requires contractors who must register with the Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection to file proof of it with the Township.
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, Falls Township administers the code itself: Section 109-1 of the Township Code says "The Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," its Building & Plumbing Codes page says "Falls Township is an opt-in community for enforcement of State Act # 45, The Uniform Construction Code," and its Office of Code Enforcement, under the Township's Chief Code Enforcement Officer, issues the permits. Its Building & Plumbing Codes page lists the "2021 ICC Residential Code" and the "2021 ICC Existing Building Code" among the codes the Township has adopted. Section 109-5L of the Township Code (added October 19, 2004, by Ord. No. 2004-15) says "All alterations, repairs and additions to any building or structure shall be required to be constructed, equipped or maintained to conform to the requirements of the Township Construction Code pursuant to the Township ordinance." The clause names no permit, and this record does not read it as carrying the code's permit section to a house reroof. Chapter 109 of the Township Code, Construction Codes, Uniform (Sections 109-1 to 109-10, Ord. No. 2004-10 as amended), and Chapter 138, Housing and Building Standards, both read in full, change nothing in the code's roofing provisions; Section 109-8 deletes some of the State's permit exemptions by their earlier numbering, and none of its text names roof work.
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, Falls Township administers the code itself: Section 109-1 of the Township Code says "The Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," its Building & Plumbing Codes page says "Falls Township is an opt-in community for enforcement of State Act # 45, The Uniform Construction Code," and its Office of Code Enforcement, under the Township's Chief Code Enforcement Officer, issues the permits. Chapters 109 and 138 of the Township Code, read in full, and the office's pages set no UL 2218, Class 4 or hail-impact requirement.
Repair permit threshold
This record does not answer whether a reroof needs a permit in Falls Township, and no threshold for roof work was found. Section 109-5L of the Township Code (added October 19, 2004, by Ord. No. 2004-15) says "All alterations, repairs and additions to any building or structure shall be required to be constructed, equipped or maintained to conform to the requirements of the Township Construction Code pursuant to the Township ordinance." The clause names no permit, and this record does not read it as carrying the code's permit section to a house reroof. Read October 6, 2026, the Office of Code Enforcement's pages name no roof work either way. Its Code Enforcement & Zoning page and its BS&A online permit instructions say "RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING:" and list first floor additions, patios with footings, pools, a fence with a pool, enclosing carports, covered patios, aprons and curbs, and public sidewalks; that list does not mention roofing, and neither the pages nor the 2026 fee schedule says that a reroof needs no permit. The fee schedule has no roofing line; it charges residential permits by estimated cost, "$100.00 for the first $1,000.00 of the estimated cost of the work." Under state law, Act 45 says the Act "shall not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" or 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)(5) and (6)). The Department of Labor and Industry's register of municipal code change ordinances lists a Falls Township ordinance that "Requires a building permit for alterations and repairs in all buildings," with an approval letter mailed September 22, 2004, and enactment on October 19, 2004. Neither the Township Code nor the office's pages name roof work either way. 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, Falls Township administers the code itself: Section 109-1 of the Township Code says "The Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," its Building & Plumbing Codes page says "Falls Township is an opt-in community for enforcement of State Act # 45, The Uniform Construction Code," and its Office of Code Enforcement, under the Township's Chief Code Enforcement Officer, issues the permits. Chapter 109 of the Township Code, Construction Codes, Uniform (Sections 109-1 to 109-10, Ord. No. 2004-10 as amended), and Chapter 138, Housing and Building Standards, both read in full, change nothing in the code's roofing provisions; Section 109-8 deletes some of the State's permit exemptions by their earlier numbering, and none of its text names 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, Falls Township administers the code itself: Section 109-1 of the Township Code says "The Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," its Building & Plumbing Codes page says "Falls Township is an opt-in community for enforcement of State Act # 45, The Uniform Construction Code," and its Office of Code Enforcement, under the Township's Chief Code Enforcement Officer, issues the permits. Chapter 109 of the Township Code, Construction Codes, Uniform (Sections 109-1 to 109-10, Ord. No. 2004-10 as amended), and Chapter 138, Housing and Building Standards, both read in full, change nothing in the code's roofing provisions; Section 109-8 deletes some of the State's permit exemptions by their earlier numbering, and none of its text names roof work. The office's pages and fee schedule say nothing on roof layers.
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, Falls Township administers the code itself: Section 109-1 of the Township Code says "The Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," its Building & Plumbing Codes page says "Falls Township is an opt-in community for enforcement of State Act # 45, The Uniform Construction Code," and its Office of Code Enforcement, under the Township's Chief Code Enforcement Officer, issues the permits. Chapter 109 of the Township Code, Construction Codes, Uniform (Sections 109-1 to 109-10, Ord. No. 2004-10 as amended), and Chapter 138, Housing and Building Standards, both read in full, change nothing in the code's roofing provisions; Section 109-8 deletes some of the State's permit exemptions by their earlier numbering, and none of its text names roof work. The office's pages and fee schedule draw no line for roof sheathing.
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. Falls Township is in Bucks County. Its Office of Code Enforcement, which administers the Uniform Construction Code there, states nothing on sales tax on the pages and fee schedule read for this record.

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Roofing questions: Township of Falls, PA

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

This record does not answer whether a reroof needs a permit in Falls Township, and no threshold for roof work was found. Section 109-5L of the Township Code (added October 19, 2004, by Ord. No. 2004-15) says "All alterations, repairs and additions to any building or structure shall be required to be constructed, equipped or maintained to conform to the requirements of the Township Construction Code pursuant to the Township ordinance." The clause names no permit, and this record does not read it as carrying the code's permit section to a house reroof. Read October 6, 2026, the Office of Code Enforcement's pages name no roof work either way. Its Code Enforcement & Zoning page and its BS&A online permit instructions say "RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING:" and list first floor additions, patios with footings, pools, a fence with a pool, enclosing carports, covered patios, aprons and curbs, and public sidewalks; that list does not mention roofing, and neither the pages nor the 2026 fee schedule says that a reroof needs no permit. The fee schedule has no roofing line; it charges residential permits by estimated cost, "$100.00 for the first $1,000.00 of the estimated cost of the work." Under state law, Act 45 says the Act "shall not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" or 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)(5) and (6)). The Department of Labor and Industry's register of municipal code change ordinances lists a Falls Township ordinance that "Requires a building permit for alterations and repairs in all buildings," with an approval letter mailed September 22, 2004, and enactment on October 19, 2004. Neither the Township Code nor the office's pages name roof work either way. 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, Falls Township administers the code itself: Section 109-1 of the Township Code says "The Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," its Building & Plumbing Codes page says "Falls Township is an opt-in community for enforcement of State Act # 45, The Uniform Construction Code," and its Office of Code Enforcement, under the Township's Chief Code Enforcement Officer, issues the permits. Chapter 109 of the Township Code, Construction Codes, Uniform (Sections 109-1 to 109-10, Ord. No. 2004-10 as amended), and Chapter 138, Housing and Building Standards, both read in full, change nothing in the code's roofing provisions; Section 109-8 deletes some of the State's permit exemptions by their earlier numbering, and none of its text names roof work.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Township of Falls, 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, Falls Township administers the code itself: Section 109-1 of the Township Code says "The Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," its Building & Plumbing Codes page says "Falls Township is an opt-in community for enforcement of State Act # 45, The Uniform Construction Code," and its Office of Code Enforcement, under the Township's Chief Code Enforcement Officer, issues the permits. Chapter 109 of the Township Code, Construction Codes, Uniform (Sections 109-1 to 109-10, Ord. No. 2004-10 as amended), and Chapter 138, Housing and Building Standards, both read in full, change nothing in the code's roofing provisions; Section 109-8 deletes some of the State's permit exemptions by their earlier numbering, and none of its text names roof work. The office's pages and fee schedule say nothing on roof layers.

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

Yes.

What building code does Township of Falls, 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, Falls Township administers the code itself: Section 109-1 of the Township Code says "The Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," its Building & Plumbing Codes page says "Falls Township is an opt-in community for enforcement of State Act # 45, The Uniform Construction Code," and its Office of Code Enforcement, under the Township's Chief Code Enforcement Officer, issues the permits. Its Building & Plumbing Codes page lists the "2021 ICC Residential Code" and the "2021 ICC Existing Building Code" among the codes the Township has adopted. Section 109-5L of the Township Code (added October 19, 2004, by Ord. No. 2004-15) says "All alterations, repairs and additions to any building or structure shall be required to be constructed, equipped or maintained to conform to the requirements of the Township Construction Code pursuant to the Township ordinance." The clause names no permit, and this record does not read it as carrying the code's permit section to a house reroof. Chapter 109 of the Township Code, Construction Codes, Uniform (Sections 109-1 to 109-10, Ord. No. 2004-10 as amended), and Chapter 138, Housing and Building Standards, both read in full, change nothing in the code's roofing provisions; Section 109-8 deletes some of the State's permit exemptions by their earlier numbering, and none of its text names roof work.