Township of Hampton - Department of Community Development

Township of Hampton, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)

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3101 McCully Road, Allison Park, PA 15101

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Hampton Township's zoning chapter says: "Building permits will not be required for painting, masonry repainting; roofing and residing; repaving existing residential driveways, patios or courts; replacing windows or doors with no change of dimensions." (Section 310-118 A(2) of the Township Code). Section 310-118 A of the Township Code, in the zoning chapter's administration article, requires a building permit "issued by the Zoning Officer and/or Building Inspector" for "all new construction, additions or alterations affecting exterior dimensions of existing structures, or any structural changes," and Section 310-118 A(2) says: "Building permits will not be required for painting, masonry repainting; roofing and residing; repaving existing residential driveways, patios or courts; replacing windows or doors with no change of dimensions." The department's Permits page (read October 7, 2026) lists "Residential Renovations" with the note "Only certain types of residential renovations require the issuance of a permit. Contact the Permitting Office for more information," and says "The above list is not intended to be all encompassing. Please contact the Permitting Office at 412-486-0400 ext. 1304 to inquire about the permitting requirements for your specific project." Its permit FAQs say "Building permits, both commercial and residential, are required in the Township of Hampton to erect, modify, remove or repair all structures." The residential renovations permit application (revised July 2022) offers "Roof Repair" as a type of work beside "Renovation/Alteration" and "Deck Repair" and prices all of them at $5.00 per $1,000 of building cost plus a $50.00 base fee; neither the Permits page nor the FAQs name roofing. Chapter 120 of the Township Code, the Township's Uniform Construction Code ordinance, adopts the code by reference and names no roof work; it changes nothing in the code's permit provisions. Section 310-118 sits in the zoning chapter, and this record does not decide whether its words "Building permits will not be required for" "roofing and residing" reach the Uniform Construction Code building permit or only the permit issued under the zoning chapter. The department's pages neither repeat that text nor name roofing as permit work, and this record does not decide whether the department's general "repair all structures" line reaches a reroof. This record does not state whether the Township requires a permit for a house reroof; ask the Permitting Office at 412-486-0400, ext. 1304, before starting. 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." Read for this answer: Chapter 120 of the Township Code, Construction Code, Uniform (Sections 120-1 to 120-6), in full, which is the Township's Uniform Construction Code ordinance and has no amendments to the code; Section 310-118 of the zoning chapter, Building permits; every page of a search of the whole Township Code for "roof" and for "reroofing"; the department's Permits page, which is its list of permit types, and its permit FAQs; and the residential renovations permit application with its fee page. Where a permit is needed, residential applications go to the Permitting Office at 3101 McCully Road, open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 412-486-0400, ext. 1304; UCC inspections are booked directly with the Township's Code.sys building inspector, with at least 48 hours' notice.

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, Hampton Township administers the code through a third-party agency it retains: Section 120-1 of the Township Code says "The Township of Hampton hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," the Township's Department of Community Development, at 3101 McCully Road, Allison Park, says it is "responsible for processing and issuing building, zoning and other development permits," and the Township's residential renovations permit application says "The Township of Hampton currently employs the third-party plan review agency Code.sys for all UCC plan review and inspections." Section 120-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the municipal building code, and Chapter 120 changes nothing in the code's roofing provisions and names no code edition; the department's pages name none either. Section 120-5 A keeps in force building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 that equal or exceed the code; none is published with the chapter. Section 310-118 A(2) of the zoning chapter says building permits "will not be required for" "roofing and residing."

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, Hampton Township administers the code through a third-party agency it retains: Section 120-1 of the Township Code says "The Township of Hampton hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," the Township's Department of Community Development, at 3101 McCully Road, Allison Park, says it is "responsible for processing and issuing building, zoning and other development permits," and the Township's residential renovations permit application says "The Township of Hampton currently employs the third-party plan review agency Code.sys for all UCC plan review and inspections." Chapter 120 of the Township Code, read in full, contains no UL 2218, Class 4 or hail-impact requirement.

Hampton Township's zoning chapter says: "Building permits will not be required for painting, masonry repainting; roofing and residing; repaving existing residential driveways, patios or courts; replacing windows or doors with no change of dimensions." (Section 310-118 A(2)). Section 310-118 A of the Township Code, in the zoning chapter's administration article, requires a building permit "issued by the Zoning Officer and/or Building Inspector" for "all new construction, additions or alterations affecting exterior dimensions of existing structures, or any structural changes," and Section 310-118 A(2) says: "Building permits will not be required for painting, masonry repainting; roofing and residing; repaving existing residential driveways, patios or courts; replacing windows or doors with no change of dimensions." The department's Permits page (read October 7, 2026) lists "Residential Renovations" with the note "Only certain types of residential renovations require the issuance of a permit. Contact the Permitting Office for more information," and says "The above list is not intended to be all encompassing. Please contact the Permitting Office at 412-486-0400 ext. 1304 to inquire about the permitting requirements for your specific project." Its permit FAQs say "Building permits, both commercial and residential, are required in the Township of Hampton to erect, modify, remove or repair all structures." The residential renovations permit application (revised July 2022) offers "Roof Repair" as a type of work beside "Renovation/Alteration" and "Deck Repair" and prices all of them at $5.00 per $1,000 of building cost plus a $50.00 base fee; neither the Permits page nor the FAQs name roofing. Chapter 120 of the Township Code, the Township's Uniform Construction Code ordinance, adopts the code by reference and names no roof work; it changes nothing in the code's permit provisions. Section 310-118 sits in the zoning chapter, and this record does not decide whether its words "Building permits will not be required for" "roofing and residing" reach the Uniform Construction Code building permit or only the permit issued under the zoning chapter. The department's pages neither repeat that text nor name roofing as permit work, and this record does not decide whether the department's general "repair all structures" line reaches a reroof. This record does not state whether the Township requires a permit for a house reroof; ask the Permitting Office at 412-486-0400, ext. 1304, before starting. 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, Hampton Township administers the code through a third-party agency it retains: Section 120-1 of the Township Code says "The Township of Hampton hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," the Township's Department of Community Development, at 3101 McCully Road, Allison Park, says it is "responsible for processing and issuing building, zoning and other development permits," and the Township's residential renovations permit application says "The Township of Hampton currently employs the third-party plan review agency Code.sys for all UCC plan review and inspections." Section 310-118 A, quoted at the start, requires a permit for "any structural changes" and names "roofing and residing" in its list of work for which building permits "will not be required"; no Township text sets an area or cost threshold for roof work.

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, Hampton Township administers the code through a third-party agency it retains: Section 120-1 of the Township Code says "The Township of Hampton hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," the Township's Department of Community Development, at 3101 McCully Road, Allison Park, says it is "responsible for processing and issuing building, zoning and other development permits," and the Township's residential renovations permit application says "The Township of Hampton currently employs the third-party plan review agency Code.sys for all UCC plan review and inspections." Chapter 120 of the Township Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and Section 310-118 A(2) says building permits "will not be required for" "roofing and residing"; the department'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, Hampton Township administers the code through a third-party agency it retains: Section 120-1 of the Township Code says "The Township of Hampton hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," the Township's Department of Community Development, at 3101 McCully Road, Allison Park, says it is "responsible for processing and issuing building, zoning and other development permits," and the Township's residential renovations permit application says "The Township of Hampton currently employs the third-party plan review agency Code.sys for all UCC plan review and inspections." Chapter 120 of the Township Code changes nothing in the code's roof sheathing provisions. Section 310-118 A of the zoning chapter requires a building permit for "any structural changes" while exempting "roofing and residing"; this record does not decide on which side of that line replacing roof sheathing falls.

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. Hampton Township is in Allegheny County, where the 1% Allegheny County local tax applies to purchases. The Township's permit pages say nothing on sales tax.