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Lansford Borough - Zoning Officer and UCC

Lansford Borough in Carbon County has its zoning and building permits handled by the third-party firm ARRO Consulting, Inc., which takes applications for the Borough. 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 Lansford, PA

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofNot published
Repair permit thresholdPublishedpacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-09
Layer limit / roof-overPublishedR908.3.1.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-09
Deck & sheathingPublishedR905.2.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-09
Drip edgeNot published
Ice & water shieldNot published
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNot published
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublishedSec. 165-1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-09
Contractor license / registrationYespalegis.us2026-10-09
Sales & use taxPublishedpa.gov2026-10-09

Each row comes from the sourced record on this page; full wording is in the table below. "Not published" means no official source for that item was found when the record was last verified.

Jurisdiction
Borough of Lansford, Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
1 West Ridge Street, Lansford, PA 18232
Contact
  • url: https://boroughoflansford.com/departments/zoning/
  • phone: 570-366-9534
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
  • state_level: Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act, Act 132 of 2008, 73 P.S. 517.1 et seq.: registration with the Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection before performing any home improvement over $500 (section 2, section 3(a)); persons whose home improvements totalled less than $5,000 in the previous taxable year are not "contractors" (section 2). Section 12 precludes local registration or licensing of home improvement contractors, with carve-outs for building permits, pre-existing tested trade licences, and local insurance standards adopted before January 1, 2006.
  • city_level: Chapter 170 of the Lansford Borough Code (Ord. No. 2003-04, July 15, 2003) says "No person shall perform or operate as a contractor within the Borough of Lansford without first having obtained from the Building or Code Enforcement Officer, or other designated person, a permit," valid for one calendar year, and before a permit is issued the contractor gives workers' compensation details and a certificate of liability insurance "in an amount no less than $100,000." It says "A property owner is not to be construed as a contractor within the meaning of this chapter." This record does not decide how Act 132 section 12 bears on the chapter.
Permit process note
Lansford Borough's pages read for this record do not settle whether a house reroof needs a building permit. The Borough's Zoning Officer & UCC page says "A UCC Permit may be required for building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fire protection, demolition, renovations, additions, and other construction-related work" and names no roof work. The Borough's UCC fee schedule (Resolution No. 2026-02, enacted January 14, 2026) has no roofing line; for houses it bills "Alteration & Repairs (if applicable)" at "1.2% of construction cost" ($120 minimum). Its Fees & Permits page lists "Building Permits (UCC Inspection)" at "Varies by service", and its Zoning Permit Application names no roof work. Article III adopts the 2006 International Residential Code "for regulating and governing the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, location, removal and demolition" of houses, "providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor"; its local changes are to Section R101.1, Table R301.2(1) and a plumbing section, and the 2006 edition's own permit and exemption sections were not read for this record. A search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing" found no section that names roof work as permit work or as exempt. Under state law, Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6) list "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" and "Repairs to residential buildings" among work the Act does not apply to, "except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503," and 34 Pa. Code 403.62(c) says "A permit is not required for the exceptions listed in § 403.1(b) (relating to scope) and the following, if the work does not violate a law or ordinance." This record does not state whether the Borough requires a permit for a house reroof. The Borough's page says "Do not begin construction, land work, or site work until all required permits and approvals have been issued," and the fee schedule says working without permits "will result in fees that are twice the standard base rate for each discipline." Applications go to ARRO Consulting, Inc., at 570-366-9534; the Borough Office is at 1 West Ridge Street, 570-645-3900, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Read for this record: Chapter 165 of the Borough Code, Construction Codes, Articles I to V, and Chapter 170, Contractors, in full; every page of a search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing"; the Borough's Zoning Officer & UCC, Code Enforcement and Fees & Permits pages; the 2026 UCC Permit Application Packet with its fee schedule; and the Zoning Permit Application.
Adopted code
The 2021 International Residential Code, as adopted by the State in the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (UCC). 34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7) adopts "The 'International Residential Code of 2021,' except that:" followed by the State's list of exclusions and modifications, effective January 1, 2026 (55 Pa.B. 7701). None of the State's changes touches Chapter 9, Roof Assemblies, or Section R803, Roof Sheathing, so those apply as the International Code Council publishes them. Work on existing buildings is also pointed to the State's existing-building code: "The repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition and relocation of existing buildings must comply with Chapter 34 of the 'International Building Code of 2021' or with the 'International Existing Building Code of 2021'" (34 Pa. Code 403.21(f)). The UCC is the minimum everywhere in the state: "no municipality may propose or enact any ordinance which is less than the minimum requirement of the Uniform Construction Code" (Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, section 503(b)). The Act also lists work it "shall not apply to", including "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" or to "Repairs to residential buildings," in each case "except as might be required by ordinances" kept in force under section 303(b)(1) or adopted under section 503 (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6); 34 Pa. Code 403.1(b)(8) and (9)). The Act defines a repair as "The reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for the purpose of its maintenance." So whether the code's roofing rules reach a given house reroof depends on the municipality's own ordinances. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, Lansford Borough's zoning and Uniform Construction Code permits are handled for it by the third-party firm ARRO Consulting, Inc., 1239 Centre Turnpike, Orwigsburg: the Borough's Zoning Officer & UCC page lists ARRO Consulting as the "Zoning Officer / UCC Contact" and says "If residents contact the Borough Office regarding Zoning or UCC matters, residents should be directed to ARRO Consulting." Section 165-1 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 2004-03, May 25, 2004) says "The Borough of Lansford hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and Section 165-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of this municipality." Article III of Chapter 165 (Ord. No. 2007-03, January 3, 2007) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2006 Edition" as "the Residential Code of the Borough of Lansford," and Articles IV and V adopt the 2006 editions of the International Building Code and the International Existing Building Code, while the Borough's permit pages and its 2026 fee schedule name no residential code edition; this record has not read the 2006 editions' text and does not decide which edition the Borough applies.
Repair permit threshold
Lansford Borough's pages read for this record do not settle whether a house reroof needs a building permit. The Borough's Zoning Officer & UCC page says "A UCC Permit may be required for building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fire protection, demolition, renovations, additions, and other construction-related work" and names no roof work. The Borough's UCC fee schedule (Resolution No. 2026-02, enacted January 14, 2026) has no roofing line; for houses it bills "Alteration & Repairs (if applicable)" at "1.2% of construction cost" ($120 minimum). Its Fees & Permits page lists "Building Permits (UCC Inspection)" at "Varies by service", and its Zoning Permit Application names no roof work. Article III adopts the 2006 International Residential Code "for regulating and governing the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, location, removal and demolition" of houses, "providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor"; its local changes are to Section R101.1, Table R301.2(1) and a plumbing section, and the 2006 edition's own permit and exemption sections were not read for this record. A search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing" found no section that names roof work as permit work or as exempt. 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, Lansford Borough's zoning and Uniform Construction Code permits are handled for it by the third-party firm ARRO Consulting, Inc., 1239 Centre Turnpike, Orwigsburg: the Borough's Zoning Officer & UCC page lists ARRO Consulting as the "Zoning Officer / UCC Contact" and says "If residents contact the Borough Office regarding Zoning or UCC matters, residents should be directed to ARRO Consulting." Section 165-1 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 2004-03, May 25, 2004) says "The Borough of Lansford hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and Section 165-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of this municipality." Article III of Chapter 165 (Ord. No. 2007-03, January 3, 2007) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2006 Edition" as "the Residential Code of the Borough of Lansford," and Articles IV and V adopt the 2006 editions of the International Building Code and the International Existing Building Code, while the Borough's permit pages and its 2026 fee schedule name no residential code edition. No Borough text read for this record sets an area or cost threshold for roof work.
Roof layer limit / recover
Two layers at most where the state code reaches the job. Pennsylvania adopts the 2021 International Residential Code without changing its reroofing section, R908 (34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7); the State's list of changes names no Chapter 9 section). Section R908.3.1.1 says "A roof recover shall not be permitted where any of the following conditions occur," and the third condition is "Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering." So one existing layer may be covered once, and a roof that already has two layers is torn off to the deck. The same section also bars a recover "Where the existing roof or roof covering is water soaked or has deteriorated to the point that the existing roof or roof covering is not adequate as a base for additional roofing" and "Where the existing roof covering is slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile." The existing-building code the State also adopts, the 2021 International Existing Building Code (34 Pa. Code 403.21(f)), carries the same three conditions in Section 705.2.1.1. These rules bind work the Uniform Construction Code reaches. The Act does not apply to "Repairs to residential buildings" or to alterations that make no structural change, "except as might be required by ordinances" (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6)), so whether R908 binds a particular house reroof turns on that exclusion and on the municipality's own ordinances. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, Lansford Borough's zoning and Uniform Construction Code permits are handled for it by the third-party firm ARRO Consulting, Inc., 1239 Centre Turnpike, Orwigsburg: the Borough's Zoning Officer & UCC page lists ARRO Consulting as the "Zoning Officer / UCC Contact" and says "If residents contact the Borough Office regarding Zoning or UCC matters, residents should be directed to ARRO Consulting." Section 165-1 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 2004-03, May 25, 2004) says "The Borough of Lansford hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and Section 165-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of this municipality." Chapter 165 of the Borough Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and the Borough's pages say nothing on roof layers. Article III of Chapter 165 (Ord. No. 2007-03, January 3, 2007) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2006 Edition" as "the Residential Code of the Borough of Lansford," and Articles IV and V adopt the 2006 editions of the International Building Code and the International Existing Building Code, while the Borough's permit pages and its 2026 fee schedule name no residential code edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, the 2006 edition's text was not read for this record, and this record does not decide which edition the Borough applies.
Deck & sheathing requirements
State rules from the base code, where the state code reaches the job. Pennsylvania adopts the 2021 International Residential Code without changing Section R803, Roof Sheathing (34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7); the State's changes to Chapter 8 are to ridge framing and attic ventilation). Lumber roof sheathing follows Table R803.1: over rafters or beams 24 inches apart it must be at least 5/8 inch net thick. Wood structural panels "shall be identified for grade, bond classification and performance category by a grade mark or certificate of inspection issued by an approved agency," and their spans "shall not exceed the values set forth in Table R503.2.1.1(1) or APA E30." For shingles, "Asphalt shingles shall be fastened to solidly sheathed decks" (R905.2.1), and on any reroof "The structural roof components shall be capable of supporting the roof covering system and the material and equipment loads that will be encountered during installation of the roof covering system" (R908.2). These rules bind work the Uniform Construction Code reaches; the Act does not apply to "Repairs to residential buildings" or to alterations that make no structural change, "except as might be required by ordinances" (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6)). Act 45 section 104(b)(5) excludes alterations "which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" and says only that "a structural change does not include a minor framing change needed to replace existing windows or doors"; 34 Pa. Code 403.62(d)(2) lists "The removal or cutting of any structural beam or load-bearing support" as not an ordinary repair. Neither names roof sheathing; this record does not decide whether replacing it is either. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, Lansford Borough's zoning and Uniform Construction Code permits are handled for it by the third-party firm ARRO Consulting, Inc., 1239 Centre Turnpike, Orwigsburg: the Borough's Zoning Officer & UCC page lists ARRO Consulting as the "Zoning Officer / UCC Contact" and says "If residents contact the Borough Office regarding Zoning or UCC matters, residents should be directed to ARRO Consulting." Section 165-1 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 2004-03, May 25, 2004) says "The Borough of Lansford hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and Section 165-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of this municipality." Chapter 165 of the Borough Code draws no separate line for roof sheathing. Article III of Chapter 165 (Ord. No. 2007-03, January 3, 2007) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2006 Edition" as "the Residential Code of the Borough of Lansford," and Articles IV and V adopt the 2006 editions of the International Building Code and the International Existing Building Code, while the Borough's permit pages and its 2026 fee schedule name no residential code edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, the 2006 edition's text was not read for this record, and this record does not decide which edition the Borough applies.
Sales & use tax
6% Pennsylvania sales and use tax, with a local tax added on purchases made in Allegheny County (1%) and Philadelphia (2%). On a reroof the roofer pays the tax on the materials and does not add it to the homeowner's bill. The Department of Revenue says: "The Pennsylvania sales tax rate is 6 percent. By law, a 1 percent local tax is added to purchases made in Allegheny County, and 2 percent local tax is added to purchases made in Philadelphia." Roof work is a construction activity: the rule's list of items "presumed to become a permanent part of real estate" includes "Roofing (repairs)" (61 Pa. Code 31.11). For construction activities, "A contractor shall pay tax upon the purchase price ... of all property, including materials, equipment, components and supplies, which he furnishes and installs" (61 Pa. Code 31.12(a)(1)), and the rule's example says the contractor "does not charge sales tax on this transaction to his customer. The contractor may include the tax he must pay in his bid proposal but not as a separately stated item." Apart from limited exceptions set out in the rule, the same holds on jobs for tax-exempt owners: "a contractor erecting a building, repairing a roof, replacing a door for a governmental agency, ... school district, charitable or religious organization, and the like, shall pay tax upon the property which he consumes" (61 Pa. Code 31.13(a)). Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Lansford Borough is in Carbon County. The Borough's permit pages and 2026 fee schedule say nothing on sales tax.

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Roofing questions: Borough of Lansford, PA

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

Lansford Borough's pages read for this record do not settle whether a house reroof needs a building permit. The Borough's Zoning Officer & UCC page says "A UCC Permit may be required for building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fire protection, demolition, renovations, additions, and other construction-related work" and names no roof work. The Borough's UCC fee schedule (Resolution No. 2026-02, enacted January 14, 2026) has no roofing line; for houses it bills "Alteration & Repairs (if applicable)" at "1.2% of construction cost" ($120 minimum). Its Fees & Permits page lists "Building Permits (UCC Inspection)" at "Varies by service", and its Zoning Permit Application names no roof work. Article III adopts the 2006 International Residential Code "for regulating and governing the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, location, removal and demolition" of houses, "providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor"; its local changes are to Section R101.1, Table R301.2(1) and a plumbing section, and the 2006 edition's own permit and exemption sections were not read for this record. A search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing" found no section that names roof work as permit work or as exempt. 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, Lansford Borough's zoning and Uniform Construction Code permits are handled for it by the third-party firm ARRO Consulting, Inc., 1239 Centre Turnpike, Orwigsburg: the Borough's Zoning Officer & UCC page lists ARRO Consulting as the "Zoning Officer / UCC Contact" and says "If residents contact the Borough Office regarding Zoning or UCC matters, residents should be directed to ARRO Consulting." Section 165-1 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 2004-03, May 25, 2004) says "The Borough of Lansford hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and Section 165-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of this municipality." Article III of Chapter 165 (Ord. No. 2007-03, January 3, 2007) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2006 Edition" as "the Residential Code of the Borough of Lansford," and Articles IV and V adopt the 2006 editions of the International Building Code and the International Existing Building Code, while the Borough's permit pages and its 2026 fee schedule name no residential code edition. No Borough text read for this record sets an area or cost threshold for roof work.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Borough of Lansford, 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, Lansford Borough's zoning and Uniform Construction Code permits are handled for it by the third-party firm ARRO Consulting, Inc., 1239 Centre Turnpike, Orwigsburg: the Borough's Zoning Officer & UCC page lists ARRO Consulting as the "Zoning Officer / UCC Contact" and says "If residents contact the Borough Office regarding Zoning or UCC matters, residents should be directed to ARRO Consulting." Section 165-1 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 2004-03, May 25, 2004) says "The Borough of Lansford hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and Section 165-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of this municipality." Chapter 165 of the Borough Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and the Borough's pages say nothing on roof layers. Article III of Chapter 165 (Ord. No. 2007-03, January 3, 2007) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2006 Edition" as "the Residential Code of the Borough of Lansford," and Articles IV and V adopt the 2006 editions of the International Building Code and the International Existing Building Code, while the Borough's permit pages and its 2026 fee schedule name no residential code edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, the 2006 edition's text was not read for this record, and this record does not decide which edition the Borough applies.

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

Yes.

What building code does Borough of Lansford, 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, Lansford Borough's zoning and Uniform Construction Code permits are handled for it by the third-party firm ARRO Consulting, Inc., 1239 Centre Turnpike, Orwigsburg: the Borough's Zoning Officer & UCC page lists ARRO Consulting as the "Zoning Officer / UCC Contact" and says "If residents contact the Borough Office regarding Zoning or UCC matters, residents should be directed to ARRO Consulting." Section 165-1 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 2004-03, May 25, 2004) says "The Borough of Lansford hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and Section 165-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of this municipality." Article III of Chapter 165 (Ord. No. 2007-03, January 3, 2007) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2006 Edition" as "the Residential Code of the Borough of Lansford," and Articles IV and V adopt the 2006 editions of the International Building Code and the International Existing Building Code, while the Borough's permit pages and its 2026 fee schedule name no residential code edition; this record has not read the 2006 editions' text and does not decide which edition the Borough applies.