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Lower Chichester Township - Building Permits

Lower Chichester Township, in Delaware County, takes building permit applications at its Township office at 1410 Market Street, Linwood, with BNO Inspections listed for code enforcement. 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: Township of Lower Chichester, 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. 1428.01pacodeandbulletin.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
Township of Lower Chichester, Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
1410 Market Street, Linwood, PA 19061
Contact
  • url: https://lowerchitwp.com/permits/
  • phone: 610-485-1472
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
Lower Chichester Township's code has general permit clauses for alteration and repair work that name no roof work, and its pages do not say whether a house reroof needs a permit; call the Township office at 610-485-1472 before starting. Part Fourteen of the Township's Codified Ordinances, posted on its site and compiled "Complete to March 1, 2011," was read in full. Section 1428.01 adopts "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 PA Code, Chapters 401 – 405, as amended from time to time" as the Municipal Building Code, and Section 1428.03(a) keeps in force building code ordinances "adopted by the Township on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the code." Section 1442.01 (Ord. 288, 1954) says "No person shall proceed with the erection, alteration or enlargement of any building or structure, or any part thereof, in the Township, unless application for a permit shall have been made"; Section 1442.02 (Ord. 86-6, 1986) sets "A fee for building permits for construction, alteration or repair"; and Section 1442.13 says "No person shall erect, remove, alter or repair, or do or cause to be done any work in the erection, removal, alteration or repair of any building, without first obtaining the proper permits required by this chapter." None of these sections names roof work, and this record does not decide whether they reach a house reroof or how they sit with the Uniform Construction Code. The Township's building permit application is headed "APPLICATION FOR PERMITS: FOR ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS, ONE STORY STRUCTURES, DEMOLITION, ETC." and has no roof box, and its Permits page lists residential permit fees by estimated cost with no roof line. Pennsylvania's Department of Labor and Industry lists, for Lower Chichester Township, a filing that "Proposes requiring a building permit for all alterations and repairs to residential buildings as required by the IBC 2009," with an approval letter mailed 01/02/2015; its listing shows no enactment date for that filing, and this record has not found or read such an ordinance. 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: Part Fourteen of the Township's Codified Ordinances in full; the Township's Permits, Officials and Ordinances pages; and its building 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, Lower Chichester Township, in Delaware County, takes building permit applications at its Township office, 1410 Market Street, Linwood, on its own "TOWNSHIP OF LOWER CHICHESTER" building permit application, and its Officials page lists "Code Enforcement and BCO:" "BNO Inspections", a third-party code firm. Part Fourteen of the Township's Codified Ordinances, posted on its site and compiled "Complete to March 1, 2011," was read in full. Section 1428.01 adopts "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 PA Code, Chapters 401 – 405, as amended from time to time" as the Municipal Building Code, and Section 1428.03(a) keeps in force building code ordinances "adopted by the Township on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the code." Section 1442.01 (Ord. 288, 1954) says "No person shall proceed with the erection, alteration or enlargement of any building or structure, or any part thereof, in the Township, unless application for a permit shall have been made"; Section 1442.02 (Ord. 86-6, 1986) sets "A fee for building permits for construction, alteration or repair"; and Section 1442.13 says "No person shall erect, remove, alter or repair, or do or cause to be done any work in the erection, removal, alteration or repair of any building, without first obtaining the proper permits required by this chapter." None of these sections names roof work, and this record does not decide whether they reach a house reroof or how they sit with the Uniform Construction Code. Section 1420.03 (Ord. 2010-01) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2009", Section 1428.01 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time," and no Township page read names a current edition; this record has not read the 2009 edition's text and does not decide which edition the Township applies to houses.
Repair permit threshold
Lower Chichester Township's code has general permit clauses for alteration and repair work that name no roof work, and its pages do not say whether a house reroof needs a permit. Part Fourteen of the Township's Codified Ordinances, posted on its site and compiled "Complete to March 1, 2011," was read in full. Section 1428.01 adopts "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 PA Code, Chapters 401 – 405, as amended from time to time" as the Municipal Building Code, and Section 1428.03(a) keeps in force building code ordinances "adopted by the Township on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the code." Section 1442.01 (Ord. 288, 1954) says "No person shall proceed with the erection, alteration or enlargement of any building or structure, or any part thereof, in the Township, unless application for a permit shall have been made"; Section 1442.02 (Ord. 86-6, 1986) sets "A fee for building permits for construction, alteration or repair"; and Section 1442.13 says "No person shall erect, remove, alter or repair, or do or cause to be done any work in the erection, removal, alteration or repair of any building, without first obtaining the proper permits required by this chapter." None of these sections names roof work, and this record does not decide whether they reach a house reroof or how they sit with the Uniform Construction Code. The Township's building permit application is headed "APPLICATION FOR PERMITS: FOR ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS, ONE STORY STRUCTURES, DEMOLITION, ETC." and has no roof box, and its Permits page lists residential permit fees by estimated cost with no roof line. Pennsylvania's Department of Labor and Industry lists, for Lower Chichester Township, a filing that "Proposes requiring a building permit for all alterations and repairs to residential buildings as required by the IBC 2009," with an approval letter mailed 01/02/2015; its listing shows no enactment date for that filing, and this record has not found or read such an ordinance. 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, Lower Chichester Township, in Delaware County, takes building permit applications at its Township office, 1410 Market Street, Linwood, on its own "TOWNSHIP OF LOWER CHICHESTER" building permit application, and its Officials page lists "Code Enforcement and BCO:" "BNO Inspections", a third-party code firm. No Township text read for this record sets an area or cost threshold for roof work; the residential permit fee is set by estimated cost. Chapter 1462 (Ord. 288, 1954) sets old roofing material standards, such as "All roof covers of tile, slate, asbestos cement, or asphalt shingles shall be installed according to the manufacturer's directions", and does not say a permit is needed 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, Lower Chichester Township, in Delaware County, takes building permit applications at its Township office, 1410 Market Street, Linwood, on its own "TOWNSHIP OF LOWER CHICHESTER" building permit application, and its Officials page lists "Code Enforcement and BCO:" "BNO Inspections", a third-party code firm. Chapter 1462 (Ord. 288, 1954) sets old roofing material standards, such as "All roof covers of tile, slate, asbestos cement, or asphalt shingles shall be installed according to the manufacturer's directions", and does not say a permit is needed for roof work. No Township text read sets a layer limit of its own. Section 1420.03 (Ord. 2010-01) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2009", Section 1428.01 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time," and no Township page read names a current edition; the text above is the 2021 IRC's, and this record does not decide which edition the Township 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, Lower Chichester Township, in Delaware County, takes building permit applications at its Township office, 1410 Market Street, Linwood, on its own "TOWNSHIP OF LOWER CHICHESTER" building permit application, and its Officials page lists "Code Enforcement and BCO:" "BNO Inspections", a third-party code firm. No Township text read draws a separate line for roof sheathing. Section 1420.03 (Ord. 2010-01) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2009", Section 1428.01 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time," and no Township page read names a current edition; the text above is the 2021 IRC's, and this record does not decide which edition the Township 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. Lower Chichester Township is in Delaware County. The Township's permit pages say nothing on sales tax.

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Roofing questions: Township of Lower Chichester, PA

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

Lower Chichester Township's code has general permit clauses for alteration and repair work that name no roof work, and its pages do not say whether a house reroof needs a permit. Part Fourteen of the Township's Codified Ordinances, posted on its site and compiled "Complete to March 1, 2011," was read in full. Section 1428.01 adopts "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 PA Code, Chapters 401 – 405, as amended from time to time" as the Municipal Building Code, and Section 1428.03(a) keeps in force building code ordinances "adopted by the Township on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the code." Section 1442.01 (Ord. 288, 1954) says "No person shall proceed with the erection, alteration or enlargement of any building or structure, or any part thereof, in the Township, unless application for a permit shall have been made"; Section 1442.02 (Ord. 86-6, 1986) sets "A fee for building permits for construction, alteration or repair"; and Section 1442.13 says "No person shall erect, remove, alter or repair, or do or cause to be done any work in the erection, removal, alteration or repair of any building, without first obtaining the proper permits required by this chapter." None of these sections names roof work, and this record does not decide whether they reach a house reroof or how they sit with the Uniform Construction Code. The Township's building permit application is headed "APPLICATION FOR PERMITS: FOR ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS, ONE STORY STRUCTURES, DEMOLITION, ETC." and has no roof box, and its Permits page lists residential permit fees by estimated cost with no roof line. Pennsylvania's Department of Labor and Industry lists, for Lower Chichester Township, a filing that "Proposes requiring a building permit for all alterations and repairs to residential buildings as required by the IBC 2009," with an approval letter mailed 01/02/2015; its listing shows no enactment date for that filing, and this record has not found or read such an ordinance. 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, Lower Chichester Township, in Delaware County, takes building permit applications at its Township office, 1410 Market Street, Linwood, on its own "TOWNSHIP OF LOWER CHICHESTER" building permit application, and its Officials page lists "Code Enforcement and BCO:" "BNO Inspections", a third-party code firm. No Township text read for this record sets an area or cost threshold for roof work; the residential permit fee is set by estimated cost. Chapter 1462 (Ord. 288, 1954) sets old roofing material standards, such as "All roof covers of tile, slate, asbestos cement, or asphalt shingles shall be installed according to the manufacturer's directions", and does not say a permit is needed for roof work.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Township of Lower Chichester, 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, Lower Chichester Township, in Delaware County, takes building permit applications at its Township office, 1410 Market Street, Linwood, on its own "TOWNSHIP OF LOWER CHICHESTER" building permit application, and its Officials page lists "Code Enforcement and BCO:" "BNO Inspections", a third-party code firm. Chapter 1462 (Ord. 288, 1954) sets old roofing material standards, such as "All roof covers of tile, slate, asbestos cement, or asphalt shingles shall be installed according to the manufacturer's directions", and does not say a permit is needed for roof work. No Township text read sets a layer limit of its own. Section 1420.03 (Ord. 2010-01) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2009", Section 1428.01 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time," and no Township page read names a current edition; the text above is the 2021 IRC's, and this record does not decide which edition the Township applies.

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

Yes.

What building code does Township of Lower Chichester, 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, Lower Chichester Township, in Delaware County, takes building permit applications at its Township office, 1410 Market Street, Linwood, on its own "TOWNSHIP OF LOWER CHICHESTER" building permit application, and its Officials page lists "Code Enforcement and BCO:" "BNO Inspections", a third-party code firm. Part Fourteen of the Township's Codified Ordinances, posted on its site and compiled "Complete to March 1, 2011," was read in full. Section 1428.01 adopts "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 PA Code, Chapters 401 – 405, as amended from time to time" as the Municipal Building Code, and Section 1428.03(a) keeps in force building code ordinances "adopted by the Township on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the code." Section 1442.01 (Ord. 288, 1954) says "No person shall proceed with the erection, alteration or enlargement of any building or structure, or any part thereof, in the Township, unless application for a permit shall have been made"; Section 1442.02 (Ord. 86-6, 1986) sets "A fee for building permits for construction, alteration or repair"; and Section 1442.13 says "No person shall erect, remove, alter or repair, or do or cause to be done any work in the erection, removal, alteration or repair of any building, without first obtaining the proper permits required by this chapter." None of these sections names roof work, and this record does not decide whether they reach a house reroof or how they sit with the Uniform Construction Code. Section 1420.03 (Ord. 2010-01) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2009", Section 1428.01 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time," and no Township page read names a current edition; this record has not read the 2009 edition's text and does not decide which edition the Township applies to houses.