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Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Township of Lower Providence, PA?
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Lower Providence Township - Community Development Department
No, Township of Lower Providence, PA does not require a permit for like-for-like roof replacement (Lower Providence Township - Community Development Department). Lower Providence Township's Community Development Department says roof replacement (re-shingling) needs no permit; its line ends "A building permit is required for structural repairs or alterations." The department's Required Residential Permits sheet, linked from its "Do I Need a Permit?" page (read October 6, 2026), lists under "A permit IS NOT REQUIRED for:" the line "Roof replacement (re-shingling) or repairs. A building permit is required for structural repairs or alterations." Under "A permit IS REQUIRED for:" it lists "All structural alterations or repairs" and does not name roof work. The sheet says "The list below covers only the most common residential projects. If your project does not appear on the list, please contact the LPT building official to determine if a permit is required." Chapter 67 of the Township Code names no roof work either way. Article I (Sections 67-1 to 67-6) adopts the "International Building Code, 2000 Edition," changing its fee, inspection-fee and penalty sections and not its permit sections, whose text this record has not read; Article II (Sections 67-7 to 67-14) adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" as the municipal building code, and neither article has a clause of its own on house repairs. The Township's 2026 Fee Schedule (revised May 21, 2026) charges residential building permits "$.40 per sf of area being added or altered" with a $99.00 minimum plus the State fee and has no roofing line, and the department's residential permit application has no roofing box. The enacted text names no roof work either way; the no-permit line is the department's stated practice, and this record does not decide whether it is the department's reading of the State's exclusion for house repairs. 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 67 of the Township Code, Building Construction (Sections 67-1 to 67-14), its building code and Uniform Construction Code ordinance with its amendments, in full; Chapter 114, Property Maintenance, in full; the first 20 results of a search of the whole Township Code for "roof" and a search for "reroofing", which found no permit provision naming roof work; the department's Community Development, Permits & Forms, Do I Need a Permit? and Online Permit Portal pages; its Required Residential Permits sheet and Permit Policy Guidelines; its residential building permit application; and the 2026 Fee Schedule. Work that does need a permit is applied for through the Township's online permit portal, which takes residential applications; the 2026 Fee Schedule charges "Double the cost of original permit" for working without a permit, and the Permit Policy Guidelines say "Normally, you want to give the Department at least two days notice for an inspection." The residential permit application says contractors who hold a current Pennsylvania Home Improvement Contractor registration "will NOT need to register with Lower Providence Township." Questions go to the department at 610-635-3512, weekdays 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Roof code checklist: Township of Lower Providence, PA
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Jurisdiction
Township of Lower Providence, Pennsylvania
Address
100 Parklane Drive, Eagleville, PA 19403
Contact
- url: https://www.lowerprovidence.org/274/Community-Development
- phone: 610-635-3512
Roofing permit required
Not required
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
Lower Providence Township's Community Development Department says roof replacement (re-shingling) needs no permit; its line ends "A building permit is required for structural repairs or alterations." The department's Required Residential Permits sheet, linked from its "Do I Need a Permit?" page (read October 6, 2026), lists under "A permit IS NOT REQUIRED for:" the line "Roof replacement (re-shingling) or repairs. A building permit is required for structural repairs or alterations." Under "A permit IS REQUIRED for:" it lists "All structural alterations or repairs" and does not name roof work. The sheet says "The list below covers only the most common residential projects. If your project does not appear on the list, please contact the LPT building official to determine if a permit is required." Chapter 67 of the Township Code names no roof work either way. Article I (Sections 67-1 to 67-6) adopts the "International Building Code, 2000 Edition," changing its fee, inspection-fee and penalty sections and not its permit sections, whose text this record has not read; Article II (Sections 67-7 to 67-14) adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" as the municipal building code, and neither article has a clause of its own on house repairs. The Township's 2026 Fee Schedule (revised May 21, 2026) charges residential building permits "$.40 per sf of area being added or altered" with a $99.00 minimum plus the State fee and has no roofing line, and the department's residential permit application has no roofing box. The enacted text names no roof work either way; the no-permit line is the department's stated practice, and this record does not decide whether it is the department's reading of the State's exclusion for house repairs. 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 67 of the Township Code, Building Construction (Sections 67-1 to 67-14), its building code and Uniform Construction Code ordinance with its amendments, in full; Chapter 114, Property Maintenance, in full; the first 20 results of a search of the whole Township Code for "roof" and a search for "reroofing", which found no permit provision naming roof work; the department's Community Development, Permits & Forms, Do I Need a Permit? and Online Permit Portal pages; its Required Residential Permits sheet and Permit Policy Guidelines; its residential building permit application; and the 2026 Fee Schedule. Work that does need a permit is applied for through the Township's online permit portal, which takes residential applications; the 2026 Fee Schedule charges "Double the cost of original permit" for working without a permit, and the Permit Policy Guidelines say "Normally, you want to give the Department at least two days notice for an inspection." The residential permit application says contractors who hold a current Pennsylvania Home Improvement Contractor registration "will NOT need to register with Lower Providence Township." Questions go to the department at 610-635-3512, weekdays 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
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 Providence Township administers the code itself: Section 67-7 of the Township Code says "Lower Providence Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Community Development Department, at 100 Parklane Drive, Eagleville, is responsible for the "issuance of permits, and the inspection of all commercial and residential construction activity." Section 67-8 adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the municipal building code, and Article I of Chapter 67 (Sections 67-1 to 67-6) adopts the "International Building Code, 2000 Edition," with local changes to its fee, inspection-fee and penalty sections. Chapter 67 changes nothing in the code's roofing provisions. Chapter 67 still names the 2000 edition of the International Building Code, and the department's Permit Policy Guidelines say "The Township has currently adopted the International Residential Code in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code as its standard for residential construction" without naming an edition; this record has not read the 2000 edition's text.
Repair permit threshold
Lower Providence Township's Community Development Department says roof replacement needs no permit and that structural repairs do. The department's Required Residential Permits sheet, linked from its "Do I Need a Permit?" page (read October 6, 2026), lists under "A permit IS NOT REQUIRED for:" the line "Roof replacement (re-shingling) or repairs. A building permit is required for structural repairs or alterations." Under "A permit IS REQUIRED for:" it lists "All structural alterations or repairs" and does not name roof work. The sheet says "The list below covers only the most common residential projects. If your project does not appear on the list, please contact the LPT building official to determine if a permit is required." Chapter 67 of the Township Code names no roof work either way. Article I (Sections 67-1 to 67-6) adopts the "International Building Code, 2000 Edition," changing its fee, inspection-fee and penalty sections and not its permit sections, whose text this record has not read; Article II (Sections 67-7 to 67-14) adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" as the municipal building code, and neither article has a clause of its own on house repairs. The Township's 2026 Fee Schedule (revised May 21, 2026) charges residential building permits "$.40 per sf of area being added or altered" with a $99.00 minimum plus the State fee and has no roofing line, and the department's residential permit application has no roofing box. The enacted text names no roof work either way; the no-permit line is the department's stated practice, and this record does not decide whether it is the department's reading of the State's exclusion for house repairs. 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 Providence Township administers the code itself: Section 67-7 of the Township Code says "Lower Providence Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Community Development Department, at 100 Parklane Drive, Eagleville, is responsible for the "issuance of permits, and the inspection of all commercial and residential construction activity." Its no-permit line for "Roof replacement (re-shingling) or repairs" is quoted at the start; the only line it draws is structural repairs or alterations, and Chapter 67 sets no 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, Lower Providence Township administers the code itself: Section 67-7 of the Township Code says "Lower Providence Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Community Development Department, at 100 Parklane Drive, Eagleville, is responsible for the "issuance of permits, and the inspection of all commercial and residential construction activity." Chapter 67 of the Township Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and the department says roof replacement needs no permit; its pages say nothing on roof layers. Chapter 67 still names the 2000 edition of the International Building Code, and the department's Permit Policy Guidelines say "The Township has currently adopted the International Residential Code in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code as its standard for residential construction" without naming an edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, and earlier editions' reroofing text was not read for this record.
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 Providence Township administers the code itself: Section 67-7 of the Township Code says "Lower Providence Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Community Development Department, at 100 Parklane Drive, Eagleville, is responsible for the "issuance of permits, and the inspection of all commercial and residential construction activity." Chapter 67 of the Township Code changes nothing in the code's roof sheathing provisions. The department's no-permit line for "Roof replacement (re-shingling) or repairs" adds "A building permit is required for structural repairs or alterations" and draws no separate line for roof sheathing. Chapter 67 still names the 2000 edition of the International Building Code, and the department's Permit Policy Guidelines say "The Township has currently adopted the International Residential Code in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code as its standard for residential construction" without naming an edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, and earlier editions' sheathing text was not read for this record.
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 Providence Township is in Montgomery County. The department's pages say nothing on sales tax.
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Lower Providence Township's Community Development Department, at 100 Parklane Drive, Eagleville, issues building permits and makes the inspections, and its Required Residential Permits sheet says roof replacement (re-shingling) needs no permit while structural repairs do. 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."
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Roofing questions: Township of Lower Providence, PA
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Township of Lower Providence, PA?
No, Township of Lower Providence, PA does not require a permit to replace a roof. Lower Providence Township's Community Development Department says roof replacement needs no permit and that structural repairs do. The department's Required Residential Permits sheet, linked from its "Do I Need a Permit?" page (read October 6, 2026), lists under "A permit IS NOT REQUIRED for:" the line "Roof replacement (re-shingling) or repairs. A building permit is required for structural repairs or alterations." Under "A permit IS REQUIRED for:" it lists "All structural alterations or repairs" and does not name roof work. The sheet says "The list below covers only the most common residential projects. If your project does not appear on the list, please contact the LPT building official to determine if a permit is required." Chapter 67 of the Township Code names no roof work either way. Article I (Sections 67-1 to 67-6) adopts the "International Building Code, 2000 Edition," changing its fee, inspection-fee and penalty sections and not its permit sections, whose text this record has not read; Article II (Sections 67-7 to 67-14) adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" as the municipal building code, and neither article has a clause of its own on house repairs. The Township's 2026 Fee Schedule (revised May 21, 2026) charges residential building permits "$.40 per sf of area being added or altered" with a $99.00 minimum plus the State fee and has no roofing line, and the department's residential permit application has no roofing box. The enacted text names no roof work either way; the no-permit line is the department's stated practice, and this record does not decide whether it is the department's reading of the State's exclusion for house repairs. 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 Providence Township administers the code itself: Section 67-7 of the Township Code says "Lower Providence Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Community Development Department, at 100 Parklane Drive, Eagleville, is responsible for the "issuance of permits, and the inspection of all commercial and residential construction activity." Its no-permit line for "Roof replacement (re-shingling) or repairs" is quoted at the start; the only line it draws is structural repairs or alterations, and Chapter 67 sets no threshold for roof work.
Can you roof over an existing roof in Township of Lower Providence, 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 Providence Township administers the code itself: Section 67-7 of the Township Code says "Lower Providence Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Community Development Department, at 100 Parklane Drive, Eagleville, is responsible for the "issuance of permits, and the inspection of all commercial and residential construction activity." Chapter 67 of the Township Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and the department says roof replacement needs no permit; its pages say nothing on roof layers. Chapter 67 still names the 2000 edition of the International Building Code, and the department's Permit Policy Guidelines say "The Township has currently adopted the International Residential Code in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code as its standard for residential construction" without naming an edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, and earlier editions' reroofing text was not read for this record.
Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Township of Lower Providence, PA?
Yes.
What building code does Township of Lower Providence, 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 Providence Township administers the code itself: Section 67-7 of the Township Code says "Lower Providence Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Community Development Department, at 100 Parklane Drive, Eagleville, is responsible for the "issuance of permits, and the inspection of all commercial and residential construction activity." Section 67-8 adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the municipal building code, and Article I of Chapter 67 (Sections 67-1 to 67-6) adopts the "International Building Code, 2000 Edition," with local changes to its fee, inspection-fee and penalty sections. Chapter 67 changes nothing in the code's roofing provisions. Chapter 67 still names the 2000 edition of the International Building Code, and the department's Permit Policy Guidelines say "The Township has currently adopted the International Residential Code in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code as its standard for residential construction" without naming an edition; this record has not read the 2000 edition's text.