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Adopted code

Lower Southampton Township - Zoning Department

Lower Southampton Township's Zoning Department, at 1500 Desire Ave., Feasterville, reviews building permit applications through its own Building Code Official; the Township's code and pages name no permit rule for a house reroof. 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 Southampton, PA

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofNot published
Repair permit thresholdPublishedpacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-07
Layer limit / roof-overPublishedR908.3.1.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-07
Deck & sheathingPublishedR905.2.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-07
Drip edgeNot published
Ice & water shieldNot published
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNot published
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublishedSec. 5-101pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-07
Contractor license / registrationYespalegis.us2026-10-07
Sales & use taxPublishedpa.gov2026-10-07

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 Southampton, Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
1500 Desire Ave., Feasterville, PA 19053
Contact
  • url: https://lowersouthamptontownship.org/license-and-inspection/
  • phone: 215-357-7300
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: Lower Southampton Township's Annual Contractor Registration Application says "ALL CONTRACTORS MUST BE REGISTERED ANNUALY and prior to performing any work in Lower Southampton Township," lists ROOF among its business categories, and for residential contractors asks for a certificate of insurance "showing General Liability of at least $1,000,000.00" and a valid PA Home Improvement Contractor registration, with an application fee of $0.00. This record does not decide how the Township's registration stands under section 12 of the state Act.
Permit process note
Lower Southampton Township has published no statement on whether a house reroof needs a permit, and its code names no roof work as permit work or as exempt. Section 5-101 of the Township Code adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" as the municipal building code and names no roof work. Section 5-102 (Ord. 498, 2004) says the Township "will reinstate that part of the BOCA Code 1996 that deals specifically with roofs and roof structure, previously known as Chapter 15, in its entirety"; it is a technical chapter and says nothing on permits. The Permits and Forms page says "Use the UCC Permit Form for the following but not limited: Accessibility, Building, Demolition, Electrical, Mechanical & Plumbing," and the PA UCC Construction Permit Application's "PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION" boxes do not include roofing. The Township's Fee Schedule (approved by the Board of Supervisors January 28, 2026) has a residential "Alterations and Additions" category and a "Commercial Roofing, Siding, Windows, and Doors" category that is for commercial work; it has no residential roofing line. The Township has published no statement on whether a house reroof needs a permit, and this record does not state whether one is required. Under state law, Act 45 says the Act "shall not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" or to "Repairs to residential buildings, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" (section 104(b)(5) and (6)), 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." Before starting a reroof, ask the Township (215-357-7300) whether it requires a permit for the job. The Permits and Forms page says "Permits can be dropped off at the Township Administration Building or emailed" in PDF format; the UCC application says "Two (2) sets of detailed construction plans MUST be submitted with all application" and asks for a copy of the signed contract; the Fee Schedule says "PERMIT FEES MAY BE DOUBLED FOR FAILURE TO PULL PERMITS." Read for this answer: Chapter 5 of the Township Code, Code Enforcement (Sections 5-101 to 5-103), in full; the table of Chapter 13, Licenses, Permits and General Business Regulations, and its Part 6, Responsible Contractors, which concerns Township procurement; a search of the whole Township Code for "roof" and for "reroofing," which found no permit provision naming roof work; the Zoning Department and Permits and Forms pages; the PA UCC Construction Permit Application and Zoning Permit Application; and the 2026 Fee Schedule. The Administration Building, 1500 Desire Ave., Feasterville, is open Monday to Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., at (215) 357-7300.
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 Southampton Township administers the code itself: Section 5-101 of the Township Code says "This Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code, Act 45 of 1999," Section 5-101.3 A provides for "the designation of an employee of the Township to serve as the municipal code official," and the Township's Zoning Department, at the Administration Building, 1500 Desire Ave., Feasterville, lists its own Zoning Officer/Building Code Official and says its staff "reviews applications for permits." Section 5-101 of the Township Code incorporates the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time," while Section 5-102 reinstates the roof chapter of the BOCA Code 1996, and the Township's pages and permit application name no residential code edition (the application's "Code Edition" box is for office use); this record has not read the BOCA Code 1996 roof chapter's text and does not decide how it bears on a house reroof or which text the Township applies. Section 5-103 adopts the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code.
Repair permit threshold
Lower Southampton Township's code adopts the Uniform Construction Code and names no roof work as permit work or as exempt. Section 5-101 of the Township Code adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" as the municipal building code and names no roof work. Section 5-102 (Ord. 498, 2004) says the Township "will reinstate that part of the BOCA Code 1996 that deals specifically with roofs and roof structure, previously known as Chapter 15, in its entirety"; it is a technical chapter and says nothing on permits. The Permits and Forms page says "Use the UCC Permit Form for the following but not limited: Accessibility, Building, Demolition, Electrical, Mechanical & Plumbing," and the PA UCC Construction Permit Application's "PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION" boxes do not include roofing. The Township's Fee Schedule (approved by the Board of Supervisors January 28, 2026) has a residential "Alterations and Additions" category and a "Commercial Roofing, Siding, Windows, and Doors" category that is for commercial work; it has no residential roofing line. The Township has published no statement on whether a house reroof needs a permit, and this record does not state whether one is required. Under state law, Act 45 says the Act "shall not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" or to "Repairs to residential buildings, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" (section 104(b)(5) and (6)), 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 Southampton Township administers the code itself: Section 5-101 of the Township Code says "This Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code, Act 45 of 1999," Section 5-101.3 A provides for "the designation of an employee of the Township to serve as the municipal code official," and the Township's Zoning Department, at the Administration Building, 1500 Desire Ave., Feasterville, lists its own Zoning Officer/Building Code Official and says its staff "reviews applications for permits." No Township ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found in Chapter 5 of the Township Code or in the Township's search results for "roof," and the Township's pages and Fee Schedule set no threshold for house 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 Southampton Township administers the code itself: Section 5-101 of the Township Code says "This Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code, Act 45 of 1999," Section 5-101.3 A provides for "the designation of an employee of the Township to serve as the municipal code official," and the Township's Zoning Department, at the Administration Building, 1500 Desire Ave., Feasterville, lists its own Zoning Officer/Building Code Official and says its staff "reviews applications for permits." Section 5-102 of the Township Code reinstates "that part of the BOCA Code 1996 that deals specifically with roofs and roof structure, previously known as Chapter 15," and its text, including any layer rule, was not read for this record. No Township ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found, so whether a Township ordinance brings a house reroof within the Uniform Construction Code is not stated here. Section 5-101 of the Township Code incorporates the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time," while Section 5-102 reinstates the roof chapter of the BOCA Code 1996, and the Township's pages and permit application name no residential code edition (the application's "Code Edition" box is for office use); the text above is the 2021 edition's.
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 Southampton Township administers the code itself: Section 5-101 of the Township Code says "This Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code, Act 45 of 1999," Section 5-101.3 A provides for "the designation of an employee of the Township to serve as the municipal code official," and the Township's Zoning Department, at the Administration Building, 1500 Desire Ave., Feasterville, lists its own Zoning Officer/Building Code Official and says its staff "reviews applications for permits." Section 5-102 of the Township Code reinstates the roof chapter of the BOCA Code 1996, whose text was not read for this record, and the Township's pages and Fee Schedule draw no line for roof sheathing. No Township ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found. Section 5-101 of the Township Code incorporates the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time," while Section 5-102 reinstates the roof chapter of the BOCA Code 1996, and the Township's pages and permit application name no residential code edition (the application's "Code Edition" box is for office use); the text above is the 2021 edition's.
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 Southampton Township is in Bucks County. The Township's pages, permit applications and Fee Schedule say nothing on sales tax.

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Roofing questions: Township of Lower Southampton, PA

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

Lower Southampton Township's code adopts the Uniform Construction Code and names no roof work as permit work or as exempt. Section 5-101 of the Township Code adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" as the municipal building code and names no roof work. Section 5-102 (Ord. 498, 2004) says the Township "will reinstate that part of the BOCA Code 1996 that deals specifically with roofs and roof structure, previously known as Chapter 15, in its entirety"; it is a technical chapter and says nothing on permits. The Permits and Forms page says "Use the UCC Permit Form for the following but not limited: Accessibility, Building, Demolition, Electrical, Mechanical & Plumbing," and the PA UCC Construction Permit Application's "PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION" boxes do not include roofing. The Township's Fee Schedule (approved by the Board of Supervisors January 28, 2026) has a residential "Alterations and Additions" category and a "Commercial Roofing, Siding, Windows, and Doors" category that is for commercial work; it has no residential roofing line. The Township has published no statement on whether a house reroof needs a permit, and this record does not state whether one is required. Under state law, Act 45 says the Act "shall not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" or to "Repairs to residential buildings, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" (section 104(b)(5) and (6)), 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 Southampton Township administers the code itself: Section 5-101 of the Township Code says "This Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code, Act 45 of 1999," Section 5-101.3 A provides for "the designation of an employee of the Township to serve as the municipal code official," and the Township's Zoning Department, at the Administration Building, 1500 Desire Ave., Feasterville, lists its own Zoning Officer/Building Code Official and says its staff "reviews applications for permits." No Township ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found in Chapter 5 of the Township Code or in the Township's search results for "roof," and the Township's pages and Fee Schedule set no threshold for house roof work.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Township of Lower Southampton, 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 Southampton Township administers the code itself: Section 5-101 of the Township Code says "This Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code, Act 45 of 1999," Section 5-101.3 A provides for "the designation of an employee of the Township to serve as the municipal code official," and the Township's Zoning Department, at the Administration Building, 1500 Desire Ave., Feasterville, lists its own Zoning Officer/Building Code Official and says its staff "reviews applications for permits." Section 5-102 of the Township Code reinstates "that part of the BOCA Code 1996 that deals specifically with roofs and roof structure, previously known as Chapter 15," and its text, including any layer rule, was not read for this record. No Township ordinance reaching residential reroofing was found, so whether a Township ordinance brings a house reroof within the Uniform Construction Code is not stated here. Section 5-101 of the Township Code incorporates the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time," while Section 5-102 reinstates the roof chapter of the BOCA Code 1996, and the Township's pages and permit application name no residential code edition (the application's "Code Edition" box is for office use); the text above is the 2021 edition's.

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

Yes.

What building code does Township of Lower Southampton, 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 Southampton Township administers the code itself: Section 5-101 of the Township Code says "This Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code, Act 45 of 1999," Section 5-101.3 A provides for "the designation of an employee of the Township to serve as the municipal code official," and the Township's Zoning Department, at the Administration Building, 1500 Desire Ave., Feasterville, lists its own Zoning Officer/Building Code Official and says its staff "reviews applications for permits." Section 5-101 of the Township Code incorporates the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time," while Section 5-102 reinstates the roof chapter of the BOCA Code 1996, and the Township's pages and permit application name no residential code edition (the application's "Code Edition" box is for office use); this record has not read the BOCA Code 1996 roof chapter's text and does not decide how it bears on a house reroof or which text the Township applies. Section 5-103 adopts the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code.