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Nesquehoning Borough - Building and Zoning Permits

Nesquehoning Borough in Carbon County takes building and zoning permit applications at the Borough office, 114 West Catawissa Street, and posts Uniform Construction Code application guides from the code agencies it uses. The Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code applies statewide, but Act 45 section 104(b) lists "Repairs to residential buildings" and alterations that make no structural or egress change among work it does not apply to, "except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503."

Roof code checklist: Borough of Nesquehoning, PA

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofNot published
Repair permit thresholdPublishedpacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-10
Layer limit / roof-overPublishedR908.3.1.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-10
Deck & sheathingPublishedR905.2.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-10
Drip edgeNot published
Ice & water shieldNot published
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNot published
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublishedSec. 5-103pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-10
Contractor license / registrationYespalegis.us2026-10-10
Sales & use taxPublishedpa.gov2026-10-10

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

Jurisdiction
Borough of Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
114 West Catawissa Street, Nesquehoning, PA 18240
Contact
  • url: https://nesquehoning.org/forms-permits
  • phone: 570-669-9588
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
Nesquehoning Borough's code and pages read for this record do not say whether a house reroof needs a permit. Section 5-102 of the Borough Code says "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa.Code, Chapters 401-405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the Borough building code of this Borough," and Part 1 of Chapter 5 adds no permit clause of its own for house repairs; Section 5-105 keeps building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 that "equal or exceed the requirements of the Code." The Forms & Permits page says "Persons who are planning any home improvement projects should contact the Zoning Officer/Building Inspector to find out whether or not a Building and/or Zoning permit is required" and "For a Shed permit or a Stove permit, only a Building permit application is required"; it names no roof work. The Borough's own Building Permit Application says "hereby applies for a building permit to construct a" and asks for a brief description of the proposed work, and the UCC Permit Fees schedule it posts, read from the rendered page images of its scanned file, prices "Alterations and Renovations 1.5% of total cost of construction (materials and labor)" with no roofing line. Chapter 8 of the Borough Code, Floodplains, says in Section 8-102 "It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, business, or corporation to undertake, or cause to be undertaken, any construction or development anywhere within the Borough unless a building permit has been obtained from the Building Permit Officer" and "A building permit shall not be required for minor repairs to existing buildings or structures"; that permit sits in the floodplain chapter and names no roof work. Section 27-802 of the Zoning Ordinance says "No building or structure shall be erected, added to, until a permit therefore has been issued by the Zoning Officer" and names no roof work. Under state law, Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6) list "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" and "Repairs to residential buildings" among work the Act does not apply to, "except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503," and 34 Pa. Code 403.62(c) says "A permit is not required for the exceptions listed in § 403.1(b) (relating to scope) and the following, if the work does not violate a law or ordinance." This record does not state whether the Borough requires a permit for a house reroof; ask the Borough office (570-669-9588) or its Zoning Officer/Building Inspector before starting. Read for this answer: Part 1 of Chapter 5 of the Borough Code, Uniform Construction Code (Sections 5-101 to 5-106), in full; the rest of Chapter 5 and Chapters 4, 11 and 13 searched for roof and permit provisions, with none naming roof work; Chapter 8, Floodplains, and Chapter 27, Zoning, including Section 27-802, where a search of Chapter 27 for "roof" finds only definitions and design standards; the Borough's Forms & Permits and Ordinances pages; the Building Permit Application, Zoning Permit Application and UCC Permit Fees schedule; and both agencies' UCC application guides.
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, Nesquehoning Borough takes permit applications at the Borough office, 114 West Catawissa Street (570-669-9588), and its Forms & Permits page (read October 10, 2026) says "the Borough of Nesquehoning has adopted the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code" and posts UCC permit application guides from two code agencies, ARRO Consulting, Inc. and Hometown Municipal Services, LLC, the second addressed to "Nesquehoning Borough UCC Construction Permit Applicant(s)." Section 5-103 of the Borough Code (Ord. 2004-2, May 26, 2004) lets the Borough retain "one or more construction code officials or third party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough." Section 5-102 of the Borough Code says "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa.Code, Chapters 401-405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the Borough building code of this Borough," and Part 1 of Chapter 5 adds no permit clause of its own for house repairs; Section 5-105 keeps building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 that "equal or exceed the requirements of the Code." The Borough Code names no edition, and the Borough's pages name none for house work except that the UCC Permit Fees schedule it posts refers to "the 2018 IRC definition of a residential building"; the text above is the 2021 edition's, no older edition's text was read for this record, and this record does not decide which edition the Borough applies.
Repair permit threshold
Nesquehoning Borough's Uniform Construction Code ordinance names no roof work, and the Borough's pages name no roofing permit. Section 5-102 of the Borough Code says "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa.Code, Chapters 401-405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the Borough building code of this Borough," and Part 1 of Chapter 5 adds no permit clause of its own for house repairs; Section 5-105 keeps building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 that "equal or exceed the requirements of the Code." The Forms & Permits page says "Persons who are planning any home improvement projects should contact the Zoning Officer/Building Inspector to find out whether or not a Building and/or Zoning permit is required" and "For a Shed permit or a Stove permit, only a Building permit application is required"; it names no roof work. The Borough's own Building Permit Application says "hereby applies for a building permit to construct a" and asks for a brief description of the proposed work, and the UCC Permit Fees schedule it posts, read from the rendered page images of its scanned file, prices "Alterations and Renovations 1.5% of total cost of construction (materials and labor)" with no roofing line. Chapter 8 of the Borough Code, Floodplains, says in Section 8-102 "It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, business, or corporation to undertake, or cause to be undertaken, any construction or development anywhere within the Borough unless a building permit has been obtained from the Building Permit Officer" and "A building permit shall not be required for minor repairs to existing buildings or structures"; that permit sits in the floodplain chapter and names no roof work. Section 27-802 of the Zoning Ordinance says "No building or structure shall be erected, added to, until a permit therefore has been issued by the Zoning Officer" and names no roof work. 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, Nesquehoning Borough takes permit applications at the Borough office, 114 West Catawissa Street (570-669-9588), and its Forms & Permits page (read October 10, 2026) says "the Borough of Nesquehoning has adopted the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code" and posts UCC permit application guides from two code agencies, ARRO Consulting, Inc. and Hometown Municipal Services, LLC, the second addressed to "Nesquehoning Borough UCC Construction Permit Applicant(s)." Section 5-103 of the Borough Code (Ord. 2004-2, May 26, 2004) lets the Borough retain "one or more construction code officials or third party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough." No Borough text read for this record sets an area or cost threshold for roof work.
Roof layer limit / recover
Two layers at most where the state code reaches the job. Pennsylvania adopts the 2021 International Residential Code without changing its reroofing section, R908 (34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7); the State's list of changes names no Chapter 9 section). Section R908.3.1.1 says "A roof recover shall not be permitted where any of the following conditions occur," and the third condition is "Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering." So one existing layer may be covered once, and a roof that already has two layers is torn off to the deck. The same section also bars a recover "Where the existing roof or roof covering is water soaked or has deteriorated to the point that the existing roof or roof covering is not adequate as a base for additional roofing" and "Where the existing roof covering is slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile." The existing-building code the State also adopts, the 2021 International Existing Building Code (34 Pa. Code 403.21(f)), carries the same three conditions in Section 705.2.1.1. These rules bind work the Uniform Construction Code reaches. The Act does not apply to "Repairs to residential buildings" or to alterations that make no structural change, "except as might be required by ordinances" (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6)), so whether R908 binds a particular house reroof turns on that exclusion and on the municipality's own ordinances. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, Nesquehoning Borough takes permit applications at the Borough office, 114 West Catawissa Street (570-669-9588), and its Forms & Permits page (read October 10, 2026) says "the Borough of Nesquehoning has adopted the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code" and posts UCC permit application guides from two code agencies, ARRO Consulting, Inc. and Hometown Municipal Services, LLC, the second addressed to "Nesquehoning Borough UCC Construction Permit Applicant(s)." Section 5-103 of the Borough Code (Ord. 2004-2, May 26, 2004) lets the Borough retain "one or more construction code officials or third party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough." Part 1 of Chapter 5 of the Borough Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and the Borough's pages say nothing on roof layers. The Borough Code names no edition, and the Borough's pages name none for house work except that the UCC Permit Fees schedule it posts refers to "the 2018 IRC definition of a residential building"; the text above is the 2021 edition's, no older edition's reroofing text was read for this record, and this record does not decide which edition the Borough applies.
Deck & sheathing requirements
State rules from the base code, where the state code reaches the job. Pennsylvania adopts the 2021 International Residential Code without changing Section R803, Roof Sheathing (34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7); the State's changes to Chapter 8 are to ridge framing and attic ventilation). Lumber roof sheathing follows Table R803.1: over rafters or beams 24 inches apart it must be at least 5/8 inch net thick. Wood structural panels "shall be identified for grade, bond classification and performance category by a grade mark or certificate of inspection issued by an approved agency," and their spans "shall not exceed the values set forth in Table R503.2.1.1(1) or APA E30." For shingles, "Asphalt shingles shall be fastened to solidly sheathed decks" (R905.2.1), and on any reroof "The structural roof components shall be capable of supporting the roof covering system and the material and equipment loads that will be encountered during installation of the roof covering system" (R908.2). These rules bind work the Uniform Construction Code reaches; the Act does not apply to "Repairs to residential buildings" or to alterations that make no structural change, "except as might be required by ordinances" (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6)). Act 45 section 104(b)(5) excludes alterations "which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" and says only that "a structural change does not include a minor framing change needed to replace existing windows or doors"; 34 Pa. Code 403.62(d)(2) lists "The removal or cutting of any structural beam or load-bearing support" as not an ordinary repair. Neither names roof sheathing; this record does not decide whether replacing it is either. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, Nesquehoning Borough takes permit applications at the Borough office, 114 West Catawissa Street (570-669-9588), and its Forms & Permits page (read October 10, 2026) says "the Borough of Nesquehoning has adopted the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code" and posts UCC permit application guides from two code agencies, ARRO Consulting, Inc. and Hometown Municipal Services, LLC, the second addressed to "Nesquehoning Borough UCC Construction Permit Applicant(s)." Section 5-103 of the Borough Code (Ord. 2004-2, May 26, 2004) lets the Borough retain "one or more construction code officials or third party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough." Part 1 of Chapter 5 of the Borough Code changes nothing in the code's roof sheathing provisions, and the Borough's pages draw no separate line for roof sheathing. The Borough Code names no edition, and the Borough's pages name none for house work except that the UCC Permit Fees schedule it posts refers to "the 2018 IRC definition of a residential building"; the text above is the 2021 edition's, no older edition's sheathing text was read for this record, and this record does not decide which edition the Borough applies.
Sales & use tax
6% Pennsylvania sales and use tax, with a local tax added on purchases made in Allegheny County (1%) and Philadelphia (2%). On a reroof the roofer pays the tax on the materials and does not add it to the homeowner's bill. The Department of Revenue says: "The Pennsylvania sales tax rate is 6 percent. By law, a 1 percent local tax is added to purchases made in Allegheny County, and 2 percent local tax is added to purchases made in Philadelphia." Roof work is a construction activity: the rule's list of items "presumed to become a permanent part of real estate" includes "Roofing (repairs)" (61 Pa. Code 31.11). For construction activities, "A contractor shall pay tax upon the purchase price ... of all property, including materials, equipment, components and supplies, which he furnishes and installs" (61 Pa. Code 31.12(a)(1)), and the rule's example says the contractor "does not charge sales tax on this transaction to his customer. The contractor may include the tax he must pay in his bid proposal but not as a separately stated item." Apart from limited exceptions set out in the rule, the same holds on jobs for tax-exempt owners: "a contractor erecting a building, repairing a roof, replacing a door for a governmental agency, ... school district, charitable or religious organization, and the like, shall pay tax upon the property which he consumes" (61 Pa. Code 31.13(a)). Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Nesquehoning Borough is in Carbon County. The Borough's permit pages and applications say nothing on sales tax.

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Roofing questions: Borough of Nesquehoning, PA

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

Nesquehoning Borough's Uniform Construction Code ordinance names no roof work, and the Borough's pages name no roofing permit. Section 5-102 of the Borough Code says "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa.Code, Chapters 401-405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the Borough building code of this Borough," and Part 1 of Chapter 5 adds no permit clause of its own for house repairs; Section 5-105 keeps building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 that "equal or exceed the requirements of the Code." The Forms & Permits page says "Persons who are planning any home improvement projects should contact the Zoning Officer/Building Inspector to find out whether or not a Building and/or Zoning permit is required" and "For a Shed permit or a Stove permit, only a Building permit application is required"; it names no roof work. The Borough's own Building Permit Application says "hereby applies for a building permit to construct a" and asks for a brief description of the proposed work, and the UCC Permit Fees schedule it posts, read from the rendered page images of its scanned file, prices "Alterations and Renovations 1.5% of total cost of construction (materials and labor)" with no roofing line. Chapter 8 of the Borough Code, Floodplains, says in Section 8-102 "It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, business, or corporation to undertake, or cause to be undertaken, any construction or development anywhere within the Borough unless a building permit has been obtained from the Building Permit Officer" and "A building permit shall not be required for minor repairs to existing buildings or structures"; that permit sits in the floodplain chapter and names no roof work. Section 27-802 of the Zoning Ordinance says "No building or structure shall be erected, added to, until a permit therefore has been issued by the Zoning Officer" and names no roof work. 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, Nesquehoning Borough takes permit applications at the Borough office, 114 West Catawissa Street (570-669-9588), and its Forms & Permits page (read October 10, 2026) says "the Borough of Nesquehoning has adopted the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code" and posts UCC permit application guides from two code agencies, ARRO Consulting, Inc. and Hometown Municipal Services, LLC, the second addressed to "Nesquehoning Borough UCC Construction Permit Applicant(s)." Section 5-103 of the Borough Code (Ord. 2004-2, May 26, 2004) lets the Borough retain "one or more construction code officials or third party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough." No Borough text read for this record sets an area or cost threshold for roof work.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Borough of Nesquehoning, 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, Nesquehoning Borough takes permit applications at the Borough office, 114 West Catawissa Street (570-669-9588), and its Forms & Permits page (read October 10, 2026) says "the Borough of Nesquehoning has adopted the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code" and posts UCC permit application guides from two code agencies, ARRO Consulting, Inc. and Hometown Municipal Services, LLC, the second addressed to "Nesquehoning Borough UCC Construction Permit Applicant(s)." Section 5-103 of the Borough Code (Ord. 2004-2, May 26, 2004) lets the Borough retain "one or more construction code officials or third party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough." Part 1 of Chapter 5 of the Borough Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and the Borough's pages say nothing on roof layers. The Borough Code names no edition, and the Borough's pages name none for house work except that the UCC Permit Fees schedule it posts refers to "the 2018 IRC definition of a residential building"; the text above is the 2021 edition's, no older edition's reroofing text was read for this record, and this record does not decide which edition the Borough applies.

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

Yes.

What building code does Borough of Nesquehoning, 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, Nesquehoning Borough takes permit applications at the Borough office, 114 West Catawissa Street (570-669-9588), and its Forms & Permits page (read October 10, 2026) says "the Borough of Nesquehoning has adopted the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code" and posts UCC permit application guides from two code agencies, ARRO Consulting, Inc. and Hometown Municipal Services, LLC, the second addressed to "Nesquehoning Borough UCC Construction Permit Applicant(s)." Section 5-103 of the Borough Code (Ord. 2004-2, May 26, 2004) lets the Borough retain "one or more construction code officials or third party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough." Section 5-102 of the Borough Code says "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa.Code, Chapters 401-405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the Borough building code of this Borough," and Part 1 of Chapter 5 adds no permit clause of its own for house repairs; Section 5-105 keeps building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 that "equal or exceed the requirements of the Code." The Borough Code names no edition, and the Borough's pages name none for house work except that the UCC Permit Fees schedule it posts refers to "the 2018 IRC definition of a residential building"; the text above is the 2021 edition's, no older edition's text was read for this record, and this record does not decide which edition the Borough applies.