New Stanton Borough Office

Borough of New Stanton, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)

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318 Paintersville Rd, New Stanton, PA 15672

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New Stanton Borough's Zoning chapter requires a zoning/building permit for construction, and defines construction to include repair and alteration; the Borough has published no exemption for a reroof. Section 27-804 of the Borough Code, in Chapter 27, Zoning (Ord. 85-119, as amended by Ord. 97-173 and Ord. No. 2007-219, July 19, 2007; read October 12, 2026), says "It shall be unlawful for any person to undertake, or cause to be undertaken, any construction or development anywhere within the Borough unless a zoning/building permit has been obtained from the Zoning and Codes Officer." Section 27-108 defines CONSTRUCTION as "The construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension, expansion, alteration or relocation of a building or structure, including the placement of manufactured homes." Neither section names roof work. Section 27-812 says the permit "is issued by the Zoning and Codes Officer" with the fee "payable to the Borough at the time of application," and Section 27-811 sets "a judgment of not more than $500, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees" for a violation of the chapter. Chapter 27 sets no area, percentage or cost threshold for the permit and exempts no repair. The Uniform Construction Code the Borough adopts carries the State's rule that "An ordinary repair does not require a permit" (34 Pa. Code 403.62) without defining an ordinary repair or setting an area or cost limit. This record does not decide how that rule bears on Section 27-804. The Borough's Building / Zoning Permit Application (Rev. 2026) lists "ROOF" among its residential project types beside new house, addition, remodeling and garage, and says "FEES TO BE PAID WHEN PERMIT IS ISSUED"; it does not say whether a reroof needs a permit. Resolution 2026-038, Exhibit A (enacted September 1, 2026), lists a "Zoning Use Permit/Admin Fee" that "is charged for all zoning building permits" and, under "UCC Inspection Fees," residential "Alterations & Repairs" at "1.25% of construction costs"; it has no roofing line (read from the rendered page images). The "Roof Requirements" file is the model code's chapter and carries no Borough statement on when a permit is needed. The Borough has published nothing else on reroofing. 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 of a municipal ordinance that adds to the code, section 503(c) says "An ordinance under this subsection shall not be effective nor enforceable unless subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) have been satisfied." This record does not decide whether the municipality's requirement is one adopted under section 503 or kept in effect by section 303(b)(1). In practice, Section 27-804 names construction, which Section 27-108 defines to include repair and alteration, without exception, and the Borough has published no exemption for a reroof, so expect to need a zoning/building permit from the Borough office; its application says "We require a 24-HR notice on all inspections" and "No weekend inspections." Borough offices are open Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (the lobby closes at 3:30 pm), at 724-925-9700. Read for this answer: Chapter 5 of the Borough Code, Code Enforcement, in full (including Part 2, Uniform Construction Code); Chapter 27, Zoning, in full; Chapter 4, Buildings; Chapter 10, Health and Safety (property maintenance); Chapter 13, Licenses, Permits and General Business Regulations; a search of the whole Code for "roof," which found no permit provision naming roof work, and for "reroofing," which found none; the Borough's Forms & Applications, Staff, General Info and Contact pages; its Building / Zoning Permit Application; Resolution 2026-038; and the "Roof Requirements" file. The Borough's floodplain chapter, its stormwater chapter and its older stand-alone ordinances were not read for a roof permit clause.

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, New Stanton Borough administers the code itself. Section 5-202 of its Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce this Part, the Code, the Act and regulations" and designates "an individual, registered or certified as a "Building Code Official" by the Department of Labor and Industry, to serve as the Municipal Building Code Official"; the Borough's Staff page lists a Building Inspector and a Code Officer, and its Building / Zoning Permit Application says "Please contact Building Inspector" at 724-493-7793 for inspections. Borough offices are at 318 Paintersville Rd, New Stanton (724-925-9700). Section 5-201 of the Borough Code (Ord. 2004-208, as amended by Ord. No. 2023-284, November 6, 2023) adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as the Borough of New Stanton Building Code" and lists the "International Residential Code 2018" and the "International Existing Building Code for Buildings and Facilities 2018"; Section 5-204 keeps the Borough's other ordinances "in full force and effect." Chapter 5, Part 2 adds no permit clause of its own. The Borough's Code names the 2018 editions, and the "Roof Requirements" file the Borough posts under "Building Permits" on its Forms & Applications page is Chapter 9, Roof Assemblies, of the "2009 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE" (a scanned file, read from the rendered page images); the text above is the 2021 edition's, and this record has not read the 2018 or 2009 editions' text and does not decide which edition the Borough applies.

New Stanton Borough's code requires a zoning/building permit for construction, which it defines to include repair and alteration, and the Borough has published no exemption for a reroof. Section 27-804 of the Borough Code, in Chapter 27, Zoning (Ord. 85-119, as amended by Ord. 97-173 and Ord. No. 2007-219, July 19, 2007; read October 12, 2026), says "It shall be unlawful for any person to undertake, or cause to be undertaken, any construction or development anywhere within the Borough unless a zoning/building permit has been obtained from the Zoning and Codes Officer." Section 27-108 defines CONSTRUCTION as "The construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension, expansion, alteration or relocation of a building or structure, including the placement of manufactured homes." Neither section names roof work. Chapter 27 sets no area, percentage or cost threshold for the permit and exempts no repair. The Uniform Construction Code the Borough adopts carries the State's rule that "An ordinary repair does not require a permit" (34 Pa. Code 403.62) without defining an ordinary repair or setting an area or cost limit. This record does not decide how that rule bears on Section 27-804. The Borough's Building / Zoning Permit Application (Rev. 2026) lists "ROOF" among its residential project types and does not say whether a reroof needs a permit, and Resolution 2026-038, Exhibit A, has no roofing line, only residential "Alterations & Repairs" at "1.25% of construction costs." The Borough has published nothing else on reroofing. 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 of a municipal ordinance that adds to the code, section 503(c) says "An ordinance under this subsection shall not be effective nor enforceable unless subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) have been satisfied." This record does not decide whether the municipality's requirement is one adopted under section 503 or kept in effect by section 303(b)(1). In practice, Section 27-804 names construction, which Section 27-108 defines to include repair and alteration, without exception, and the Borough has published no exemption for a reroof, so expect to need a zoning/building permit from the Borough office; its application says "We require a 24-HR notice on all inspections" and "No weekend inspections." 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, New Stanton Borough administers the code itself. Section 5-202 of its Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce this Part, the Code, the Act and regulations" and designates "an individual, registered or certified as a "Building Code Official" by the Department of Labor and Industry, to serve as the Municipal Building Code Official"; the Borough's Staff page lists a Building Inspector and a Code Officer, and its Building / Zoning Permit Application says "Please contact Building Inspector" at 724-493-7793 for inspections. Borough offices are at 318 Paintersville Rd, New Stanton (724-925-9700). Section 5-201 of the Borough Code (Ord. 2004-208, as amended by Ord. No. 2023-284, November 6, 2023) adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as the Borough of New Stanton Building Code" and lists the "International Residential Code 2018" and the "International Existing Building Code for Buildings and Facilities 2018"; Section 5-204 keeps the Borough's other ordinances "in full force and effect." Chapter 5, Part 2 adds no permit clause of its own. Section 27-804, quoted at the start, sets no area, percentage or cost threshold, and the Borough's application, fee schedule and Roof Requirements file draw no line for roof work.

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, New Stanton Borough administers the code itself. Section 5-202 of its Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce this Part, the Code, the Act and regulations" and designates "an individual, registered or certified as a "Building Code Official" by the Department of Labor and Industry, to serve as the Municipal Building Code Official"; the Borough's Staff page lists a Building Inspector and a Code Officer, and its Building / Zoning Permit Application says "Please contact Building Inspector" at 724-493-7793 for inspections. Borough offices are at 318 Paintersville Rd, New Stanton (724-925-9700). Section 5-201 of the Borough Code (Ord. 2004-208, as amended by Ord. No. 2023-284, November 6, 2023) adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as the Borough of New Stanton Building Code" and lists the "International Residential Code 2018" and the "International Existing Building Code for Buildings and Facilities 2018"; Section 5-204 keeps the Borough's other ordinances "in full force and effect." Chapter 5, Part 2 adds no permit clause of its own. Neither the Code, the Borough's application, its fee schedule nor its pages say anything on roof layers; the Borough's Roof Requirements file is the 2009 model code's Chapter 9 text only. The Borough's Code names the 2018 editions, and the "Roof Requirements" file the Borough posts under "Building Permits" on its Forms & Applications page is Chapter 9, Roof Assemblies, of the "2009 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE" (a scanned file, read from the rendered page images); the text above is the 2021 edition's, this record has not read the 2018 or 2009 editions' reroofing text, and it does not decide which edition the Borough applies.

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, New Stanton Borough administers the code itself. Section 5-202 of its Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce this Part, the Code, the Act and regulations" and designates "an individual, registered or certified as a "Building Code Official" by the Department of Labor and Industry, to serve as the Municipal Building Code Official"; the Borough's Staff page lists a Building Inspector and a Code Officer, and its Building / Zoning Permit Application says "Please contact Building Inspector" at 724-493-7793 for inspections. Borough offices are at 318 Paintersville Rd, New Stanton (724-925-9700). Section 5-201 of the Borough Code (Ord. 2004-208, as amended by Ord. No. 2023-284, November 6, 2023) adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as the Borough of New Stanton Building Code" and lists the "International Residential Code 2018" and the "International Existing Building Code for Buildings and Facilities 2018"; Section 5-204 keeps the Borough's other ordinances "in full force and effect." Chapter 5, Part 2 adds no permit clause of its own. The Borough's application and fee schedule draw no line for roof sheathing. The Borough's Code names the 2018 editions, and the "Roof Requirements" file the Borough posts under "Building Permits" on its Forms & Applications page is Chapter 9, Roof Assemblies, of the "2009 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE" (a scanned file, read from the rendered page images); the text above is the 2021 edition's, this record has not read the 2018 or 2009 editions' sheathing text, and it does not decide which edition the Borough applies.

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. New Stanton Borough is in Westmoreland County. The Borough's permit pages, fee schedule and Code chapters read say nothing on sales tax.