Permitting Authorities / City of Orangeburg - Building Inspection Division
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Orangeburg, SC?
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Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Orangeburg, SC, issued by City of Orangeburg - Building Inspection Division. Apply to the City of Orangeburg Building Inspection Division, 1099 Russell Street, Orangeburg (Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 803-533-6052), on the City's Application for Building Permit, which asks for the location, owner, contractor with State and City licence numbers, a description of the work, the total estimated cost of materials and labor, and whether the work is new construction, demolition, relocation or "Renovation or Repair", with a line for the roofer among the sub-contractors. The Division's page says "Permit Applications may be dropped off at any time" and "Please allow 48 hours for action to be taken on permit applications", and that to meet with an inspector you should call for an appointment. The Division publishes no statement on reroofing and names no roofing permit type; the permit rests on the permit section of the residential code the City adopts, whose relief for "ordinary repairs" is undefined, so confirm with the Division before starting a reroof. State law requires the permit office to see evidence of the contractor's Residential Builders Commission registration or licence, or of an exemption, before it issues the permit. The application notes that the "Permit is void if work has not started within 60 days from this date", and permit fees are doubled if construction begins before the permit is obtained. Inspections need 24 hours' notice.
Roof code checklist: Orangeburg, SC
| Item | Answer | Code cite | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permit to replace a roof | Yes | 2023-11_amending_the_city_code_to... | 2026-09-30 | |
| Repair permit threshold | Published | codes.iccsafe.org | 2026-09-30 | |
| Layer limit / roof-over | Published | R908.3.1.1 | codes.iccsafe.org | 2026-09-30 |
| Deck & sheathing | Published | R803 | 2023-11_amending_the_city_code_to... | 2026-09-30 |
| Drip edge | Not published | |||
| Ice & water shield | Not published | |||
| Mid-roof inspection | Not published | |||
| Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofing | No | 2023-11_amending_the_city_code_to... | 2026-09-30 | |
| Wind design criteria | Published | R301.2.1 | Orangeburg 15(Mays).pdf | 2026-09-30 |
| Adopted code | Published | Sec. 13-9.1 | 2023-11_amending_the_city_code_to... | 2026-09-30 |
| Contractor license / registration | Yes | scstatehouse.gov | 2026-09-30 | |
| Sales & use tax | Published | ST575.pdf | 2026-09-30 |
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
City of Orangeburg, South Carolina
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
1099 Russell Street, Orangeburg, SC 29115
Contact
- url: https://www.orangeburg.sc.us/public-works/building-inspection
- phone: 803-533-6052
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
- state_level: Roofing is a named Residential Specialty Contractor classification of the South Carolina Residential Builders Commission: "Roofers: the installation, alteration and repair of materials common to the residential building industry that form a watertight, weather resistant surface for roofs and decks, including all accessories, flashing, valleys, gravel stops and roof insulation panels above the roof deck." A residential specialty contractor is one who contracts to do "construction work, repairs, improvement, or reimprovement which requires special skills and involves the use of specialized construction trades or craft, when the undertakings exceed five hundred dollars" (S.C. Code Section 40-59-20(7)), and "all residential specialty contractors must be registered, by the commission" (Section 40-59-220(A)). When the cost of an undertaking for an individual property owner "exceeds five thousand dollars, the residential specialty contractor must obtain an executed bond" (Section 40-59-220(D)). A residential builder, one who constructs or superintends the "construction, repair, improvement, or reimprovement of a residential building" when "the cost of the undertaking exceeds five thousand dollars", must be licensed (Sections 40-59-20(6) and 40-59-220(A)). The permit office "shall refuse to issue a permit for an undertaking which requires licensure or registration under this chapter unless the applicant has furnished evidence that he is either licensed or registered in accordance with this chapter or exempt from the requirements of this chapter" (Section 40-59-280). Section 40-59-260 states that the chapter "does not apply to an owner of residential property who improves the property" where the owner "does the work himself, with his own employees, or with licensed contractors or registered entities or individuals" and the structure is for the owner's or family's own occupancy and not for sale or rent, and Section 40-59-270 states that the chapter "does not apply to a person licensed under Chapter 11" for that work. Section 40-59-240(C) provides that "Residential specialty contractors are not exempt from complying with county and municipal business license ordinances or other regulatory ordinances."
- city_level: The City's Application for Building Permit states: "All Contractors and Sub-Contractors must be Licensed by the City of Orangeburg and the state of S.C." It asks for the contractor's "State License #" and "City License #", and has a line for the "Roofer" among the sub-contractors with a licence number. The City's Owner-Builder Information sheet tells an owner that "if I compensate any person or company for work preformed they are required to have a business license in this jurisdiction." The City Business License is administered by the City Finance Department and is a business licence, not a roofing credential. The City publishes no roofing licence class, examination or bond of its own in the documents read (its permit application, owner-builder sheet, fee schedule and the ordinances adopting its building codes); its codified building chapter is not published online.
Permit process note
Apply to the City of Orangeburg Building Inspection Division, 1099 Russell Street, Orangeburg (Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 803-533-6052), on the City's Application for Building Permit, which asks for the location, owner, contractor with State and City licence numbers, a description of the work, the total estimated cost of materials and labor, and whether the work is new construction, demolition, relocation or "Renovation or Repair", with a line for the roofer among the sub-contractors. The Division's page says "Permit Applications may be dropped off at any time" and "Please allow 48 hours for action to be taken on permit applications", and that to meet with an inspector you should call for an appointment. The Division publishes no statement on reroofing and names no roofing permit type; the permit rests on the permit section of the residential code the City adopts, whose relief for "ordinary repairs" is undefined, so confirm with the Division before starting a reroof. State law requires the permit office to see evidence of the contractor's Residential Builders Commission registration or licence, or of an exemption, before it issues the permit. The application notes that the "Permit is void if work has not started within 60 days from this date", and permit fees are doubled if construction begins before the permit is obtained. Inspections need 24 hours' notice.
Inspection requirements
The City's Residential Plan/Inspection Requirements sheet for one and two family dwellings says "There is a 24 hour notice required for inspections" and to give the address, permit number, type of inspection, contractor name and contact phone number when calling in. Its sequential listing of inspection types is written for new dwellings and is described as "a guideline and actual inspections will vary depending on the specific job"; it lists foundation, slab, pier and CMU wall, rough-in (framing, electrical, plumbing, gas, mechanical), insulation, temporary power and final inspections. The framing item lists "Roofing material installed". It describes no separate roof or reroof inspection.
Adopted code
City of Orangeburg Ordinance No. 2023-11, enacted by City Council on May 16, 2023, amends Section 13-9.1 of the City Code to adopt the "International Residential Code, 2021 edition with SC modifications", adds appendices AH, AJ and AQ, and replaces the City's list of amendments to that code with three: it inserts "City of Orangeburg" in Section R101.1, inserts "See attachment 1" in Table R301.2(1) (the ordinance's editor's note reads "Attachment 1 may be found on file in the city offices"), and inserts "6 inches" in Section P2603.6.1. The same ordinance adopts the 2021 International Existing Building Code with two administrative insertions (Sections 101.1 and 103.1) and repeals the previously adopted editions, which were the 2018 editions adopted by Ordinance No. 2021-04 (April 20, 2021). Ordinance No. 2023-23 (December 19, 2023) amends only the fee and penalty provisions of the International Property Maintenance Code. None of the three ordinances, read in full, amends the roofing chapter (Chapter 9) of the residential code. The City's codified Chapter 13 (published "Amended through January 2020" and to be re-codified later) is not available online and was not read; the ordinance text above is the City's enacted adoption. The City's Residential Plan/Inspection Requirements sheet says residential plans "shall be designed to the current edition of the International Residential Code", and its undated Owner-Builder Information sheet still refers to "the 2006 International Residential Code". At the state level, S.C. Code Section 6-9-10(A) requires every municipality to enforce the building codes the Building Codes Council adopts and provides that "The municipality or county shall enforce only the national building and safety codes provided in this chapter." The 2021 International Residential Code with South Carolina modifications (S.C. Code of Regulations 8-1200 et seq.) is the mandatory state residential code for permits applied for before January 1, 2027, the date the Building Codes Council set for local jurisdictions to implement the 2024 edition with South Carolina modifications (State Register Vol. 50, Issue 5, May 22, 2026). The Council's list of approved local modifications carries no roofing modification for the City of Orangeburg. The one South Carolina change to the roofing chapter replaces the drip-edge section: "A drip edge shall be provided at eaves and rake edges of asphalt shingle roofs where required by the manufacturer." (Reg. 8-1228, IRC Section R905.2.8.5.)
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — The City of Orangeburg's ordinances adopting the 2021 International Residential Code with South Carolina modifications (Ordinance No. 2023-11, and Ordinance No. 2023-23 on fees, both read in full) amend only Sections R101.1, Table R301.2(1) and P2603.6.1 of that code and do not amend the roofing chapter's impact provisions; the South Carolina modifications to the 2021 code do not either, and the Building Codes Council lists no approved roofing modification for the City. No UL 2218 or Class 4 impact requirement appears in the City's adopted code or its amendments. The City's codified Chapter 13 is not published online and was not read.
Repair permit threshold
The City of Orangeburg sets no dollar, area or percentage threshold below which roof work is exempt from a permit, and its Building Inspection Division publishes no statement on reroofing. The City adopts the 2021 International Residential Code with South Carolina modifications (Ordinance No. 2023-11), amending its Chapter 1 only in Section R101.1. That code's permit section states: "Any owner or owner's authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of a building or structure ... shall first make application to the building official and obtain the required permit" (Section R105.1), and its repairs section provides: "Application or notice to the building official is not required for ordinary repairs to structures" (Section R105.2.2), without defining "ordinary repairs". Neither section names roof work, and the record does not decide whether a reroof is an ordinary repair. The City's Master Fee Schedule (effective October 1, 2025) has no roofing line; building permit fees run by value of work ("Less than $500" is $25.00, "$501 to $1,000" is $27.00, "$1,001 and Up" is "$27.00 plus $5.00/$1,000"), and "Permit fees shall be doubled if construction begins prior to obtaining permits". The City's codified Chapter 13 is not published online and was not read.
Wind design criteria
The City of Orangeburg's Table R301.2(1) is set by reference: Ordinance No. 2023-11 inserts "See attachment 1" in the table, and its editor's note says the attachment "may be found on file in the city offices", so the current table was not available to read. South Carolina's modification to IRC Section R301.2.1 (Reg. 8-1202) provides that "Buildings and portions thereof shall be constructed in accordance with the previously published maps by the South Carolina Building Codes Council." The Council's approved wind and seismic map for Orangeburg County, which the Council approved "for the 2021 code cycle based on the 2015 International Residential Code", draws two wind-speed lines across the County, marked 120 MPH and 130 MPH. Its note reads: "Wind speed, shown in miles per hour, applies at all points along the length of its corresponding (blue) line. Interpolation between wind speed lines is determined by the AHJ as permitted by Figure R301.2(4)(A) of the 2015 International Residential Code." The City's earlier ordinance adopting the 2018 codes (Ordinance No. 2021-04, April 20, 2021) attached a Table R301.2(1) listing a wind speed of "121-123" mph. Confirm the design wind speed for the job's location with the Building Inspection Division.
Roof layer limit / recover
The 2021 International Residential Code with South Carolina modifications, Section R908.3.1.1 Roof recover not allowed, states that "A roof recover shall not be permitted where any of the following conditions occur", among them "Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering", as well as where the existing roof or covering is water soaked or deteriorated to the point that it is not an adequate base, or is slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile. The South Carolina modifications do not change the reroofing section, and the three City of Orangeburg ordinances read in full (Ordinance No. 2021-04, Ordinance No. 2023-11 and Ordinance No. 2023-23) amend nothing in Chapter 9. The City's codified Chapter 13 is not published online and was not read, so this record states the residential code's rule without declaring the City's layer limit.
Deck & sheathing requirements
The City of Orangeburg applies the 2021 International Residential Code with South Carolina modifications. None of the City's ordinances adopting and amending it (Ordinance No. 2021-04, Ordinance No. 2023-11 and Ordinance No. 2023-23, read in full) amends the roof sheathing provisions (Section R803), and the South Carolina modifications (Reg. 8-1201 through 8-1257) do not amend Section R803, so the base residential code provisions on roof sheathing apply unmodified. The City's codified Chapter 13 is not published online and was not read.
Sales & use tax
7% in the City of Orangeburg: 6% state sales tax plus the 1% Orangeburg County Capital Projects tax (code 1038), per SCDOR form ST-575, South Carolina Sales Tax Rate by Municipality (Rev. 2/5/26), which lists Orangeburg (Orangeburg County) at 7%. South Carolina taxes the roofer, not the homeowner's contract: Reg. 117-314.2 provides that "Building materials when purchased by builders, contractors, or landowners for use in adding to, repairing or altering real property are subject to either the sales or use tax at the time of purchase by such builder, contractor, or landowner", and its list of building materials names "roofing materials". Repair and replacement work are treated alike.
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The Building Inspection Division of the City of Orangeburg Public Works Department reviews residential and commercial building plans, approves building permits and inspects construction within the City of Orangeburg, South Carolina.
Hail reports near Orangeburg, SC
- Reports, last 24 months
- 1
- Largest, last 24 months
- 1.00 in May 29, 2025
- Most recent
- May 29, 2025 1.00 in
- Reports, last 5 years
- 7
| Date | Hail size | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2025 | 1.00 in | 10 mi E |
| Apr 26, 2023 | 0.25 in | 10 mi NNE |
| Apr 26, 2023 | 0.25 in | 10 mi NNE |
| Apr 26, 2023 | 0.25 in | 9 mi NNE |
| Aug 3, 2022 | 0.88 in | 5 mi W |
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database and daily storm reports (reports since the start of the current year are preliminary), within 10 miles of Orangeburg, SC (Census point). Data through Sep 30, 2026. A report is an observation, not a damage record.
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