Permitting Authorities / Red Hill Borough - Building and Zoning Permits
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Borough of Red Hill, PA?
Adopted code
Red Hill Borough - Building and Zoning Permits
No, Borough of Red Hill, PA does not require a permit for like-for-like roof replacement (Red Hill Borough - Building and Zoning Permits). Red Hill Borough's code says no permit is required for installation or replacement of roofing on an existing building provided there are no structural changes. Section 5-102.1 of the Borough Code, "Work Exempt from Permit (§ R105.2 of International Residential Code)" (Ord. 433, October 13, 2004, as amended by Ord. 435, February 9, 2005; item A(7) added by Ord. No. 2020-572, December 9, 2020; read October 12, 2026), says "Permits shall not be required for the following. Exemption from the permit requirements of this code shall not be deemed to grant authorization for any work to be done in any manner in violation of the provisions of this code or any other laws or ordinances of this jurisdiction." Its building list includes "Installation or replacement of roofing on an existing building, including replacement of some or all boards or sheeting on the roof deck provided there are no structural changes." The condition is that there be no structural changes; the exemption names roofing and roof-deck boards or sheeting. Section 5-105 keeps building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 "which equal or exceed the requirements of the UCC" in effect, and this record does not decide how that section bears on Section 5-102.1. Chapter 4 of the Borough Code (Buildings) has no permit or roofing provision. The Borough's 2026 fee schedule (Resolution No. 2026-04, effective March 12, 2026, read as a scanned document) prices residential work under "Alterations and Renovations" at "1.5% of total cost of construction (materials and labor)" and has no roofing line. The Borough's Building Permit Application offers "Alteration" among its boxes of proposed construction and names no roofing, and its Zoning Permit Application and zoning fee lines name no roof work other than roof signs. A search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing" found, beyond definitions and stormwater and sign provisions, only Section 27-318, the Residential Office Preservation Overlay District, which applies to Main Street frontage properties that opt into it by recording a facade easement and says that when changes are proposed to an existing building, "including, but not limited to, roofing," the applicant agrees to have the plan reviewed by an historical consultant; that overlay is a zoning condition on those properties and does not speak to an ordinary house reroof. 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." Work that needs a permit and goes ahead without one risks the Borough's fee line "Work without a permit or commencing will result in the permit fee being DOUBLED" and the penalty in Section 5-107, a summary offense punished by "a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs." Permit applications go to the Borough office, and the Forms page says "Code and Zoning Officials have fifteen (15) business days to review and approve or deny a permit application once all required information, documentation, and project requirements have been submitted and satisfied." The Borough office is open Monday to Thursday, 10 am to 2 pm, at 215-679-2040. Read for this record: Chapter 5, Part 1 of the Borough Code (Sections 5-101 to 5-111, the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code), in full; Chapter 4 (Buildings); every page of a search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing"; Section 27-318; the Forms, Documents and Permit Applications and Administration pages; the 2026 fee schedule; and the Building Permit and Zoning Permit Applications.
Roof code checklist: Borough of Red Hill, PA
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Jurisdiction
Borough of Red Hill, Pennsylvania
Address
56 West Fourth Street, Red Hill, PA 18076
Contact
- url: https://www.redhillborough.org/1221/Forms-Documents-Permit-Applications
- phone: 215-679-2040
Roofing permit required
Not required
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
Red Hill Borough's code says no permit is required for installation or replacement of roofing on an existing building provided there are no structural changes. Section 5-102.1 of the Borough Code, "Work Exempt from Permit (§ R105.2 of International Residential Code)" (Ord. 433, October 13, 2004, as amended by Ord. 435, February 9, 2005; item A(7) added by Ord. No. 2020-572, December 9, 2020; read October 12, 2026), says "Permits shall not be required for the following. Exemption from the permit requirements of this code shall not be deemed to grant authorization for any work to be done in any manner in violation of the provisions of this code or any other laws or ordinances of this jurisdiction." Its building list includes "Installation or replacement of roofing on an existing building, including replacement of some or all boards or sheeting on the roof deck provided there are no structural changes." The condition is that there be no structural changes; the exemption names roofing and roof-deck boards or sheeting. Section 5-105 keeps building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 "which equal or exceed the requirements of the UCC" in effect, and this record does not decide how that section bears on Section 5-102.1. Chapter 4 of the Borough Code (Buildings) has no permit or roofing provision. The Borough's 2026 fee schedule (Resolution No. 2026-04, effective March 12, 2026, read as a scanned document) prices residential work under "Alterations and Renovations" at "1.5% of total cost of construction (materials and labor)" and has no roofing line. The Borough's Building Permit Application offers "Alteration" among its boxes of proposed construction and names no roofing, and its Zoning Permit Application and zoning fee lines name no roof work other than roof signs. A search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing" found, beyond definitions and stormwater and sign provisions, only Section 27-318, the Residential Office Preservation Overlay District, which applies to Main Street frontage properties that opt into it by recording a facade easement and says that when changes are proposed to an existing building, "including, but not limited to, roofing," the applicant agrees to have the plan reviewed by an historical consultant; that overlay is a zoning condition on those properties and does not speak to an ordinary house reroof. 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." Work that needs a permit and goes ahead without one risks the Borough's fee line "Work without a permit or commencing will result in the permit fee being DOUBLED" and the penalty in Section 5-107, a summary offense punished by "a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs." Permit applications go to the Borough office, and the Forms page says "Code and Zoning Officials have fifteen (15) business days to review and approve or deny a permit application once all required information, documentation, and project requirements have been submitted and satisfied." The Borough office is open Monday to Thursday, 10 am to 2 pm, at 215-679-2040. Read for this record: Chapter 5, Part 1 of the Borough Code (Sections 5-101 to 5-111, the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code), in full; Chapter 4 (Buildings); every page of a search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing"; Section 27-318; the Forms, Documents and Permit Applications and Administration pages; the 2026 fee schedule; and the Building Permit and Zoning Permit Applications.
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, Red Hill Borough issues permits through its Borough office, at 56 West Fourth Street: Section 5-101 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 5-102 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" as the building code of the Borough, the Borough's Forms page says "All permit applications must be sent directly to the borough office," and its Administration page lists an administrative assistant as the "Building, Zoning , U&O, Residential Rental & Commercial Fire Safety Clerk." Section 5-103 lets Borough Council choose by resolution among a Borough code official, retained third-party agencies and other arrangements, and the pages read do not say which is in use. Section 5-102.1 changes the code's permit exemptions only, as quoted in the permit fields, and nothing in Chapter 5, Part 1 changes the code's roofing provisions. The Borough's pages name no construction code edition; its fee schedule refers to "the 2018 IRC definition of a residential building, and any subsequent revisions" and names no other edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, and this record has not read the 2018 edition's text and does not decide which edition the Borough applies.
Repair permit threshold
Red Hill Borough's code says no permit is required for installation or replacement of roofing on an existing building provided there are no structural changes. Section 5-102.1 of the Borough Code, "Work Exempt from Permit (§ R105.2 of International Residential Code)" (Ord. 433, October 13, 2004, as amended by Ord. 435, February 9, 2005; item A(7) added by Ord. No. 2020-572, December 9, 2020; read October 12, 2026), says "Permits shall not be required for the following. Exemption from the permit requirements of this code shall not be deemed to grant authorization for any work to be done in any manner in violation of the provisions of this code or any other laws or ordinances of this jurisdiction." Its building list includes "Installation or replacement of roofing on an existing building, including replacement of some or all boards or sheeting on the roof deck provided there are no structural changes." The condition is that there be no structural changes; the exemption names roofing and roof-deck boards or sheeting. Section 5-105 keeps building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 "which equal or exceed the requirements of the UCC" in effect, and this record does not decide how that section bears on Section 5-102.1. Chapter 4 of the Borough Code (Buildings) has no permit or roofing provision. The Borough's 2026 fee schedule (Resolution No. 2026-04, effective March 12, 2026, read as a scanned document) prices residential work under "Alterations and Renovations" at "1.5% of total cost of construction (materials and labor)" and has no roofing line. The Borough's Building Permit Application offers "Alteration" among its boxes of proposed construction and names no roofing, and its Zoning Permit Application and zoning fee lines name no roof work other than roof signs. 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." Work that needs a permit and goes ahead without one risks the Borough's fee line "Work without a permit or commencing will result in the permit fee being DOUBLED" and the penalty in Section 5-107, a summary offense punished by "a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs." 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, Red Hill Borough issues permits through its Borough office, at 56 West Fourth Street: Section 5-101 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 5-102 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" as the building code of the Borough, the Borough's Forms page says "All permit applications must be sent directly to the borough office," and its Administration page lists an administrative assistant as the "Building, Zoning , U&O, Residential Rental & Commercial Fire Safety Clerk." Section 5-103 lets Borough Council choose by resolution among a Borough code official, retained third-party agencies and other arrangements, and the pages read do not say which is in use. Its line is the one in Section 5-102.1 quoted at the start: roofing installation or replacement, including roof-deck boards or sheeting, needs no permit when there are no structural changes, and 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, Red Hill Borough issues permits through its Borough office, at 56 West Fourth Street: Section 5-101 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 5-102 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" as the building code of the Borough, the Borough's Forms page says "All permit applications must be sent directly to the borough office," and its Administration page lists an administrative assistant as the "Building, Zoning , U&O, Residential Rental & Commercial Fire Safety Clerk." Section 5-103 lets Borough Council choose by resolution among a Borough code official, retained third-party agencies and other arrangements, and the pages read do not say which is in use. Chapter 5, Part 1 of the Borough Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, Section 5-102.1 says no permit is required for installation or replacement of roofing on an existing building provided there are no structural changes, and the Borough's pages say nothing on roof layers. The Borough's fee schedule refers to the 2018 IRC for a definition only, and this record has not read the 2018 edition's text.
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, Red Hill Borough issues permits through its Borough office, at 56 West Fourth Street: Section 5-101 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 5-102 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" as the building code of the Borough, the Borough's Forms page says "All permit applications must be sent directly to the borough office," and its Administration page lists an administrative assistant as the "Building, Zoning , U&O, Residential Rental & Commercial Fire Safety Clerk." Section 5-103 lets Borough Council choose by resolution among a Borough code official, retained third-party agencies and other arrangements, and the pages read do not say which is in use. Section 5-102.1 draws its own line: the permit exemption covers "replacement of some or all boards or sheeting on the roof deck provided there are no structural changes." The Borough's pages say nothing else on roof sheathing.
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. Red Hill Borough is in Montgomery County. The Borough's pages and 2026 fee schedule say nothing on sales tax.
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Red Hill Borough in Montgomery County takes permit applications at its Borough office, 56 West Fourth Street, and its code says permits are not required for installation or replacement of roofing on an existing building provided there are no structural changes. The Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code applies statewide, but Act 45 section 104(b) lists "Repairs to residential buildings" and alterations that make no structural or egress change among work it does not apply to, "except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503."
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Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Borough of Red Hill, PA?
No, Borough of Red Hill, PA does not require a permit to replace a roof. Red Hill Borough's code says no permit is required for installation or replacement of roofing on an existing building provided there are no structural changes. Section 5-102.1 of the Borough Code, "Work Exempt from Permit (§ R105.2 of International Residential Code)" (Ord. 433, October 13, 2004, as amended by Ord. 435, February 9, 2005; item A(7) added by Ord. No. 2020-572, December 9, 2020; read October 12, 2026), says "Permits shall not be required for the following. Exemption from the permit requirements of this code shall not be deemed to grant authorization for any work to be done in any manner in violation of the provisions of this code or any other laws or ordinances of this jurisdiction." Its building list includes "Installation or replacement of roofing on an existing building, including replacement of some or all boards or sheeting on the roof deck provided there are no structural changes." The condition is that there be no structural changes; the exemption names roofing and roof-deck boards or sheeting. Section 5-105 keeps building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 "which equal or exceed the requirements of the UCC" in effect, and this record does not decide how that section bears on Section 5-102.1. Chapter 4 of the Borough Code (Buildings) has no permit or roofing provision. The Borough's 2026 fee schedule (Resolution No. 2026-04, effective March 12, 2026, read as a scanned document) prices residential work under "Alterations and Renovations" at "1.5% of total cost of construction (materials and labor)" and has no roofing line. The Borough's Building Permit Application offers "Alteration" among its boxes of proposed construction and names no roofing, and its Zoning Permit Application and zoning fee lines name no roof work other than roof signs. 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." Work that needs a permit and goes ahead without one risks the Borough's fee line "Work without a permit or commencing will result in the permit fee being DOUBLED" and the penalty in Section 5-107, a summary offense punished by "a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs." 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, Red Hill Borough issues permits through its Borough office, at 56 West Fourth Street: Section 5-101 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 5-102 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" as the building code of the Borough, the Borough's Forms page says "All permit applications must be sent directly to the borough office," and its Administration page lists an administrative assistant as the "Building, Zoning , U&O, Residential Rental & Commercial Fire Safety Clerk." Section 5-103 lets Borough Council choose by resolution among a Borough code official, retained third-party agencies and other arrangements, and the pages read do not say which is in use. Its line is the one in Section 5-102.1 quoted at the start: roofing installation or replacement, including roof-deck boards or sheeting, needs no permit when there are no structural changes, and 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 Red Hill, 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, Red Hill Borough issues permits through its Borough office, at 56 West Fourth Street: Section 5-101 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 5-102 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" as the building code of the Borough, the Borough's Forms page says "All permit applications must be sent directly to the borough office," and its Administration page lists an administrative assistant as the "Building, Zoning , U&O, Residential Rental & Commercial Fire Safety Clerk." Section 5-103 lets Borough Council choose by resolution among a Borough code official, retained third-party agencies and other arrangements, and the pages read do not say which is in use. Chapter 5, Part 1 of the Borough Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, Section 5-102.1 says no permit is required for installation or replacement of roofing on an existing building provided there are no structural changes, and the Borough's pages say nothing on roof layers. The Borough's fee schedule refers to the 2018 IRC for a definition only, and this record has not read the 2018 edition's text.
Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Borough of Red Hill, PA?
Yes.
What building code does Borough of Red Hill, 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, Red Hill Borough issues permits through its Borough office, at 56 West Fourth Street: Section 5-101 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 5-102 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" as the building code of the Borough, the Borough's Forms page says "All permit applications must be sent directly to the borough office," and its Administration page lists an administrative assistant as the "Building, Zoning , U&O, Residential Rental & Commercial Fire Safety Clerk." Section 5-103 lets Borough Council choose by resolution among a Borough code official, retained third-party agencies and other arrangements, and the pages read do not say which is in use. Section 5-102.1 changes the code's permit exemptions only, as quoted in the permit fields, and nothing in Chapter 5, Part 1 changes the code's roofing provisions. The Borough's pages name no construction code edition; its fee schedule refers to "the 2018 IRC definition of a residential building, and any subsequent revisions" and names no other edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, and this record has not read the 2018 edition's text and does not decide which edition the Borough applies.