Permitting Authorities / Borough of Schuylkill Haven - Zoning-Code Department

Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Borough of Schuylkill Haven, PA?

Adopted code

Borough of Schuylkill Haven - Zoning-Code Department

The Borough of Schuylkill Haven's Zoning-Code Department, at 333 Centre Avenue, Schuylkill Haven, takes building permit applications, and Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC is the Borough's third-party UCC inspection agency. 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 Schuylkill Haven, PA

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofNot published
Repair permit thresholdPublishedpacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-09
Layer limit / roof-overPublishedR908.3.1.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-09
Deck & sheathingPublishedR905.2.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-09
Drip edgeNot published
Ice & water shieldNot published
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNopacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-09
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublishedSec. 92-1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-09
Contractor license / registrationYespalegis.us2026-10-09
Sales & use taxPublishedpa.gov2026-10-09

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 Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
333 Centre Avenue, Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972
Contact
  • url: https://www.schuylkillhaven.org/nav/new_page/zoning___code_enforcement/index.php
  • phone: 570-385-2841
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
No Borough of Schuylkill Haven text read names reroofing as permit work or as exempt. The Borough's permit packet (read October 9, 2026) asks applicants to "Submit/return only the permit application and any plans to the Schuylkill Haven Zoning-Code Department" and says "The zoning-Code department will review the application and assess the fees as they apply"; neither it nor the Zoning & Code Enforcement page says whether a reroof needs a permit. Article I of Chapter 92 of the Borough Code, Uniform Construction Code (Ord. No. 1017, adopted June 30, 2004), adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" and adds no permit clause and no roof words of its own; Section 92-5A keeps in force building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 "which equal or exceed the requirements of the code," and the Borough Code as published holds no other building code chapter. The zoning chapter's permit section, Section 210-107, requires a Borough permit for the "Erection, construction, movement, placement or extension of a structure, building or sign" and names no roof work. The Borough's fee schedule (adopted April 2008) prices building permits by value of project, and the agency's residential fee schedule in the packet has a line "Alteration, Renovations & Repairs (if applicable)"; neither has a roofing line. 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." Because the Borough's only general building permit clause is the state code's own, adopted by reference, and neither the Borough nor its agency has published a statement on reroofs, this record does not decide whether the Borough requires a permit for an ordinary reroof. The packet says "Work is not allowed to commence until" "A payment in full is received and the valid permit is clearly, visibly posted on the job site," and that applicants will be notified within 15 days if a permit is approved or denied. Applications go by mail or email to the Borough at 333 Centre Avenue, Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972-1007. The Zoning & Code Enforcement office is open 8 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, at 570-385-2841, extension 107. Read for this answer: Chapter 92 of the Borough Code, Building Construction (Sections 92-1 to 92-8), in full; Chapter 114, Fees and Permits, in full, whose fee schedule is a separate resolution; Chapter 160, Property Maintenance, in full; Article I of the zoning chapter, Administration, in full; every page of a search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing," which found no permit provision naming roof work; the Borough's Zoning & Code Enforcement and Applications & Forms pages; and the Borough's 29-page permit packet, with the permit application, the Borough fee schedule and the agency's fee schedule.
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, The Borough of Schuylkill Haven takes permit applications through its Zoning-Code Department and administers the code through Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC: Section 92-1 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 92-3 allows "the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough of Schuylkill Haven," and the Borough's permit packet names Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC, of Cressona, under the heading "Third Party Commercial & UCC inspection agency contact information." Section 92-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" and incorporates it by reference "as the municipal building code of the Borough of Schuylkill Haven," and Chapter 92 changes nothing in the code's roofing provisions. Neither Chapter 92 nor the Borough's pages name a code edition.
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — No impact-resistance requirement under state law. The State's adoption of the 2021 International Residential Code (34 Pa. Code 403.21) contains no hail or impact rule, and it makes no change to the code's roof assemblies chapter, which itself has no UL 2218, Class 4 or hail-impact requirement for roof coverings. A municipality could add one only by an ordinance that equals or exceeds the Uniform Construction Code under Act 45 section 503, filed with the Department of Labor and Industry; none of the filings on the Department's register of municipal code change ordinances mentions hail or impact resistance. An owner may still choose an impact-rated roof covering. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, The Borough of Schuylkill Haven takes permit applications through its Zoning-Code Department and administers the code through Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC: Section 92-1 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 92-3 allows "the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough of Schuylkill Haven," and the Borough's permit packet names Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC, of Cressona, under the heading "Third Party Commercial & UCC inspection agency contact information." Chapter 92 of the Borough Code, read in full, adds no impact-resistance rule; no UL 2218 or Class 4 requirement appears in it or in a search of the whole Borough Code for "roof."
Repair permit threshold
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, The Borough of Schuylkill Haven takes permit applications through its Zoning-Code Department and administers the code through Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC: Section 92-1 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 92-3 allows "the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough of Schuylkill Haven," and the Borough's permit packet names Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC, of Cressona, under the heading "Third Party Commercial & UCC inspection agency contact information." Article I of Chapter 92 of the Borough Code, Uniform Construction Code (Ord. No. 1017, adopted June 30, 2004), adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" and adds no permit clause and no roof words of its own; Section 92-5A keeps in force building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 "which equal or exceed the requirements of the code," and the Borough Code as published holds no other building code chapter. The zoning chapter's permit section, Section 210-107, requires a Borough permit for the "Erection, construction, movement, placement or extension of a structure, building or sign" and names no roof work. The Borough's fee schedule (adopted April 2008) prices building permits by value of project, and the agency's residential fee schedule in the packet has a line "Alteration, Renovations & Repairs (if applicable)"; neither has a roofing line. No Borough text read sets an area, percentage or cost threshold for roof work, and none names reroofing as permit work or as exempt.
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, The Borough of Schuylkill Haven takes permit applications through its Zoning-Code Department and administers the code through Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC: Section 92-1 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 92-3 allows "the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough of Schuylkill Haven," and the Borough's permit packet names Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC, of Cressona, under the heading "Third Party Commercial & UCC inspection agency contact information." Chapter 92 of the Borough Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and the Borough's pages say nothing on roof layers.
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, The Borough of Schuylkill Haven takes permit applications through its Zoning-Code Department and administers the code through Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC: Section 92-1 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 92-3 allows "the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough of Schuylkill Haven," and the Borough's permit packet names Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC, of Cressona, under the heading "Third Party Commercial & UCC inspection agency contact information." Chapter 92 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.
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. The Borough of Schuylkill Haven is in Schuylkill County. The Borough's permit pages and fee schedule say nothing on sales tax.

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Roofing questions: Borough of Schuylkill Haven, PA

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

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, The Borough of Schuylkill Haven takes permit applications through its Zoning-Code Department and administers the code through Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC: Section 92-1 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 92-3 allows "the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough of Schuylkill Haven," and the Borough's permit packet names Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC, of Cressona, under the heading "Third Party Commercial & UCC inspection agency contact information." Article I of Chapter 92 of the Borough Code, Uniform Construction Code (Ord. No. 1017, adopted June 30, 2004), adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" and adds no permit clause and no roof words of its own; Section 92-5A keeps in force building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 "which equal or exceed the requirements of the code," and the Borough Code as published holds no other building code chapter. The zoning chapter's permit section, Section 210-107, requires a Borough permit for the "Erection, construction, movement, placement or extension of a structure, building or sign" and names no roof work. The Borough's fee schedule (adopted April 2008) prices building permits by value of project, and the agency's residential fee schedule in the packet has a line "Alteration, Renovations & Repairs (if applicable)"; neither has a roofing line. No Borough text read sets an area, percentage or cost threshold for roof work, and none names reroofing as permit work or as exempt.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Borough of Schuylkill Haven, 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, The Borough of Schuylkill Haven takes permit applications through its Zoning-Code Department and administers the code through Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC: Section 92-1 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 92-3 allows "the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough of Schuylkill Haven," and the Borough's permit packet names Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC, of Cressona, under the heading "Third Party Commercial & UCC inspection agency contact information." Chapter 92 of the Borough Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and the Borough's pages say nothing on roof layers.

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

Yes.

What building code does Borough of Schuylkill Haven, 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, The Borough of Schuylkill Haven takes permit applications through its Zoning-Code Department and administers the code through Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC: Section 92-1 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," Section 92-3 allows "the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough of Schuylkill Haven," and the Borough's permit packet names Comprehensive Inspection Agency, LLC, of Cressona, under the heading "Third Party Commercial & UCC inspection agency contact information." Section 92-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" and incorporates it by reference "as the municipal building code of the Borough of Schuylkill Haven," and Chapter 92 changes nothing in the code's roofing provisions. Neither Chapter 92 nor the Borough's pages name a code edition.