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Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Borough of Sinking Spring, PA?
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Sinking Spring Borough - Building and Zoning Permits
No, Borough of Sinking Spring, PA does not require a permit for like-for-like roof replacement (Sinking Spring Borough - Building and Zoning Permits). Sinking Spring Borough's permit sheet speaks to new roofing shingles: it says a building permit would be required for new roof supports, but not for new roofing shingles. The Borough's Permit Instructions sheet, posted on its Permit Information page, says "A building permit is required for any changes to an existing structure which affects the structural integrity of the building, but not for any cosmetic changes. For example, a building permit would be required for new roof supports, but not for new roofing shingles." No Borough ordinance read for this record names roof work either way; the no-permit reading for shingles is the Borough's stated practice on that sheet. Chapter 87 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 533, adopted 6-3-2004) elects to administer and enforce the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act and adopts "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 to 405, as amended from time to time" by reference as the Borough's building code; it adds no permit clause of its own and names no roof work. The Borough's fee schedule (Resolution No. 2008-2) has no roofing line; its residential building permit fees cover new construction, alterations, renovations or modifications of an existing building or structure, mobile homes, pools, decks, fences and demolition, and the Borough's building permit application has no roofing box among its type-of-work boxes. The same sheet also says "A zoning permit is required for ANY improvement to a property," and Section 196-55 of the Zoning chapter requires a zoning permit "For any erection, construction, alteration, extension, replacement, relocation, removal or conversion of any building or structure"; neither names roof work, and the Borough's residential zoning permit fees list signs, fences, decks, pools, sheds, patios and porches, principal and accessory structures, additions, home occupations and sidewalks, with no roofing line. Ask the Borough office whether a zoning permit is wanted for a 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." The sheet says appeals of the inspector's rulings go to the Berks County Uniform Construction Code Board of Appeals. The Borough office is at 610-678-4903. Read for this record: Chapter 87 of the Borough Code, Construction Codes, Uniform (Sections 87-1 to 87-11), in full, the Borough's only building-code chapter in the code's table of contents; Article VII of the Zoning chapter (Sections 196-54 to 196-58); every page of a search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing"; the Borough's Permit Information and Contact pages; its Permit Instructions sheet, building permit application and zoning permit application; and the fee schedule, Resolution No. 2008-2.
Roof code checklist: Borough of Sinking Spring, PA
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Jurisdiction
Borough of Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania
Address
3940 Penn Avenue, Sinking Spring, PA 19608
Contact
- url: https://sinkingspringboro.org/contact
- phone: 610-678-4903
Roofing permit required
Not required
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
Sinking Spring Borough's permit sheet speaks to new roofing shingles: it says a building permit would be required for new roof supports, but not for new roofing shingles. The Borough's Permit Instructions sheet, posted on its Permit Information page, says "A building permit is required for any changes to an existing structure which affects the structural integrity of the building, but not for any cosmetic changes. For example, a building permit would be required for new roof supports, but not for new roofing shingles." No Borough ordinance read for this record names roof work either way; the no-permit reading for shingles is the Borough's stated practice on that sheet. Chapter 87 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 533, adopted 6-3-2004) elects to administer and enforce the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act and adopts "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 to 405, as amended from time to time" by reference as the Borough's building code; it adds no permit clause of its own and names no roof work. The Borough's fee schedule (Resolution No. 2008-2) has no roofing line; its residential building permit fees cover new construction, alterations, renovations or modifications of an existing building or structure, mobile homes, pools, decks, fences and demolition, and the Borough's building permit application has no roofing box among its type-of-work boxes. The same sheet also says "A zoning permit is required for ANY improvement to a property," and Section 196-55 of the Zoning chapter requires a zoning permit "For any erection, construction, alteration, extension, replacement, relocation, removal or conversion of any building or structure"; neither names roof work, and the Borough's residential zoning permit fees list signs, fences, decks, pools, sheds, patios and porches, principal and accessory structures, additions, home occupations and sidewalks, with no roofing line. Ask the Borough office whether a zoning permit is wanted for a 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." The sheet says appeals of the inspector's rulings go to the Berks County Uniform Construction Code Board of Appeals. The Borough office is at 610-678-4903. Read for this record: Chapter 87 of the Borough Code, Construction Codes, Uniform (Sections 87-1 to 87-11), in full, the Borough's only building-code chapter in the code's table of contents; Article VII of the Zoning chapter (Sections 196-54 to 196-58); every page of a search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing"; the Borough's Permit Information and Contact pages; its Permit Instructions sheet, building permit application and zoning permit application; and the fee schedule, Resolution No. 2008-2.
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, Sinking Spring Borough in Berks County issues its own building and zoning permits at the Borough office, 3940 Penn Avenue, Sinking Spring; its Permit Instructions sheet names the Borough's building inspector, who is also its zoning officer and codes enforcement officer, and names Kraft Code Services as its plumbing and electrical inspector. Chapter 87 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 533, adopted 6-3-2004) elects to administer and enforce the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act and adopts "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 to 405, as amended from time to time" by reference as the Borough's building code; it adds no permit clause of its own and names no roof work. The Borough's Permit Instructions sheet names the "2006 International Building Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical, Energy, and Fire Codes" and no residential code edition; this record does not decide which edition the Borough applies.
Repair permit threshold
Sinking Spring Borough's own permit sheet says a building permit is required for new roof supports but not for new roofing shingles. The Borough's Permit Instructions sheet, posted on its Permit Information page, says "A building permit is required for any changes to an existing structure which affects the structural integrity of the building, but not for any cosmetic changes. For example, a building permit would be required for new roof supports, but not for new roofing shingles." Chapter 87 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 533, adopted 6-3-2004) elects to administer and enforce the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act and adopts "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 to 405, as amended from time to time" by reference as the Borough's building code; it adds no permit clause of its own and names no roof work. The Borough's fee schedule (Resolution No. 2008-2) has no roofing line; its residential building permit fees cover new construction, alterations, renovations or modifications of an existing building or structure, mobile homes, pools, decks, fences and demolition, and the Borough's building permit application has no roofing box among its type-of-work boxes. The same sheet also says "A zoning permit is required for ANY improvement to a property," and Section 196-55 of the Zoning chapter requires a zoning permit "For any erection, construction, alteration, extension, replacement, relocation, removal or conversion of any building or structure"; neither names roof work, and the Borough's residential zoning permit fees list signs, fences, decks, pools, sheds, patios and porches, principal and accessory structures, additions, home occupations and sidewalks, with no roofing line. Ask the Borough office whether a zoning permit is wanted for a 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." 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, Sinking Spring Borough in Berks County issues its own building and zoning permits at the Borough office, 3940 Penn Avenue, Sinking Spring; its Permit Instructions sheet names the Borough's building inspector, who is also its zoning officer and codes enforcement officer, and names Kraft Code Services as its plumbing and electrical inspector. The Borough's line, quoted at the start, falls at changes that affect the structural integrity of the building, such as new roof supports; no Borough text read for this record sets a roof area or cost threshold.
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, Sinking Spring Borough in Berks County issues its own building and zoning permits at the Borough office, 3940 Penn Avenue, Sinking Spring; its Permit Instructions sheet names the Borough's building inspector, who is also its zoning officer and codes enforcement officer, and names Kraft Code Services as its plumbing and electrical inspector. Chapter 87 of the Borough Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and no Borough text read for this record says anything on roof layers. The Borough's Permit Instructions sheet names the "2006 International Building Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical, Energy, and Fire Codes" and no residential code edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, and this record does not decide which edition the Borough applies.
Deck & sheathing requirements
State rules from the base code, where the state code reaches the job. Pennsylvania adopts the 2021 International Residential Code without changing Section R803, Roof Sheathing (34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7); the State's changes to Chapter 8 are to ridge framing and attic ventilation). Lumber roof sheathing follows Table R803.1: over rafters or beams 24 inches apart it must be at least 5/8 inch net thick. Wood structural panels "shall be identified for grade, bond classification and performance category by a grade mark or certificate of inspection issued by an approved agency," and their spans "shall not exceed the values set forth in Table R503.2.1.1(1) or APA E30." For shingles, "Asphalt shingles shall be fastened to solidly sheathed decks" (R905.2.1), and on any reroof "The structural roof components shall be capable of supporting the roof covering system and the material and equipment loads that will be encountered during installation of the roof covering system" (R908.2). These rules bind work the Uniform Construction Code reaches; the Act does not apply to "Repairs to residential buildings" or to alterations that make no structural change, "except as might be required by ordinances" (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6)). Act 45 section 104(b)(5) excludes alterations "which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" and says only that "a structural change does not include a minor framing change needed to replace existing windows or doors"; 34 Pa. Code 403.62(d)(2) lists "The removal or cutting of any structural beam or load-bearing support" as not an ordinary repair. Neither names roof sheathing; this record does not decide whether replacing it is either. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, Sinking Spring Borough in Berks County issues its own building and zoning permits at the Borough office, 3940 Penn Avenue, Sinking Spring; its Permit Instructions sheet names the Borough's building inspector, who is also its zoning officer and codes enforcement officer, and names Kraft Code Services as its plumbing and electrical inspector. The Borough's Permit Instructions sheet says a building permit would be required for new roof supports but not for new roofing shingles, and draws no separate line for roof sheathing. The Borough's Permit Instructions sheet names the "2006 International Building Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical, Energy, and Fire Codes" and no residential code edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, and this record does not decide which edition the Borough applies.
Sales & use tax
6% Pennsylvania sales and use tax, with a local tax added on purchases made in Allegheny County (1%) and Philadelphia (2%). On a reroof the roofer pays the tax on the materials and does not add it to the homeowner's bill. The Department of Revenue says: "The Pennsylvania sales tax rate is 6 percent. By law, a 1 percent local tax is added to purchases made in Allegheny County, and 2 percent local tax is added to purchases made in Philadelphia." Roof work is a construction activity: the rule's list of items "presumed to become a permanent part of real estate" includes "Roofing (repairs)" (61 Pa. Code 31.11). For construction activities, "A contractor shall pay tax upon the purchase price ... of all property, including materials, equipment, components and supplies, which he furnishes and installs" (61 Pa. Code 31.12(a)(1)), and the rule's example says the contractor "does not charge sales tax on this transaction to his customer. The contractor may include the tax he must pay in his bid proposal but not as a separately stated item." Apart from limited exceptions set out in the rule, the same holds on jobs for tax-exempt owners: "a contractor erecting a building, repairing a roof, replacing a door for a governmental agency, ... school district, charitable or religious organization, and the like, shall pay tax upon the property which he consumes" (61 Pa. Code 31.13(a)). Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Sinking Spring Borough is in Berks County. No Borough text read for this record says anything on sales tax.
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Sinking Spring Borough in Berks County issues its own building and zoning permits at the Borough office, 3940 Penn Avenue, and its Permit Instructions sheet says a building permit would be required for new roof supports but not for new roofing shingles. 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 Sinking Spring, PA?
No, Borough of Sinking Spring, PA does not require a permit to replace a roof. Sinking Spring Borough's own permit sheet says a building permit is required for new roof supports but not for new roofing shingles. The Borough's Permit Instructions sheet, posted on its Permit Information page, says "A building permit is required for any changes to an existing structure which affects the structural integrity of the building, but not for any cosmetic changes. For example, a building permit would be required for new roof supports, but not for new roofing shingles." Chapter 87 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 533, adopted 6-3-2004) elects to administer and enforce the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act and adopts "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 to 405, as amended from time to time" by reference as the Borough's building code; it adds no permit clause of its own and names no roof work. The Borough's fee schedule (Resolution No. 2008-2) has no roofing line; its residential building permit fees cover new construction, alterations, renovations or modifications of an existing building or structure, mobile homes, pools, decks, fences and demolition, and the Borough's building permit application has no roofing box among its type-of-work boxes. The same sheet also says "A zoning permit is required for ANY improvement to a property," and Section 196-55 of the Zoning chapter requires a zoning permit "For any erection, construction, alteration, extension, replacement, relocation, removal or conversion of any building or structure"; neither names roof work, and the Borough's residential zoning permit fees list signs, fences, decks, pools, sheds, patios and porches, principal and accessory structures, additions, home occupations and sidewalks, with no roofing line. Ask the Borough office whether a zoning permit is wanted for a 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." 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, Sinking Spring Borough in Berks County issues its own building and zoning permits at the Borough office, 3940 Penn Avenue, Sinking Spring; its Permit Instructions sheet names the Borough's building inspector, who is also its zoning officer and codes enforcement officer, and names Kraft Code Services as its plumbing and electrical inspector. The Borough's line, quoted at the start, falls at changes that affect the structural integrity of the building, such as new roof supports; no Borough text read for this record sets a roof area or cost threshold.
Can you roof over an existing roof in Borough of Sinking Spring, 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, Sinking Spring Borough in Berks County issues its own building and zoning permits at the Borough office, 3940 Penn Avenue, Sinking Spring; its Permit Instructions sheet names the Borough's building inspector, who is also its zoning officer and codes enforcement officer, and names Kraft Code Services as its plumbing and electrical inspector. Chapter 87 of the Borough Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and no Borough text read for this record says anything on roof layers. The Borough's Permit Instructions sheet names the "2006 International Building Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical, Energy, and Fire Codes" and no residential code edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, and this record does not decide which edition the Borough applies.
Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Borough of Sinking Spring, PA?
Yes.
What building code does Borough of Sinking Spring, 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, Sinking Spring Borough in Berks County issues its own building and zoning permits at the Borough office, 3940 Penn Avenue, Sinking Spring; its Permit Instructions sheet names the Borough's building inspector, who is also its zoning officer and codes enforcement officer, and names Kraft Code Services as its plumbing and electrical inspector. Chapter 87 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 533, adopted 6-3-2004) elects to administer and enforce the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act and adopts "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 to 405, as amended from time to time" by reference as the Borough's building code; it adds no permit clause of its own and names no roof work. The Borough's Permit Instructions sheet names the "2006 International Building Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical, Energy, and Fire Codes" and no residential code edition; this record does not decide which edition the Borough applies.