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Upper Frederick Township - Code Enforcement (LTL Consultants, Ltd.)

Upper Frederick Township in Montgomery County takes building permits through its Code Enforcement Officer, provided by its third-party agency, LTL Consultants, Ltd. 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: Township of Upper Frederick, 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) roofingNot published
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublishedSec. 112-8pacodeandbulletin.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
Township of Upper Frederick, Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
P.O. Box 241, Oley, PA 19547
Contact
  • url: https://upperfrederick.org/code-enforcement/
  • phone: 610-987-9290
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
Section 112-11K of the Township Code (amended June 13, 2005, by Ord. No. 05-06) says that "In addition to all types of construction, placement of structures, repairs and alterations for which the Uniform Construction Code requires a permit," the Township "shall require persons to obtain permits" for "All alterations or repairs to residential buildings which are exempt from the UCC by Act 92 of 2004; provided, however, that the following types of alterations and repairs shall continue to be exempt, and no permit will be required," and the second listed exemption is "Reroofing of less than 25% of the total existing roof square footage." The Township's 2026 fee schedule (Resolution No. 2025-15) says under residential building permits: "Re-roofing- non-structural roof work (replacing shingles) does not require a permit. Structural roof work shall obtain a building permit. The Code Enforcement Officer may require structural analysis of the building structure by a registered engineer. $200.00." The ordinance section is in the current Township Code; the fee schedule is a 2026 Board resolution. The Department of Labor and Industry's register of municipal code change ordinances lists an Upper Frederick Township filing that "Requires a building permit for all residential alterations and repairs, and establishes 9 exceptions," found in compliance with an approval letter mailed June 13, 2005, "Enacted 8 / 11 / 05." 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 of a municipal ordinance that adds to the code, section 503(c) says "An ordinance under this subsection shall not be effective nor enforceable unless subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) have been satisfied." 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 ordinance and the fee schedule answer an ordinary full reroof differently, so this record does not decide whether the Township requires a permit for one. Ask the Code Enforcement Officer at LTL Consultants (610-987-9290, ext. 229) before starting. The fee schedule says that for "work requiring permits per the Uniform Construction Code and the Upper Frederick Code of Ordinances, that commence prior to the issuance of a permit" the fee "will be double the permit fee or $250.00, whichever is greater," and Section 112-29G sets a fine "of not less than $100, but not more than $1,000, plus costs" for a violation of the Township's residential code. The Township office is at 3205 Big Road, Zieglerville. Read for this answer: Articles I, II and VIII of Chapter 112 of the Township Code, Code Enforcement, in full; every page of a search of the whole Township Code for "roof" and for "reroofing"; the Township's Code Enforcement and Documents & Forms pages; and the Township's 2026 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, Upper Frederick Township administers the code through its third-party agency, LTL Consultants, Ltd.: Section 112-8 of the Township Code says the Township "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Code Enforcement page lists the "Township Building Inspector and Code Enforcement Officer" with LTL Consultants, Ltd., P.O. Box 241, Oley (610-987-9290, ext. 229). Section 112-8B adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of this Township," and Section 112-11A keeps in force building code ordinances adopted "on or before July 1, 1999" that equal or exceed the code. Section 112-28 adopts "the International Residential Code For One- and Two-Family Dwellings, 2003 Edition," Section 112-30 says each new triennial edition "shall be automatically adopted as the Township of Upper Frederick Residential Code," and the Township's pages name no current edition; this record has not read the 2003 edition's text and does not decide which edition the Township applies to a house.
Repair permit threshold
Upper Frederick Township's code and its fee schedule answer a full reroof differently. Section 112-11K of the Township Code (amended June 13, 2005, by Ord. No. 05-06) says that "In addition to all types of construction, placement of structures, repairs and alterations for which the Uniform Construction Code requires a permit," the Township "shall require persons to obtain permits" for "All alterations or repairs to residential buildings which are exempt from the UCC by Act 92 of 2004; provided, however, that the following types of alterations and repairs shall continue to be exempt, and no permit will be required," and the second listed exemption is "Reroofing of less than 25% of the total existing roof square footage." The Township's 2026 fee schedule (Resolution No. 2025-15) says under residential building permits: "Re-roofing- non-structural roof work (replacing shingles) does not require a permit. Structural roof work shall obtain a building permit. The Code Enforcement Officer may require structural analysis of the building structure by a registered engineer. $200.00." The Department of Labor and Industry's register of municipal code change ordinances lists an Upper Frederick Township filing that "Requires a building permit for all residential alterations and repairs, and establishes 9 exceptions," found in compliance with an approval letter mailed June 13, 2005, "Enacted 8 / 11 / 05." 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 of a municipal ordinance that adds to the code, section 503(c) says "An ordinance under this subsection shall not be effective nor enforceable unless subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) have been satisfied." 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, Upper Frederick Township administers the code through its third-party agency, LTL Consultants, Ltd.: Section 112-8 of the Township Code says the Township "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Code Enforcement page lists the "Township Building Inspector and Code Enforcement Officer" with LTL Consultants, Ltd., P.O. Box 241, Oley (610-987-9290, ext. 229). Section 112-11K(3)(b) states the Township's only area threshold for roof work, "less than 25% of the total existing roof square footage"; the fee schedule draws its line at structural roof work. This record does not decide which of the two the Township applies.
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, Upper Frederick Township administers the code through its third-party agency, LTL Consultants, Ltd.: Section 112-8 of the Township Code says the Township "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Code Enforcement page lists the "Township Building Inspector and Code Enforcement Officer" with LTL Consultants, Ltd., P.O. Box 241, Oley (610-987-9290, ext. 229). Chapter 112 of the Township Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and the Township's pages say nothing on roof layers. Section 112-28 adopts "the International Residential Code For One- and Two-Family Dwellings, 2003 Edition," Section 112-30 says each new triennial edition "shall be automatically adopted as the Township of Upper Frederick Residential Code," and the Township's pages name no current edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, and this record does not decide which edition the Township 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, Upper Frederick Township administers the code through its third-party agency, LTL Consultants, Ltd.: Section 112-8 of the Township Code says the Township "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Code Enforcement page lists the "Township Building Inspector and Code Enforcement Officer" with LTL Consultants, Ltd., P.O. Box 241, Oley (610-987-9290, ext. 229). Chapter 112 of the Township Code changes nothing in the code's roof sheathing provisions. The Township's 2026 fee schedule says "Structural roof work shall obtain a building permit" and that "The Code Enforcement Officer may require structural analysis of the building structure by a registered engineer." Section 112-28 adopts "the International Residential Code For One- and Two-Family Dwellings, 2003 Edition," Section 112-30 says each new triennial edition "shall be automatically adopted as the Township of Upper Frederick Residential Code," and the Township's pages name no current edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, and this record does not decide which edition the Township 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. Upper Frederick Township is in Montgomery County. The Township's pages and its 2026 fee schedule say nothing on sales tax.

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Roofing questions: Township of Upper Frederick, PA

When does a roof repair need a permit in Township of Upper Frederick, PA?

Upper Frederick Township's code and its fee schedule answer a full reroof differently. Section 112-11K of the Township Code (amended June 13, 2005, by Ord. No. 05-06) says that "In addition to all types of construction, placement of structures, repairs and alterations for which the Uniform Construction Code requires a permit," the Township "shall require persons to obtain permits" for "All alterations or repairs to residential buildings which are exempt from the UCC by Act 92 of 2004; provided, however, that the following types of alterations and repairs shall continue to be exempt, and no permit will be required," and the second listed exemption is "Reroofing of less than 25% of the total existing roof square footage." The Township's 2026 fee schedule (Resolution No. 2025-15) says under residential building permits: "Re-roofing- non-structural roof work (replacing shingles) does not require a permit. Structural roof work shall obtain a building permit. The Code Enforcement Officer may require structural analysis of the building structure by a registered engineer. $200.00." The Department of Labor and Industry's register of municipal code change ordinances lists an Upper Frederick Township filing that "Requires a building permit for all residential alterations and repairs, and establishes 9 exceptions," found in compliance with an approval letter mailed June 13, 2005, "Enacted 8 / 11 / 05." 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 of a municipal ordinance that adds to the code, section 503(c) says "An ordinance under this subsection shall not be effective nor enforceable unless subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) have been satisfied." 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, Upper Frederick Township administers the code through its third-party agency, LTL Consultants, Ltd.: Section 112-8 of the Township Code says the Township "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Code Enforcement page lists the "Township Building Inspector and Code Enforcement Officer" with LTL Consultants, Ltd., P.O. Box 241, Oley (610-987-9290, ext. 229). Section 112-11K(3)(b) states the Township's only area threshold for roof work, "less than 25% of the total existing roof square footage"; the fee schedule draws its line at structural roof work. This record does not decide which of the two the Township applies.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Township of Upper Frederick, 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, Upper Frederick Township administers the code through its third-party agency, LTL Consultants, Ltd.: Section 112-8 of the Township Code says the Township "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Code Enforcement page lists the "Township Building Inspector and Code Enforcement Officer" with LTL Consultants, Ltd., P.O. Box 241, Oley (610-987-9290, ext. 229). Chapter 112 of the Township Code changes nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and the Township's pages say nothing on roof layers. Section 112-28 adopts "the International Residential Code For One- and Two-Family Dwellings, 2003 Edition," Section 112-30 says each new triennial edition "shall be automatically adopted as the Township of Upper Frederick Residential Code," and the Township's pages name no current edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, and this record does not decide which edition the Township applies.

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Township of Upper Frederick, PA?

Yes.

What building code does Township of Upper Frederick, 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, Upper Frederick Township administers the code through its third-party agency, LTL Consultants, Ltd.: Section 112-8 of the Township Code says the Township "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Code Enforcement page lists the "Township Building Inspector and Code Enforcement Officer" with LTL Consultants, Ltd., P.O. Box 241, Oley (610-987-9290, ext. 229). Section 112-8B adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of this Township," and Section 112-11A keeps in force building code ordinances adopted "on or before July 1, 1999" that equal or exceed the code. Section 112-28 adopts "the International Residential Code For One- and Two-Family Dwellings, 2003 Edition," Section 112-30 says each new triennial edition "shall be automatically adopted as the Township of Upper Frederick Residential Code," and the Township's pages name no current edition; this record has not read the 2003 edition's text and does not decide which edition the Township applies to a house.