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Westmont Borough - Codes and Zoning

Westmont Borough in Cambria County takes building permit applications at its Borough office at 1000 Luzerne Street, Johnstown, and its third-party agency, Allsafe Building Code Services, issues the permits. 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 Westmont, 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 codePublishedpacodeandbulletin.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 Westmont, Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
1000 Luzerne Street, Johnstown, PA 15905
Contact
  • url: https://www.westmontborough.com/administration/codes___zoning.php
  • phone: 814-255-3865
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
  • state_level: Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act, Act 132 of 2008, 73 P.S. 517.1 et seq.: registration with the Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection before performing any home improvement over $500 (section 2, section 3(a)); persons whose home improvements totalled less than $5,000 in the previous taxable year are not "contractors" (section 2). Section 12 precludes local registration or licensing of home improvement contractors, with carve-outs for building permits, pre-existing tested trade licences, and local insurance standards adopted before January 1, 2006.
  • city_level: Chapter 95 of the Westmont Borough Code, the "Westmont Borough Contractor's Registration Ordinance" (Ord. No. 785, March 8, 2005), says "it shall be unlawful for a contractor or subcontractor doing business in Westmont Borough to construct, alter or repair any building or structure or perform site preparation, excavation or paving unless the contractor or subcontractor has registered with the Borough and has paid the required registration or renewal fee," defines doing business to include "residing or reroofing existing structures," and asks for proof of liability insurance of at least $100,000 with Westmont Borough named as certificate holder. Registration runs for the calendar year.
Permit process note
Westmont Borough's FAQ lists reroofing among its examples of permit items without saying which permit. The Borough's own FAQ, answering "What are some examples of items that require a permit?", lists "Reroofing (shingles, metal, etc.…)" beside "Additions and Alterations to existing structures," and says "Permits must be obtained prior to construction, sales or required permitted activity." The Borough's Permits page says "Permits are required for, but not limited to, the following: new construction, additions and structural alterations, swimming pools, storage sheds, decks, garages, fences, signs, home occupations and front yard parking areas." The same FAQ list also names vendor sales, door to door solicitation, firework displays, moving and burning on property, and it does not say whether reroofing calls for a building permit issued by the agency or another Borough permit. Section 92-7 of the Borough Code amends the state permit exemptions to require permits for fences of any height, water tanks over 500 gallons, larger prefabricated pools and uncovered decks; it names no roof work, and a search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing" found no permit provision on roof work. 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 FAQ says "It is strongly recommended that if you are contemplating any improvements or alterations to your home or business, you should contact the Zoning office, Allsafe Building Code Services at 814-341-1330 to discuss your plans and determine what permits and approvals might be necessary." Applications go to the Borough office with the $25.00 application fee, and the Codes and Zoning page says "Any permit needs to be visible during the work." The Borough office is at 814-255-3865 and the agency at 814-341-1330. Chapter 95 of the Borough Code also requires contractors doing business in the Borough to register with it. Read for this record: Chapter 92 of the Borough Code, Construction Codes, Uniform, and Chapter 95, Contractors, in full; every page of a search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing"; the Borough's Codes and Zoning, Permits and FAQ pages; and the agency's Building Permits page, which lists Westmont Borough among the municipalities whose permits it issues. No Borough fee schedule was found published.
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, Westmont Borough administers the code through a third-party agency, Allsafe Building Code Services: the Borough's Codes and Zoning page says "Allsafe Buidling code services is the codes and zoning entity for Westmont Borough. Any building permit application needs to go to them, and they will issue the permit to the resident as applicable," and that applications "need to be returned to the Borough office along with the $25.00 application fee. We will then forward along to Allsafe, and they will issue the permit." Chapter 92 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 777, June 8, 2004) adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of the Borough of Westmont." Chapter 92 changes nothing in the code's roofing provisions, and the Borough's pages name no 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, Westmont Borough administers the code through a third-party agency, Allsafe Building Code Services: the Borough's Codes and Zoning page says "Allsafe Buidling code services is the codes and zoning entity for Westmont Borough. Any building permit application needs to go to them, and they will issue the permit to the resident as applicable," and that applications "need to be returned to the Borough office along with the $25.00 application fee. We will then forward along to Allsafe, and they will issue the permit." Chapter 92 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 777, June 8, 2004) adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of the Borough of Westmont." Chapter 92 of the Borough Code adds no UL 2218, Class 4 or hail-impact provision.
Repair permit threshold
Westmont Borough's FAQ lists reroofing among its examples of permit items without saying which permit. The Borough's own FAQ, answering "What are some examples of items that require a permit?", lists "Reroofing (shingles, metal, etc.…)" beside "Additions and Alterations to existing structures," and says "Permits must be obtained prior to construction, sales or required permitted activity." The Borough's Permits page says "Permits are required for, but not limited to, the following: new construction, additions and structural alterations, swimming pools, storage sheds, decks, garages, fences, signs, home occupations and front yard parking areas." The same FAQ list also names vendor sales, door to door solicitation, firework displays, moving and burning on property, and it does not say whether reroofing calls for a building permit issued by the agency or another Borough permit. Section 92-7 of the Borough Code amends the state permit exemptions to require permits for fences of any height, water tanks over 500 gallons, larger prefabricated pools and uncovered decks; it names no roof work, and a search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing" found no permit provision on roof work. 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, Westmont Borough administers the code through a third-party agency, Allsafe Building Code Services: the Borough's Codes and Zoning page says "Allsafe Buidling code services is the codes and zoning entity for Westmont Borough. Any building permit application needs to go to them, and they will issue the permit to the resident as applicable," and that applications "need to be returned to the Borough office along with the $25.00 application fee. We will then forward along to Allsafe, and they will issue the permit." Chapter 92 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 777, June 8, 2004) adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of the Borough of Westmont." No Borough text read for this record sets an area or cost threshold for roof work; the FAQ quoted at the start lists reroofing without one and without naming the permit.
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, Westmont Borough administers the code through a third-party agency, Allsafe Building Code Services: the Borough's Codes and Zoning page says "Allsafe Buidling code services is the codes and zoning entity for Westmont Borough. Any building permit application needs to go to them, and they will issue the permit to the resident as applicable," and that applications "need to be returned to the Borough office along with the $25.00 application fee. We will then forward along to Allsafe, and they will issue the permit." Chapter 92 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 777, June 8, 2004) adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of the Borough of Westmont." 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, Westmont Borough administers the code through a third-party agency, Allsafe Building Code Services: the Borough's Codes and Zoning page says "Allsafe Buidling code services is the codes and zoning entity for Westmont Borough. Any building permit application needs to go to them, and they will issue the permit to the resident as applicable," and that applications "need to be returned to the Borough office along with the $25.00 application fee. We will then forward along to Allsafe, and they will issue the permit." Chapter 92 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 777, June 8, 2004) adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of the Borough of Westmont." 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. Westmont Borough is in Cambria County. The Borough's permit pages say nothing on sales tax.

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Roofing questions: Borough of Westmont, PA

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

Westmont Borough's FAQ lists reroofing among its examples of permit items without saying which permit. The Borough's own FAQ, answering "What are some examples of items that require a permit?", lists "Reroofing (shingles, metal, etc.…)" beside "Additions and Alterations to existing structures," and says "Permits must be obtained prior to construction, sales or required permitted activity." The Borough's Permits page says "Permits are required for, but not limited to, the following: new construction, additions and structural alterations, swimming pools, storage sheds, decks, garages, fences, signs, home occupations and front yard parking areas." The same FAQ list also names vendor sales, door to door solicitation, firework displays, moving and burning on property, and it does not say whether reroofing calls for a building permit issued by the agency or another Borough permit. Section 92-7 of the Borough Code amends the state permit exemptions to require permits for fences of any height, water tanks over 500 gallons, larger prefabricated pools and uncovered decks; it names no roof work, and a search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and for "reroofing" found no permit provision on roof work. 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, Westmont Borough administers the code through a third-party agency, Allsafe Building Code Services: the Borough's Codes and Zoning page says "Allsafe Buidling code services is the codes and zoning entity for Westmont Borough. Any building permit application needs to go to them, and they will issue the permit to the resident as applicable," and that applications "need to be returned to the Borough office along with the $25.00 application fee. We will then forward along to Allsafe, and they will issue the permit." Chapter 92 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 777, June 8, 2004) adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of the Borough of Westmont." No Borough text read for this record sets an area or cost threshold for roof work; the FAQ quoted at the start lists reroofing without one and without naming the permit.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Borough of Westmont, 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, Westmont Borough administers the code through a third-party agency, Allsafe Building Code Services: the Borough's Codes and Zoning page says "Allsafe Buidling code services is the codes and zoning entity for Westmont Borough. Any building permit application needs to go to them, and they will issue the permit to the resident as applicable," and that applications "need to be returned to the Borough office along with the $25.00 application fee. We will then forward along to Allsafe, and they will issue the permit." Chapter 92 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 777, June 8, 2004) adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of the Borough of Westmont." 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 Westmont, PA?

Yes.

What building code does Borough of Westmont, 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, Westmont Borough administers the code through a third-party agency, Allsafe Building Code Services: the Borough's Codes and Zoning page says "Allsafe Buidling code services is the codes and zoning entity for Westmont Borough. Any building permit application needs to go to them, and they will issue the permit to the resident as applicable," and that applications "need to be returned to the Borough office along with the $25.00 application fee. We will then forward along to Allsafe, and they will issue the permit." Chapter 92 of the Borough Code (Ord. No. 777, June 8, 2004) adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as "the municipal building code of the Borough of Westmont." Chapter 92 changes nothing in the code's roofing provisions, and the Borough's pages name no code edition.