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City of Williamsport - Bureau of Codes

The City of Williamsport's Bureau of Codes, at 200 Reighard Avenue, issues building, electrical, plumbing, event and demolition permits and makes building and construction inspections in the City. 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: Williamsport, PA

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofNot published
Repair permit thresholdPublishedpacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-07
Layer limit / roof-overPublishedR908.3.1.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-07
Deck & sheathingPublishedR905.2.1pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-07
Drip edgeNot published
Ice & water shieldNot published
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNot published
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublishedSec. 1700.01pacodeandbulletin.gov2026-10-07
Contractor license / registrationYespalegis.us2026-10-07
Sales & use taxPublishedpa.gov2026-10-07

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
City of Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
200 Reighard Avenue, Williamsport, PA 17701
Contact
  • url: https://cityofwilliamsport.org/departments/bureau-of-codes/
  • phone: 570-327-7517
Contractor registration required
Required
Permit process note
The City of Williamsport's Bureau of Codes has published nothing read for this record that names roofing as permit work or as exempt. The Bureau's Permits & Fees page charges building permits by cost of construction, from $30.00 for work under $1,000 to "$141.00 plus $15.00 for each additional $1,000" over $10,000, plus the $4.50 Act 45 fee, and its Building/Zoning Permit Application asks for the type of structure, the estimated cost and a description of the work; neither, nor the Bureau's Applications & Forms page, names a roofing permit or a roofing exemption. Section 1700.01 incorporates the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the City's building code, and Section 1709.01 (Ordinance 6406, approved April 15, 2021) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2015 Edition" as the Residential Code of the City "for regulating and governing construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, location, removal and demolition" of the dwellings it covers, "providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor"; the permit sections of the 2015 code were not read for this record. Section 1709.02 fills in that code's climatic table and changes nothing in its roofing provisions. Articles 1700 (Uniform Construction Code), 1709 (International Residential Code) and 1747 (Contractor Regulations) of the Codified Ordinances were read in full; Article 1700 adopts the Uniform Construction Code by reference and has no permit clause of its own for house repairs or alterations, and Article 1709 has no permit or exemption section. Searches of the whole code for "roof" and "reroofing" found no provision naming roofing or reroofing as permit work or as exempt. 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." This record therefore does not state whether a City ordinance requires a permit for a reroof. In the City's Historical District, Section 1729.07 says "Except for interior alterations or modifications, no person shall erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, restore, demolish, paint, raze or change in appearance, in whole or in part, any building or structure within the Historical District without first obtaining a certificate of appropriateness as required by this article." Applications, including those filled in online, are "printed and delivered to the Bureau of Codes office located at 200 Reighard Ave." with any payment by check or money order; the Bureau says that apart from new construction or major reconstruction "most permits are issued within fifteen (15) business days." The application says "Please attach contractor state registration certificate," and Article 1747, the City's Contractor Registration Ordinance, applies to entities "doing construction, demolition, excavation or other similar work which would require a permit in the City of Williamsport with the exception of the owner or occupant of the property or building who is doing their own work"; the Bureau lists a building contractor registration fee of $100.00 for one year. The Bureau's phone is 570-327-7517, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, closed from noon to 1:00 pm.
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 City of Williamsport administers the code through its Bureau of Codes: Section 1700.01 of the Codified Ordinances says "The City of Williamsport hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Bureau's page says "The Bureau of Codes also issues building, electrical, plumbing, event, and demolition permits." Section 1700.01 incorporates the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the City's building code, and Section 1709.01 (Ordinance 6406, approved April 15, 2021) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2015 Edition" as the Residential Code of the City "for regulating and governing construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, location, removal and demolition" of the dwellings it covers, "providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor"; the permit sections of the 2015 code were not read for this record. Section 1709.02 fills in that code's climatic table and changes nothing in its roofing provisions. The City's code (Section 1709.01) names the 2015 International Residential Code, and the Bureau's fee page says only that the City "abides by all current International Code Standards, Codified Ordinances of the City of Williamsport, Third Class City Code, and by the Uniform Construction Code" and names no edition; this record has not read the 2015 edition's roofing text. Articles 1700 (Uniform Construction Code), 1709 (International Residential Code) and 1747 (Contractor Regulations) of the Codified Ordinances were read in full; Article 1700 adopts the Uniform Construction Code by reference and has no permit clause of its own for house repairs or alterations, and Article 1709 has no permit or exemption section. Searches of the whole code for "roof" and "reroofing" found no provision naming roofing or reroofing as permit work or as exempt.
Repair permit threshold
The City of Williamsport publishes no threshold for roof work. The Bureau's Permits & Fees page charges building permits by cost of construction, from $30.00 for work under $1,000 to "$141.00 plus $15.00 for each additional $1,000" over $10,000, plus the $4.50 Act 45 fee, and its Building/Zoning Permit Application asks for the type of structure, the estimated cost and a description of the work; neither, nor the Bureau's Applications & Forms page, names a roofing permit or a roofing exemption. Articles 1700 (Uniform Construction Code), 1709 (International Residential Code) and 1747 (Contractor Regulations) of the Codified Ordinances were read in full; Article 1700 adopts the Uniform Construction Code by reference and has no permit clause of its own for house repairs or alterations, and Article 1709 has no permit or exemption section. Searches of the whole code for "roof" and "reroofing" found no provision naming roofing or reroofing as permit work or as exempt. 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." 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 City of Williamsport administers the code through its Bureau of Codes: Section 1700.01 of the Codified Ordinances says "The City of Williamsport hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Bureau's page says "The Bureau of Codes also issues building, electrical, plumbing, event, and demolition permits." Neither the Bureau's pages nor the code sections read set an area or cost threshold for roof work.
Roof layer limit / recover
Two layers at most where the state code reaches the job. Pennsylvania adopts the 2021 International Residential Code without changing its reroofing section, R908 (34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7); the State's list of changes names no Chapter 9 section). Section R908.3.1.1 says "A roof recover shall not be permitted where any of the following conditions occur," and the third condition is "Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering." So one existing layer may be covered once, and a roof that already has two layers is torn off to the deck. The same section also bars a recover "Where the existing roof or roof covering is water soaked or has deteriorated to the point that the existing roof or roof covering is not adequate as a base for additional roofing" and "Where the existing roof covering is slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile." The existing-building code the State also adopts, the 2021 International Existing Building Code (34 Pa. Code 403.21(f)), carries the same three conditions in Section 705.2.1.1. These rules bind work the Uniform Construction Code reaches. The Act does not apply to "Repairs to residential buildings" or to alterations that make no structural change, "except as might be required by ordinances" (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6)), so whether R908 binds a particular house reroof turns on that exclusion and on the municipality's own ordinances. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, the City of Williamsport administers the code through its Bureau of Codes: Section 1700.01 of the Codified Ordinances says "The City of Williamsport hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Bureau's page says "The Bureau of Codes also issues building, electrical, plumbing, event, and demolition permits." Articles 1700 (Uniform Construction Code), 1709 (International Residential Code) and 1747 (Contractor Regulations) of the Codified Ordinances were read in full; Article 1700 adopts the Uniform Construction Code by reference and has no permit clause of its own for house repairs or alterations, and Article 1709 has no permit or exemption section. Searches of the whole code for "roof" and "reroofing" found no provision naming roofing or reroofing as permit work or as exempt. So whether a City ordinance brings a house reroof within the Uniform Construction Code is not stated here. The City's code (Section 1709.01) names the 2015 International Residential Code, and the Bureau's fee page says only that the City "abides by all current International Code Standards, Codified Ordinances of the City of Williamsport, Third Class City Code, and by the Uniform Construction Code" and names no edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, and the 2015 edition's reroofing text was not read for this record.
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 City of Williamsport administers the code through its Bureau of Codes: Section 1700.01 of the Codified Ordinances says "The City of Williamsport hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Bureau's page says "The Bureau of Codes also issues building, electrical, plumbing, event, and demolition permits." Section 1709.02 of the Codified Ordinances changes nothing in the code's roof sheathing provisions, and the Bureau's pages draw no line for roof sheathing. Articles 1700 (Uniform Construction Code), 1709 (International Residential Code) and 1747 (Contractor Regulations) of the Codified Ordinances were read in full; Article 1700 adopts the Uniform Construction Code by reference and has no permit clause of its own for house repairs or alterations, and Article 1709 has no permit or exemption section. Searches of the whole code for "roof" and "reroofing" found no provision naming roofing or reroofing as permit work or as exempt. The City's code (Section 1709.01) names the 2015 International Residential Code, and the Bureau's fee page says only that the City "abides by all current International Code Standards, Codified Ordinances of the City of Williamsport, Third Class City Code, and by the Uniform Construction Code" and names no edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, and the 2015 edition's sheathing text was not read for this record.
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 City of Williamsport is in Lycoming County. The Bureau's pages say nothing on sales tax.

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Roofing questions: Williamsport, PA

When does a roof repair need a permit in Williamsport, PA?

The City of Williamsport publishes no threshold for roof work. The Bureau's Permits & Fees page charges building permits by cost of construction, from $30.00 for work under $1,000 to "$141.00 plus $15.00 for each additional $1,000" over $10,000, plus the $4.50 Act 45 fee, and its Building/Zoning Permit Application asks for the type of structure, the estimated cost and a description of the work; neither, nor the Bureau's Applications & Forms page, names a roofing permit or a roofing exemption. Articles 1700 (Uniform Construction Code), 1709 (International Residential Code) and 1747 (Contractor Regulations) of the Codified Ordinances were read in full; Article 1700 adopts the Uniform Construction Code by reference and has no permit clause of its own for house repairs or alterations, and Article 1709 has no permit or exemption section. Searches of the whole code for "roof" and "reroofing" found no provision naming roofing or reroofing as permit work or as exempt. 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." 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 City of Williamsport administers the code through its Bureau of Codes: Section 1700.01 of the Codified Ordinances says "The City of Williamsport hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Bureau's page says "The Bureau of Codes also issues building, electrical, plumbing, event, and demolition permits." Neither the Bureau's pages nor the code sections read set an area or cost threshold for roof work.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Williamsport, 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 City of Williamsport administers the code through its Bureau of Codes: Section 1700.01 of the Codified Ordinances says "The City of Williamsport hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Bureau's page says "The Bureau of Codes also issues building, electrical, plumbing, event, and demolition permits." Articles 1700 (Uniform Construction Code), 1709 (International Residential Code) and 1747 (Contractor Regulations) of the Codified Ordinances were read in full; Article 1700 adopts the Uniform Construction Code by reference and has no permit clause of its own for house repairs or alterations, and Article 1709 has no permit or exemption section. Searches of the whole code for "roof" and "reroofing" found no provision naming roofing or reroofing as permit work or as exempt. So whether a City ordinance brings a house reroof within the Uniform Construction Code is not stated here. The City's code (Section 1709.01) names the 2015 International Residential Code, and the Bureau's fee page says only that the City "abides by all current International Code Standards, Codified Ordinances of the City of Williamsport, Third Class City Code, and by the Uniform Construction Code" and names no edition; the text above is the 2021 edition's, and the 2015 edition's reroofing text was not read for this record.

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Williamsport, PA?

Yes.

What building code does Williamsport, 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 City of Williamsport administers the code through its Bureau of Codes: Section 1700.01 of the Codified Ordinances says "The City of Williamsport hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Bureau's page says "The Bureau of Codes also issues building, electrical, plumbing, event, and demolition permits." Section 1700.01 incorporates the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the City's building code, and Section 1709.01 (Ordinance 6406, approved April 15, 2021) adopts the "International Residential Code, 2015 Edition" as the Residential Code of the City "for regulating and governing construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, location, removal and demolition" of the dwellings it covers, "providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor"; the permit sections of the 2015 code were not read for this record. Section 1709.02 fills in that code's climatic table and changes nothing in its roofing provisions. The City's code (Section 1709.01) names the 2015 International Residential Code, and the Bureau's fee page says only that the City "abides by all current International Code Standards, Codified Ordinances of the City of Williamsport, Third Class City Code, and by the Uniform Construction Code" and names no edition; this record has not read the 2015 edition's roofing text. Articles 1700 (Uniform Construction Code), 1709 (International Residential Code) and 1747 (Contractor Regulations) of the Codified Ordinances were read in full; Article 1700 adopts the Uniform Construction Code by reference and has no permit clause of its own for house repairs or alterations, and Article 1709 has no permit or exemption section. Searches of the whole code for "roof" and "reroofing" found no provision naming roofing or reroofing as permit work or as exempt.