Roofing in Alexandria Township, New Jersey

Not required

Required

The 2024 International Residential Code, New Jersey edition, adopted by the State, with the Rehabilitation Subcode for work on existing buildings. New Jersey has one construction code, the Uniform Construction Code (N.J.A.C. 5:23), which every municipality enforces; municipalities do not adopt building codes of their own (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-123.1 and 52:27D-139). N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.21(a)1 adopts the International Code Council's "2024 International Residential Code known as the IRC/2024 as the one- and two-family dwelling subcode in New Jersey subject to the modifications stated at (c) below," and 3.21(b) applies it to "detached one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses not more than three stories above grade plane in height." The section was rewritten by R.2026 d.086, "effective August 17, 2026," in the Department of Community Affairs' print of the rules "adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 16," and the Department's Current Construction Codes page lists the "International Residential Code/2024, NJ ed" with an adoption date of Aug 17, 2026. Other buildings fall under the building subcode, the International Building Code/2024, NJ edition (N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.14). Roof work on an existing building is held to the Rehabilitation Subcode: "Existing structures, when repaired, renovated, altered or reconstructed, shall conform to the requirements of N.J.A.C. 5:23-6, Rehabilitation Subcode" (N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.4(a)). A six-month grace period follows the adoption. N.J.A.C. 5:23-1.6(a): "For a period of six months following the operative date of a subcode revision, applicants may submit a complete permit application, including all prior approvals, to be reviewed under the code in force immediately preceding the subcode revision." The rule history gives R.2026 d.086 no date other than its effective date, so on that reading the window runs from August 17, 2026 until about February 17, 2027: a complete application filed inside it may be reviewed under either the prior edition or the 2024 edition, at the applicant's choice, and one filed after it closes is reviewed under the 2024 edition. Everything above is New Jersey state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, Chapter 64 of the Township Code establishes "a State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency to be known as the Alexandria Township Construction Department." The Alexandria Building Department page names no code edition.

No permit is needed under state law to reroof a detached one- or two-family house, and the Alexandria Building Department lists "Replace siding or roofing" among "examples of ordinary repairs which do not require a permit." Under state law a townhouse, other attached dwelling or any other building needs a permit, issued by the Alexandria Township Building Department, Municipal Building, 242 Little York-Mt. Pleasant Road, Milford, NJ 08848, phone 908-996-7071 ext. 211 (Technical Assistant to the Construction Official) or ext. 213 (Construction Official). Permit applications and inspection requests go through the Township's online SDL portal. Where a roof permit is required, Section 64-3 of the Township Code (last amended March 10, 2021 by Ord. No. 2021-003) prices "Roof/siding/fences over six feet and replacement of pool barriers for Group R-3, R-5" at a $100 flat fee and "Renovations/alterations/repairs" at "$30 per $1,000 cost of construction," with a $75 minimum fee. The page says "Inspectors must have 24 hours advance notice" and that applicants must post the permit on the site, and inspections are made on Tuesday and Thursday, 3 to 7 p.m.