Roofing in Andover, 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 51 of the Borough Code, read on October 3, 2026, establishes "a State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency to be known as the Construction Enforcement Agency" and sets its fees by reference to Chapter 66; it adopts no building code and names no code edition.

No permit is needed under state law to reroof a detached one- or two-family house. A townhouse, other attached dwelling or any other building needs a permit under the state rule, from the Borough of Andover's Construction Enforcement Agency; the State's directory of construction offices lists it at 137 Main St., Andover, NJ 07821, phone 973-786-6688. Chapter 51 of the Borough Code provides that "The public shall have the right to do business with the enforcing agency at one office location." Where a roof permit is required, the Borough's construction fee schedule (Borough Code section 66-2, last amended by Ordinance 2010-7) prices it: "The fee for a permit to reroof and/or re-side (veneer) a structure of Use Group R-5 shall be $75 each. The repair or replacement of wall or roof sheathing is included under such permit(s). The replacement and/or altering of supporting walls or roof framing is subject to additional charges." For other buildings, "The fee for a permit to reroof, re-side or veneer existing structures of all use groups except R-5 shall be $150." The schedule adds that "The minimum fee for any building permit shall be $30." The newest ordinance amending Chapter 66, Ordinance 2026-06 (adopted June 8, 2026), changes only the filming fees in section 66-1. The Borough Code states no office hours; confirm them with the office before visiting.