Roofing in Asbury Park, 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, the Asbury Park Construction Department page says the department "is responsible for enforcing the regulations of the State Uniform Construction Code" and names no code edition; Chapter 12 of the City Code, which establishes the City's construction code enforcing agency, names none either.

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 one from the Asbury Park Construction Department, 1 Municipal Plaza, 2nd Floor North, 732-502-5722, open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The department says "During the planning stage of your project and before you begin construction, call or visit the Construction Department," and "Your permit application will be customized based on the type of construction you are planning." Where a roof permit is required, the City fee ordinance, City Code Section 12-1.3 (last amended by Ord. No. 2024-31), says "The flat fee for replacement type roof coverings if a permit is required shall be $100.00 for R-5 type use group. The fee for all use groups other than R-5 shall be $40.00 per $1,000.00 of the estimated cost." It adds "The fee for plan review shall be 25 percent of the amount to be charged for a construction permit" and "The minimum fee for a construction permit shall be $75.00 per subcode." Permit applications are the State's forms, which the page links from the Department of Community Affairs; inspections are requested, and permit status checked, through the SDL portal. The page also reproduces the City's noise rule, City Code 3-9.4, which bars operating equipment used in commercial construction, repair, alteration or demolition work in residential, commercial or mixed-use zones "on weekdays between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. the following day, or between 6:00 p.m. Saturday night and 8:00 a.m. Monday morning and on legal holidays," except for emergency work.