Roofing in Atlantic City, 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 Atlantic City Construction page says the Uniform Construction Code "was adopted and became effective January 1, 1977" and names no current 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 one from the City of Atlantic City Construction Department, 1301 Bacharach Blvd., 1st Floor, Suite 101, Atlantic City, main telephone 609-347-5660. The City's Licensing & Inspection Department lists among its functions "Construction/building licenses, permits and inspections and related services." The Construction page says plans for certain structures, including casino hotels, "must be submitted to the Department of Community Affairs for review and release"; once a release is obtained, "the municipalities will issue the appropriate permit(s) and perform inspections so that construction may ensue." Where a roof permit is required, the City's construction fee ordinance, Code Section 111-5B(4), reads "There shall be a flat fee of $65 for all roofing and siding work completed on structures in Use Groups R-3 and R-4"; other renovations, alterations and repairs are $34 per $1,000 of cost up to $50,000, and "The minimum fee for a basic construction permit shall be $65." Code Section 111-19 (Ord. No. 2-2025) requires contractors in the City to control dust and plastic contaminants at their worksites; among other steps, contractors "shall tarp their work areas and clean up all trash generated from work of the day," and "Notice of this section shall be given with each new permit issued for construction, renovation, and related activities."