Roofing in Audubon, 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, Section 105-19 of the Borough Code establishes "a state uniform construction code enforcing agency" known as the Audubon Construction Code Agency, and the Borough's Construction/Zoning page, read on October 2, 2026, 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 one. The Borough of Audubon Construction/Zoning office is at "606 W. Nicholson Road, Audubon, NJ 08106," open Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM; the construction office line is 856-547-6312. Where a roof permit is required, the application goes in on the Borough's Construction Application with the Building Subcode technical section, the State's standard form, whose Type of Work list includes Roofing. The Construction/Zoning page says "Please email to schedule inspections" at [email protected]; building inspections run Monday and Wednesday, 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM. Section 105-21 of the Borough Code reads: "The borough hereby adopts the fee structure (Resolution No. 2020-44) for the uniform construction code of the municipal enforcing agency as so periodically authorized by state regulations." That resolution is not posted on the Construction/Zoning page. The Borough also licenses roofing contractors under Section 105-291 of its code (see the registration details).