Roofing in Avon-by-the-Sea, 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 87 of the borough code (Ord. No. 5-2026, adopted May 11, 2026) says "Items not specifically addressed in this chapter will be referred to in N.J.A.C. 5:23, the Uniform Construction Code, for review and resolution," and names no code edition of its own.

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 in Avon-by-the-Sea needs one from the Construction and Zoning Departments, the "Avon Code Enforcement Agency" under Chapter 87 of the borough code, at 301 Main Street, Avon-by-the-Sea, 732-502-4510, [email protected]. The page says "Permit applications are available during Borough Office hours 8:30am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday." Where a roof permit is required, Section 87-2 (Ord. No. 5-2026) prices "Rehabilitations - R-3, R-5 Use Group" at "$35 per thousand dollars of est. cost of work, for costs from $0 up to and including $50,000," with lower rates above that, and other use groups at "$40 per thousand dollars of est. cost of work" for the same first band; the building subcode "Minimum Fee" is $85, and the State training fee is "$1.90 per $1,000 of value of construction." The schedule names no separate roofing fee, and "Any fee not specifically contained within this fee schedule shall be based upon the State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Fee Schedule." Inspection requests go through the SDL portal (sdlportal.com/login), by email or in person. The page also says "Commercial Contractors can not work on Saturdays between Memorial Day Weekend through the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend per Ordinance 14-2024."