Roofing in Bedminster Township, 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 8-1.1 of the Bedminster Township Code establishes the enforcing agency, "to be known as the Bedminster Construction Code Department." The Construction & Code Enforcement page links its "Construction Permit Application Packet" to the Department of Community Affairs' construction permit forms and names no code edition of its own; Chapter 8 of the Township Code 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 in Bedminster needs one from the Construction Code Department, One Miller Lane, Bedminster. The office's page gives the Township's main number, 908-212-7000, with extensions for its staff (421 and 434 for the technical assistants, 422 for the Construction Official). Where a roof permit is required, section 8-1.3a.1(b) of the Township Code prices "renovations, alterations, repairs, reroofing, siding" by estimated cost of work: "$37 per $1,000 of estimated cost of work up to $50,000 of estimated cost of construction," $33 per $1,000 from $50,001 to $100,000 and $29 per $1,000 above $100,000, and "roofing and siding for individual townhomes shall have a maximum fee of $165." Under section 8-1.3a, 20 percent of the permit fee is a nonrefundable plan review fee paid when the application is submitted. The office's "Construction Permit Application Packet" link leads to the State's construction permit forms, and permit and inspection status can be checked on the SDL portal under "Bedminster Township." Town Hall hours are "8am to 4pm, Monday through Friday."