Roofing in Carneys Point 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 72-1 of the Township Code establishes "a State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency" known as the Office of Housing and Inspection, and the Construction Department 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 Carneys Point Construction Department is at 303 Harding Highway, Carneys Point, NJ 08069; the construction office line is 856-299-0070 ext. 126, and the office is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 3:30 pm. The page says "ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE PAID IN THE FORM OF EXACT CASH, CHECK OR MONEY ORDER" and "ALL INSPECTIONS MUST BE SCHEDULED BY 3:00PM THE PRIOR DAY FOR NEXT AVAILABLE INSPECTION DATE." Its Permit Applications and Sub-Code Forms link opens the State's standard construction permit application. Where a roof permit is required, the Township fee schedule, Section 72-3B(2), bases the fee for renovations, alterations and repairs on the estimated cost of work: "Estimated cost up to and including $50,000: $24 per $1,000." Section 72-3B(1)(b)[7] reads: "There shall be a minimum fee of $52 per technical section." The State permit surcharge on such work is "$1.90 per $1,000 of value of construction." Chapter 132 of the Township Code applies to building permits and reads that "no permit, license or approval will be granted or renewed unless the applicant for said permit, license or approval has paid all property taxes."