Roofing in Carroll Township (York County), Pennsylvania

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The 2021 International Residential Code, as adopted by the State in the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (UCC). 34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7) adopts "The 'International Residential Code of 2021,' except that:" followed by the State's list of exclusions and modifications, effective January 1, 2026 (55 Pa.B. 7701). None of the State's changes touches Chapter 9, Roof Assemblies, or Section R803, Roof Sheathing, so those apply as the International Code Council publishes them. Work on existing buildings is also pointed to the State's existing-building code: "The repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition and relocation of existing buildings must comply with Chapter 34 of the 'International Building Code of 2021' or with the 'International Existing Building Code of 2021'" (34 Pa. Code 403.21(f)). The UCC is the minimum everywhere in the state: "no municipality may propose or enact any ordinance which is less than the minimum requirement of the Uniform Construction Code" (Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, section 503(b)). The Act also lists work it "shall not apply to", including "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" or to "Repairs to residential buildings," in each case "except as might be required by ordinances" kept in force under section 303(b)(1) or adopted under section 503 (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6); 34 Pa. Code 403.1(b)(8) and (9)). The Act defines a repair as "The reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for the purpose of its maintenance." So whether the code's roofing rules reach a given house reroof depends on the municipality's own ordinances. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, Carroll Township administers the code itself: Section 170-1 of the Township Code says "This municipality hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Do I Need A Permit? page says "In order to make it easier for our residents we handle the applications in house" and that "You may choose your UCC review and inspection company from the above approved 3rd party Inspection Agencies," naming Approved Code Services and Building Inspection Underwriters of PA. The Township office is at 555 Chestnut Grove Road, Dillsburg. Section 170-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the municipal building code, and Chapter 170 changes nothing in the code's roofing provisions. Neither the Township Code nor the Township's pages name a code edition.

No Carroll Township text read names reroofing as permit work or as exempt. The Township's Do I Need A Permit? page (read October 9, 2026) says "A building permit is required for new construction, additions, alterations, renovations and various repairs" and names no roof work either way. Chapter 142 of the Township Code, Building Permits (Ord. No. 14-1970), says "No house, mobile home, building, structure, additions thereto, or improvements to real estate whatsoever shall henceforth be commenced, constructed, placed or erected until an application for a building permit in proper form has been filed"; it names no repair or roof work, and this record does not decide whether a reroof is an improvement to real estate under it. Chapter 170, Construction Codes, Uniform (Ord. No. 2004-157), adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" and adds no permit clause and no roof words of its own; Section 170-5A keeps in force building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 "which equal or exceed the requirements of the code." The Township's 2026 fee schedule (Resolution No. 2026-06) prices a "Building Permit: $5.00 per $1,000.00 cost of project plus $10.00 filing fee," and neither the Township's schedule nor the two agencies' 2026 schedules attached to it has a roofing line; the Township's building permit application has no roofing box. Under state law, Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6) list "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" and "Repairs to residential buildings" among work the Act does not apply to, "except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503," and 34 Pa. Code 403.62(c) says "A permit is not required for the exceptions listed in § 403.1(b) (relating to scope) and the following, if the work does not violate a law or ordinance." Because the Township's own permit clause and its office statement name no roof work, and whether an ordinary reroof falls within either turns on words this record would have to construe, this record does not decide whether the Township requires a permit for an ordinary reroof. Ask the Township office at 717-432-4951 before work starts. The 2026 fee schedule says "For any work commencing without first obtaining a building permit, the unit cost or base fee will be doubled," and Section 142-8 sets a fine of "not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution." Read for this answer: Chapter 142, Building Permits (Sections 142-1 to 142-12), and Chapter 170, Construction Codes, Uniform (Sections 170-1 to 170-9), of the Township Code, in full; every page of a search of the whole Township Code for "roof" and for "reroofing," which found no permit provision naming roof work; the Do I Need A Permit? and Applications & Forms pages; the building permit application, a scanned form read from its page images; and the 2026 fee schedule with the Building Inspection Underwriters of PA and Approved Code Services schedules attached to it.