Roofing in Collingswood, 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 135 of the Collingswood Borough Code establishes the enforcing agency and its fee schedule and names no code edition, and the Construction/Permits page read on October 2, 2026 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 needs one from the Collingswood Construction Office, Borough Hall, 678 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08108. The office line is 856-854-0720 ext. 2108 (Technical Assistant Michelle Fareri, [email protected]); Construction Official William Fisher is "Available Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays" at ext. 2107. "Permit Applications are available from the Construction office daily from 9am to 4:30pm," and the page links the Department of Community Affairs construction permit forms; no online permit portal is listed. Once a permit is approved, "you will be notified of the cost and when to pick up the completed permit." Where a roof permit is required, Section 135-3 of the Borough Code (last amended December 2, 2024 by Ord. No. 1791) lists "Roofing and siding for residential" at $75 and "Roofing and siding for commercial" at "$35 per thousand, maximum $800," with a minimum fee of $75. In the Borough's two Historic Districts, the Historic Preservation Commission also reviews "replacement of windows, doors, roofs and fences," and the Historic Board page says "It is legally incumbent upon owners of property within the Historic Districts to check with the Zoning Office at Borough Hall before initiating any alterations or purchasing any materials that will be added to the exterior of property within the Historic Districts," that applications are due at the Zoning Office "no later than twenty (20) days prior to the meeting," held on the third Thursday of each month at 7pm, and that information and applications are at 856-854-0720 x110.