Roofing in Cornplanter Township (Venango 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, Cornplanter Township's Zoning, Building Codes page says "Construction Code Inspectors, Inc. is contracted by the township as the building code enforcement inspector" and asks builders to contact the firm at (814) 432-2630; the Township office is at 136 Petroleum Center Road, Oil City (814-676-1744). The Township's ordinance adopting the Uniform Construction Code is not posted on its website, whose pages (Home, Public Works & Agenda, Water/Sewer/Street Light, Zoning, Building Codes, and Contact) list no ordinances, and it was not read for this record; no Township code book was found. The contracted firm's own website, read October 12, 2026, names no roof work and does not name Cornplanter Township on the permit pages read. The Township's pages name no code edition.

Cornplanter Township's pages read for this record do not say whether a house reroof needs a permit. The page's own sentence is "Building permits are required to enlarge, alter, repair, move or demolish the exterior of an existing building, construct a new building or structure or change the occupancy of a building." It names no roof work, and this record does not decide whether a house reroof is one of the work that sentence lists. The same page says the Township's Zoning Officer "issues zoning permits" and that a zoning permit "is required for construction and other activities to verify and authorize the legal use of property by the zoning regulations"; it names no roof work, and this record does not decide whether a house reroof is "construction and other activities" for the zoning permit. The Township's ordinance adopting the Uniform Construction Code is not posted on its website, whose pages (Home, Public Works & Agenda, Water/Sewer/Street Light, Zoning, Building Codes, and Contact) list no ordinances, and it was not read for this record; no Township code book was found. The contracted firm's own website, read October 12, 2026, names no roof work and does not name Cornplanter Township on the permit pages read. 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." This record does not state whether the Township requires a permit for a house reroof; ask the Township's contracted code inspector, Construction Code Inspectors, Inc. (814-432-2630), or the Township office (814-676-1744) before starting. Read for this answer: the Township's Home, Public Works & Agenda, Zoning, Building Codes, and Contact pages, the contracted firm's Home, Permit Application, Residential Additions and Contact pages, and the firm's Building Permit Application form, whose types of application list no roofing line. The Township's fee schedule was not found online.