Roofing in Delanco 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, Chapter 150 of the Township Code establishes "a State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency to be known as the Department of Code Enforcement and Inspection." The Delanco Construction Department page 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 from the Township of Delanco Construction Department, Municipal Building, 770 Coopertown Road, Delanco, NJ 08075, phone 856-461-0561 ext. 261 (Construction Coordinator); the Construction Official is at ext. 276. UCC permit forms are available at the Municipal Building "Monday-Thursday 8:30am to 4:00pm, Friday 8:30am-12:30pm," or from the State's construction permit forms page. Where a roof permit is required, Section 150-3 of the Township Code (last amended September 23, 2019 by Ord. No. 2019-22) reads: "Roofs. The fee for a roof permit for a single-family dwelling (Use Groups R-3, R-4 and R-5, only) shall be calculated as outlined in Subsection A(1)(b) above." That subsection prices renovations, alterations and repairs at "$46 per $1,000, or a fraction thereof, for the first $50,000 of estimated cost of construction," with less per $1,000 above that and "the minimum fee of $75," and every permit also carries "a record maintenance fee of $10 on each permit." Inspections are booked by email to [email protected], 24 hours in advance, with the permit number, name, phone number, property address and type of inspection; building inspections are Tuesday and Thursday, 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The page also directs property owners and contractors working on a property under homeowner association rules to the Township's HOA approval notice. It names no online permit portal.