Roofing in East Greenwich 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, the East Greenwich Construction Office page says the department "is the agency that enforces the New Jersey State Uniform Building Code and local building and zoning codes"; it 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 in East Greenwich Township needs one from the Construction Code Department, 159 Democrat Road, Mickleton, open Monday through Friday, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm. The department's page gives the Township's main number, 856-423-0654, with the construction clerk at extension 8131 and the construction official at extension 8132. Its list headed "Contact the Construction Department before any of the following work is performed" includes "Reroofing," and it says "If you are in doubt a call to the Construction Department is recommended" and "Permits must be obtained before the start of work." The Township's Forms page posts the State's permit jacket (F100) and building subcode section (F110). Where a roof permit is required, section 15.04.020 of the Township Code prices renovations, alterations and repairs on estimated cost at "thirty-four dollars ($34.00) per one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)," with a $65 minimum building subcode fee. The Township's construction and demolition debris program (sections 15.04.150 to 15.04.240) also applies: "No building permit or demolition/removal permit shall be issued unless the applicant has submitted a properly completed waste management form part I," the diversion rate is "sixty-five (65) percent by weight" of the debris, and the program exempts "Roofing projects that do not include the tear-off of the existing roof."