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Roofing in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in East Pittsburgh, PA, issued by East Pittsburgh Borough - Borough Office (Code Enforcement). East Pittsburgh Borough's 2025 fee schedule lists a "Re-Roofing permit, Residential" fee of $40.00. The Borough's 2025 fee schedule, which its Forms & Permits page links as "2025 Fee Schedule" (Resolution No. 24-11 as posted, read October 12, 2026), says "The following fees are established pursuant to Part II, Chapter 198 of the Borough of East Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances" and lists the line "Re-Roofing permit, Residential $ 40.00" (and "Re-Roofing permit, Commercial $ 50.00"). The resolution says "a General Borough Fee Schedule as set forth in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein is hereby adopted" and that it takes effect "1 January 2025." Chapter 198 of the Borough Code, Construction Codes, Uniform (Ord. No. 893, adopted 11-17-2009), says in Section 198-2 "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 to 405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the municipal building code of East Pittsburgh Borough," names no roof work and no code edition, and in Section 198-6 leaves fees to be "established by the Borough Council by resolution from time to time." A search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" returned thirteen code results (stormwater roof drains, solar energy systems, definitions, signs) and two amendments (streets and sidewalks, solid waste), none of which requires or exempts a permit for reroofing, and a search for "reroofing" returned no results. Under state law, Act 45 says the Act "shall not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" or to "Repairs to residential buildings, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" (section 104(b)(5) and (6)), and of a municipal ordinance that adds to the code, section 503(c) says "An ordinance under this subsection shall not be effective nor enforceable unless subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) have been satisfied." This record does not decide whether the municipality's requirement is one adopted under section 503 or kept in effect by section 303(b)(1). In practice, expect a house reroof in the Borough to be treated as permit work priced on that line; the fee schedule states no penalty for work without a permit. The Borough Office is open Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, at 412-823-7124. Read for this answer: Chapter 198 of the Borough Code in full; every result of Code searches for "roof," "reroofing" and "building permit"; the Borough's 2025 fee resolution and schedule; and the Borough's home, Forms & Permits, Ordinances and property-sale pages. The Borough's pages name no building permit application form for a reroof, and its Zoning chapter was read only through those searches. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in East Pittsburgh

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in East Pittsburgh are set locally by East Pittsburgh Borough - Borough Office (Code Enforcement). Pennsylvania issues no state roofing licence, but its Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act requires a contractor to register with the Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection before doing home improvement work, which the Act defines to include roofs on jobs over $500, unless the contractor’s home improvement work totalled less than $5,000 in the previous tax year — and the Uniform Construction Code applies to buildings throughout the Commonwealth as a minimum a municipality may exceed but not fall below, with ordinary repairs to a house outside it unless a local ordinance brings them in, so whether a reroof needs a permit is a municipal question — always confirm the current requirements with the authority before starting work.

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Adopted building code
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, East Pittsburgh Borough administers the code itself: Section 198-1 of the Borough Code says "East Pittsburgh Borough hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Borough Office, at 813 Linden Avenue, East Pittsburgh, posts the Borough's fee schedule and, on its Forms & Permits pages, refers to "The Code Enforcement/BCO." Chapter 198 of the Borough Code, Construction Codes, Uniform (Ord. No. 893, adopted 11-17-2009), says in Section 198-2 "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 to 405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the municipal building code of East Pittsburgh Borough," names no roof work and no code edition, and in Section 198-6 leaves fees to be "established by the Borough Council by resolution from time to time." A search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" returned thirteen code results (stormwater roof drains, solar energy systems, definitions, signs) and two amendments (streets and sidewalks, solid waste), none of which requires or exempts a permit for reroofing, and a search for "reroofing" returned no results. The Borough's pages read name no code edition, and this record does not decide which edition the Borough applies.
Permit process
East Pittsburgh Borough's 2025 fee schedule lists a "Re-Roofing permit, Residential" fee of $40.00. The Borough's 2025 fee schedule, which its Forms & Permits page links as "2025 Fee Schedule" (Resolution No. 24-11 as posted, read October 12, 2026), says "The following fees are established pursuant to Part II, Chapter 198 of the Borough of East Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances" and lists the line "Re-Roofing permit, Residential $ 40.00" (and "Re-Roofing permit, Commercial $ 50.00"). The resolution says "a General Borough Fee Schedule as set forth in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein is hereby adopted" and that it takes effect "1 January 2025." Chapter 198 of the Borough Code, Construction Codes, Uniform (Ord. No. 893, adopted 11-17-2009), says in Section 198-2 "The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 to 405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the municipal building code of East Pittsburgh Borough," names no roof work and no code edition, and in Section 198-6 leaves fees to be "established by the Borough Council by resolution from time to time." A search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" returned thirteen code results (stormwater roof drains, solar energy systems, definitions, signs) and two amendments (streets and sidewalks, solid waste), none of which requires or exempts a permit for reroofing, and a search for "reroofing" returned no results. Under state law, Act 45 says the Act "shall not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" or to "Repairs to residential buildings, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" (section 104(b)(5) and (6)), and of a municipal ordinance that adds to the code, section 503(c) says "An ordinance under this subsection shall not be effective nor enforceable unless subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) have been satisfied." This record does not decide whether the municipality's requirement is one adopted under section 503 or kept in effect by section 303(b)(1). In practice, expect a house reroof in the Borough to be treated as permit work priced on that line; the fee schedule states no penalty for work without a permit. The Borough Office is open Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, at 412-823-7124. Read for this answer: Chapter 198 of the Borough Code in full; every result of Code searches for "roof," "reroofing" and "building permit"; the Borough's 2025 fee resolution and schedule; and the Borough's home, Forms & Permits, Ordinances and property-sale pages. The Borough's pages name no building permit application form for a reroof, and its Zoning chapter was read only through those searches.

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