Roofing in East Stroudsburg, 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, East Stroudsburg Borough issues building permits through its Building Code Department at the Borough office, 24 Analomink Street. Section 73-33 of the Borough Code says the Borough "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Borough's Building Code Department page says "Municipal Code Solutions(MCS) oversees the Building Code Department, which coordinates the permitting process, inspections scheduling, and the Certificate of Occupancy (CO) issuance." Section 73-34 adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the municipal building code; Chapter 73 changes nothing in the code's roofing provisions. Section 73-34 names the 2015 International Residential Code among the codes the Uniform Construction Code had adopted "effective 10-1-2018," while adopting the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time," and the Building Code Department page lists the "2021 International Residential Code (IRC)" among its current codes. Section 73-23, amended by ordinances of 1997 and 1999, adopts by reference "The BOCA National Building Code/1999, Fourteenth Edition" and "The International One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code, 1998 Edition," and Section 73-37A says "All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were adopted by this municipality on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the code shall continue in full force and effect"; the permit provisions of those two model codes are not printed in the Borough Code and were not read for this record, so whether they require a permit for a house reroof is not stated here.

East Stroudsburg Borough text read for this record names no roof work either way. The Borough's Building Code Department page (read October 9, 2026) lists the documents a residential building permit needs and quotes the 2021 International Building Code's general rule, "No person shall begin work without a valid building permit," but names no roof work, and the Borough's building permit application and 2026 fee schedule (Resolution No. 2-2026) name none either; the fee schedule prices "Residential Alterations - Building" at 1.85% of the total cost of construction with a $154.00 minimum. Section 73-7A of the Borough Code says "An application for a permit shall be required in accordance with the provisions of those other applicable codes and ordinances which the Office of Code Enforcement has the responsibility to administer," and names no roof work. Section 73-23, amended by ordinances of 1997 and 1999, adopts by reference "The BOCA National Building Code/1999, Fourteenth Edition" and "The International One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code, 1998 Edition," and Section 73-37A says "All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were adopted by this municipality on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the code shall continue in full force and effect"; the permit provisions of those two model codes are not printed in the Borough Code and were not read for this record, so whether they require a permit for a house reroof is not stated here. 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." A residential building permit application goes in with two sets of plans and a certificate of insurance listing East Stroudsburg Borough as certificate holder, with a $154.00 application fee; the Building Code Department takes walk-ins and calls on Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and Thursdays, 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., at 570-421-8300. Read for this answer: Chapter 73 of the Borough Code, Codes and Code Enforcement (Sections 73-1 to 73-38), in full; every page of a search of the whole Borough Code for "roof" and a search for "reroofing", which returned no result; the Building Code Department, Zoning and Codes Department and Forms and Applications pages; the building permit application; the 2026 fee schedule; and the third-party agency's page for the Borough, which states nothing on roofing.