Roofing in Elk 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 Elk Township Construction page names no code edition, and Section 54-1 of the Township Code establishes "a State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency" known as the Department of Inspections of the Township of Elk without naming one.

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 Elk Township needs one from the Township construction office at the municipal building, 680 Whig Lane, Monroeville. The Construction page says "Permit applications and permit payments may be dropped off to the municipal building in person, left in the temporary" drop box in the municipal vestibule area, or mailed in. It lists the Construction Official at 856-881-6525 ext. 111, the technical assistant at ext. 118 and the construction assistant at ext. 130 (both Monday to Wednesday, 8:30 am to 2 pm), the email [email protected], and building and fire inspections on Monday and Wednesday, 10 am to 1 pm. Where a roof permit is required, Section 54-2B(2)(b)[4] of the Township Code (Section 54-2 last amended by Ord. No. O-8-2026 on April 2, 2026) reads: "The fee for roofing or siding work shall be $0.045 for each $1,000 of estimated cost of work with a minimum of $95." The rate is as printed; the same subsection prices other renovations, alterations and repairs at "$45 per $1,000" with a $95 minimum, so ask the office for the figure on a given job. Section 54-2A adds that "The fee for plan review shall be 20% of the amount to be charged for a construction permit."