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Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Franklin Township (Carbon County), PA, issued by Franklin Township (Carbon County) - Zoning/Building Codes Department (Lehigh Valley Inspection Service). Franklin Township's posted building code official fee schedule prices a residential roof replacement. The directory's attached 2024 fee schedule of Lehigh Valley Inspection Service, the Township's listed building code official (scanned pages, transcribed from the rendered page images and read October 9, 2026), lists under "RESIDENTIAL INSPECTION SERVICES" a line "ROOF REPLACEMENT:" at "$200.00 - includes one visit" and says "THE ABOVE RESIDENTIAL FLAT FEES INCLUDE PLAN REVIEW"; the attached Barry Isett & Associates "BUILDING/GENERAL PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE" lists, under "Residential" and "One & Two Family Dwellings," a line "Roof" for "Re-roof, non-structural $75.00." The Zoning/Building Codes Department page says the Zoning Officer's main duties are "to enforce the Zoning Ordinance, Issue Zoning Permits, and to investigate any zoning complaints" and points to "Franklin Township Zoning Permit Applications as well as Building Code Permit Applications." The Township's Building/Zoning Permit Application has no roof box, and the Township's zoning fee resolution, Resolution No. 2016-13, names no roof work. Franklin Township's Zoning/Building Codes Department page links a "Franklin Township Building Code Official & UCC Inspector's Directory & Fee Schedule," which names Lehigh Valley Inspection Service as "BUILDING CODE OFFICIAL (BCO)" and lists Bureau Veritas North America Inc., Lehigh Valley Inspection Service and Barry Isett & Associates under "UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODES INSPECTORS (UCC)"; the Township's Building/Zoning Permit Application carries the Township office address, 889 Fairyland Road, Lehighton. The Township's ordinance electing to administer the Uniform Construction Code is not posted on its website and was not read for this record, and no codified code is linked from the Township's website. 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 Township to be treated as permit work priced on the building code official's roof replacement line. The Township's zoning fee resolution says "After-the-fact permits will be triple the cost of the original zoning/building permit fee." The Township office, at 610-377-1773, is open Monday to Friday, 7:00a to 3:00p, and the Zoning/Building Codes page says zoning appointments can be made at 610-395-0971. Read for this answer: the Township's home, Zoning/Building Codes Department and Permit Applications pages; the Building Code Official & UCC Inspector's Directory & Fee Schedule with its attached Bureau Veritas, Lehigh Valley Inspection Service and Barry Isett & Associates schedules; the Building/Zoning Permit Application; and zoning fee Resolution No. 2016-13. The Township's Zoning Ordinance, a scanned document, was not read for this record. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Franklin Township (Carbon County), Pennsylvania, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.