Roofing in Franklin Township (Gloucester County), 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, Section 190-1 of the Franklin Township Code establishes the "Franklin Township Construction Code Enforcing Agency" as the Township's State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency, and the Construction Department's page says permits "are needed to ensure that state building and fire code standards are met."

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 Franklin Township needs one from the Township's Construction Department. Where a roof permit is required, the Township's fee ordinance, Section 190-2, prices renovations, alterations and repairs at "$34 per $1,000" of estimated cost and says "The fee for reroofing of use group R-5 shall not exceed $75." "The minimum fee for a basic construction permit covering any or all of building, plumbing, electrical or fire protection work shall be $75," and plan review fees "shall be not less than 5% nor more than 25% of the amount charged for the construction permit." The Construction Department, at 1571 Delsea Drive, Franklinville, phone 856-694-1234, takes applications online: "Use this link to submit your construction permit online." Its page says "Call us before you begin your project" and that some projects also need approvals from the Department of Community Affairs, whose forms are available from the State or "in person from our office." The Department's Do I Need a Permit checklist lists 24 kinds of work with no roofing row.