Roofing in Galloway 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 Galloway Township Construction page says the Community Development Department enforces "the Code of the Township of Galloway, the Land Management Ordinance, and State Codes, through the permitting process" and names no code edition.

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 needs one from the Township of Galloway Construction Office, in the Community Development Department at the Municipal Complex, 300 East Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway, 609-652-3700 ext. 241 or 249; Township office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Where a roof permit is required, the construction fee ordinance the Township posts as its Fee Schedule (Ordinance No. 1843-2012, amending Section 153-5 of the Township Code, introduced January 24, 2012) prices it under the building subcode as a "(h) Minor work permit (roof, siding,*decks)" at "$25.00 per $1,000 of est. cost" with a $75.00 minimum, whichever is greater; renovations and alterations are $25.00 per $1,000 of estimated cost with a $150.00 minimum. The Construction page says "Obtaining a permit is the sole responsibility of the homeowner, not the contractor," and that inspection requests must be made by e-mail. The page posts the general application and the building, electrical, plumbing, fire and mechanical technical sections as PDF forms.