Roofing in Greenfield Township (Lackawanna County), 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, Greenfield Township's Building Code and Addressing Information sheet, read October 12, 2026, says "Greenfield Township opted to enforce and administer all of these codes, to ensure more timely service to our residents" and that "all persons seeking to build in the township are advised to contact Northeast Inspection Consultants at 570-280-2111, prior to any construction project"; the Lackawanna County township profile lists Northeast Inspection Consultants as the Township's zoning officer and building inspector. The Township office is at 424 Route 106, Greenfield Township (570-282-7000), and its Directory page says "To make an appointment, email Township supervisor." The sheet lists the International Residential Code 2006 and the International Existing Building Code 2006 among the codes in use, and the Township's pages name no later edition; this record has not read the 2006 edition's text and does not decide which edition the Township applies.

No Greenfield Township text read names reroofing as permit work or as exempt. The Township's Zoning Ordinance is posted as a scanned PDF of 255 pages with no text layer, and its text was not read for this record; no Uniform Construction Code ordinance or building chapter is posted on the Township's site, and none was read. Read for this answer: the Township's Building Code and Addressing Information sheet, its Directory, home and News and Information pages, and the Lackawanna County township profile. Ask the building code agency at 570-280-2111 before work starts.