Roofing in Haddon Heights, 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 Haddon Heights Construction Office's page, its Permitting page, Chapter 175 of the Borough Code (Construction Codes, Uniform) and the Borough's Roof Permit Application name no code edition.

Under state law a reroof needs a permit on a townhouse or other attached dwelling, on any other building, and wherever the work reaches the roof structure; reroofing a detached one- or two-family house is ordinary maintenance with no permit (N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7(c)1.x, "The repair or replacement of existing roof covering on detached one- and two-family dwellings"). Where a roof permit is required in Haddon Heights, the fee is set by Borough Code Section 175-3A(1)(d)[4] (amended by Ord. No. 1468, 2019): "Roofing and siding permits for R-3, and R-5 residential uses: $75 plus $5 per $1,000 when not replaced in kind." Other renovation, alteration and repair work is priced from "Estimated cost up to and including $50,000: $38 per thousand." The Borough's Forms & Permits page lists its own Roof Permit Application under Construction. That form says "If there are CEDAR SHAKES on the roof, the entire roof must be taken off and new sheathing shall be installed," asks how many existing layers of asphalt shingles and of tar are on the roof, and says "When installing Hot Tar roof or other type using open flame or torch you shall obtain a fire permit from the local Fire Department"; a copy of the fire permit goes in with the construction application, and without it, the form says, the construction permit cannot be issued. The Construction Office is at Borough Hall, 625 Station Avenue, Haddon Heights, open Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. The Borough's Permitting page lists the Construction Department's contact at 856-547-7164 ext. 33 and links the State's standard construction permit application forms.