Roofing in Long Beach 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 Construction and Zoning page and Chapter 64 of the township code name 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 in Long Beach Township needs one from the Construction Office at 6805 Long Beach Boulevard, Brant Beach, NJ 08008, 609-361-6679, open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 3pm. "Permit Applications may be submitted during regular hours of operation," and the page links an online construction permit portal. Inspections run "Monday, Wednesday, Friday - Areas South of Ship Bottom" and "Tuesday and Thursday - Areas North of Ship Bottom," and should be scheduled at least 24 hours ahead with the block, lot and address. Where a roof permit is required, Section 82-10 of the township code, as codified through Ord. No. 24-05C, prices renovations, alterations and repairs at $100 for work under $1,000, then "$25 per thousand or part thereof" up to $50,000, with lower rates above that, and sets "Minimum for any renovation or alteration: $100." The township's code shows newer laws not yet worked into the codified text, so confirm the current fee with the department. Long Beach Township shares its construction official with Ship Bottom, according to the State roster of construction officials.