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Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Lower Merion Township, PA, issued by Lower Merion Township - Building and Planning Department, Building Division. Lower Merion Township's Building Division states that a reroof needs a permit, and the Township's Uniform Construction Code ordinance, Chapter 143 of its Code, says "The Township elects to enforce the Code as it applies to the alteration and repair of residential buildings, as those terms are defined in the enabling legislation, as amended." Read October 5, 2026: its online permitting page lists residential building permits "including interior demo, whole house demo, new homes*, additions*, interior renovations/repairs, roofing, solar panels" and says the Roofing Addendum is "required for ALL roofing permit applications"; the addendum itself says "This questionnaire must be filled out for all roofing permit applications"; and the Division's fee schedule carries a "Re-roofing (residential & commercial and windos [sic] and siding in Historic District or Historic structures)" line, $102.50 for a job up to $5,000, $122.50 from $5,000 to $10,000, then $122.50 for the first $10,000 plus $15.00 for each added $1,000 up to $50,000 and $5.00 for each $1,000 above that, plus a $4.50 Pennsylvania State Training fee on every permit application. Under state law, Act 45 says the Act "shall not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" or to "Repairs to residential buildings, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" (section 104(b)(5) and (6)), and section 503(c) says "An ordinance under this subsection shall not be effective nor enforceable unless subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) have been satisfied." This record does not decide whether the municipality's requirement is one adopted under section 503 or kept in effect by section 303(b)(1). The Department of Labor and Industry's register of municipal code change ordinances lists a Lower Merion Township ordinance that "Requires a building permit for the alteration and repair of all residential buildings," found in compliance by an approval letter mailed November 24, 2004, with the entry "Enacted 12 / 15 / 04." In practice, expect the Building Division to require a permit for a reroof, as its forms and fee schedule state. Its fee schedule adds fees "when work requiring a permit is performed without first obtaining the required permit," from $225.00 for construction costs up to $10,000 to $1,500.00 for costs over $50,000, and Chapter 143 makes a violation subject to "fines and penalties not exceeding $1,000," adding "Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense." Residential roofing applications can be made through the online permitting portal; the page asks for the signed contract between owner and contractor, the Roofing Addendum, the Permit Compliance Form, a current certificate of insurance and the PA HIC registration, and says "Applying online for a permit is not deemed approved." The addendum asks the existing and proposed roofing layers, any decking replacement, slope, flashing, attic venting, ice shield and drip edge, and whether the property is in a historic district or on the Historic Resource Inventory, and says "All permits must be obtained prior to the start of work and must be posted in a conspicuous place where they can be seen from a public way." After hours, applications and plans can be left in the Building and Planning drop box in the East parking lot of 75 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore. The Building and Planning Department's phone is 610-645-6200; the Township lists hours of 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.