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Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Lower Moreland Township, PA, issued by Lower Moreland Township - Code Enforcement Department. Lower Moreland Township's enacted fee schedule lists a residential roof permit at a $150 flat rate. Appendix Chapter A214 of the Township Code (Fees, as amended through Res. No. 24-58 of December 10, 2024, read October 7, 2026) sets the Chapter 82 building permit fees and lists, after the fees for repairs, "Roof residential" at a "$150 flat rate" and "Roof nonresidential" at a "$250 flat rate"; the Township's June 2025 Construction Permit Packet prints the same fees as "Roof permits (flat rate)" and its application lists "Roofing" among the contractor trades. Neither fee line is limited to any kind of roof work. Chapter 82, which adopts the Uniform Construction Code by reference, changes the State's list of work needing no permit for fences, retaining walls and uncovered decks and deletes items (iv) and (xiv) of that list as it read in 2004, whose text this record has not read; Chapter 82's own words name no roof work. The Township's own guidance says otherwise for shingles: the Building Department's Building Permit FAQs (read October 7, 2026) say "Permits are not required for painting or wall covering, general landscaping, re-shingling a roof, replacing but not moving plumbing fixtures (except water heaters), cabinets or counter tops and siding," and add "If you are unsure whether a permit is needed, please call the Code Department at 215-947-3100." 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 of a municipal ordinance that adds to the code, 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). In practice, the Township's enacted fee schedule prices a residential roof permit while its FAQs tell homeowners that re-shingling a roof needs no permit; ask the Code Department before starting. The FAQs say "Work performed without obtaining a permit first can result in the doubling of fees." Permit fees are paid when the application is submitted, and the FAQs give a turnaround of 15 business days for a residential permit application. The Code Enforcement office is open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at 215-947-3100. Read for this answer: Chapter 82 of the Township Code, Building Construction (Sections 82-1 to 82-7), in full; the Chapter 82 building permit fees in Appendix Chapter A214; every page of a search of the whole Township Code for "roof" and for "reroofing", whose other hits are stormwater, sewer, floodplain, fire-prevention and definition provisions and the Historic District chapter's list of matters weighed for a certificate in that district, which includes "Type of roof"; the Building Department and Code Enforcement/Zoning pages; and the June 2025 Construction Permit Packet. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.