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No, Manheim Township (Lancaster County), PA does not require a permit for like-for-like roof replacement (Manheim Township - Code Compliance Department). Manheim Township's Code Compliance Department says re-roofing an existing house needs no permit. Its answer to "Is a permit required for a roof replacement?" (read October 5, 2026) says "Effective January 1, 2017, The Manheim Township Code Compliance Department will no longer require a re-roofing permit for existing residential dwellings. Although no permits are required, all re-roofing work is to comply with the PA Uniform Construction Code as adopted and amended by Manheim Township Ordinance 2019-01 and the applicable sections of IRC Chapter 9. Ice barriers are to be installed at all roof edges per Chapter 9 as required per Table R301.2(1) as adopted per Manheim Township Ordinance 2019-01. Commercial re-roofing permits shall continue to be issued with applicable required inspections." It ends "Please do not hesitate to contact the Code Compliance Department at 717-569-6406, extension 6." Ordinance 2019-01 has been replaced by Ordinance 2026-01, enacted February 9, 2026. The department's Roofing, Siding, Windows & Doors page lists "Re-roofing" under "No Building Permit Required," and lists as permit work "Structural alterations including, but not limited to creating or enlarging openings in bearing walls" and "Addition of over-framed dormers on existing roofs." Chapter 202 of the Township Code (https://ecode360.com/34612659, read October 5, 2026) names no residential roof work either way: its general clause is "A building permit shall be required for residential alterations or repairs as set forth in Section 403.62 of the Uniform Construction Code," and 34 Pa. Code 403.62(d) says "An ordinary repair does not require a permit" without defining it. Its only roofing permit words, "electrical, plumbing, mechanical, roofing and fire alarm permits," are in its amendment to 403.43(g), one of the State's sections on the "permit and inspection process for commercial construction"; its amendment to the residential counterpart, 403.63(g), lists "electrical, plumbing, mechanical and residential fire alarm permit." The no-permit line is the department's stated practice, and this record does not decide whether it is the department's reading of that relief. Under state law, Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6) list "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" and "Repairs to residential buildings" among work the Act does not apply to, "except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503"; 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"; and 34 Pa. Code 403.62(c) says "A permit is not required for the exceptions listed in § 403.1(b) (relating to scope) and the following, if the work does not violate a law or ordinance." 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 the Township's Ordinance 2026-01 as enacted February 9, 2026, with an approval letter issued June 23, 2026, and an earlier Township ordinance, enacted February 14, 2005, that "Requires a building permit for all residential repairs and alterations, except where excluded by the UCC regulation at 403.62." Read for this answer: Chapter 202 of the Township Code as codified (Ord. No. 2026-01, Section 202-2 amended by Ord. No. 2026-04), whose Section 202-2 carries the Township's amendments to the State's permit sections; a search of the whole Township Code for "roof," which found no separate building-permit chapter or other permit provision naming roof work; and the Township's 2026 fee resolution and residential fee worksheet. Ordinance 2026-01 sets a fine "not exceeding $1,000 plus costs" for violating its provisions. Work that is permit work, such as structural alterations, goes in through the CityView permit portal or in person at 1840 Municipal Drive, Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Manheim Township (Lancaster County), Pennsylvania, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.