Roofing in Medford 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 Medford Construction Office page says the office ensures that all construction work in the Township "complies with the requirements of the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code" and names no 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 needs one from the Medford Township Construction Office, 49 Union Street, 2nd Floor, Medford, 609-654-2608, [email protected]. Office staff work Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and the Construction Code Official and inspectors "are available on weekday mornings between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. for consultations." Where a roof permit is required, Medford's fee ordinance, Section 71-5C(18), reads: "Roofing and siding for use groups R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 shall be a flat fee of $150 (*R-5 detached one- and two-family dwellings are exempt). All other use groups shall be calculated per Subsection C(2) above." The office's construction permit checklist (2022), linked "To check which forms may be required for your permit," marks "Roof" with "R" in its Building column and does not separate detached from attached dwellings. Subsection C(2) charges renovations, alterations and repairs by estimated cost: "For the first $50,000: $38 per $1,000," then $29 per $1,000 to $100,000 and $24 per $1,000 above that, and plan review adds 20% of the permit fee. Applications use the State's UCC forms, starting with the UCC-F100 construction permit application, and each needs "A valid Home Improvement Contractors Registration." Inspection requests go in writing at least 24 hours ahead on the Township's inspection request form, emailed as an attachment or delivered in person, and "Inspections are not scheduled until availability is confirmed in writing by our office."