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Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Middletown Township (Delaware County), PA, issued by Middletown Township - Planning and Development Department. Middletown Township has its own Application for Roofing Permit for residential and commercial roofs. The Township publishes its own roofing permit: its Building Permit Information and Applications page (read October 7, 2026) posts the "MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP ROOFING PERMIT INSTRUCTIONS" and an "APPLICATION FOR ROOFING PERMIT" (Revised 1/2024), for residential or commercial work, with the fee "Residential: 1.50% of Construction Cost. Minimum Fee $100.00." The instructions say "Work may not start until the permit has been approved and issued" and "A final inspection is required to be performed." The Township's Residential Alterations procedure says "A Building Permit is required for all new construction, alterations, and demolition within the township." Chapter 89 of the Township Code, the Township's Uniform Construction Code ordinance (Ord. No. 653), names no roof work either way; Section 89-6A keeps in force building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 that equal or exceed the code, and none of them is named. 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, expect the Township to require a roofing permit for a house reroof; its Master Fee Schedule says building permit fees "shall be doubled if the project is started without the applicable Permits and/or Approvals." Each contractor files a certificate of general liability and workers' compensation insurance listing the Township as certificate holder, and the instructions give a turnaround of 7 to 10 business days for roofing permits. The Township says that from October 13, 2026 applications go through its GovWell online portal and paper applications are no longer accepted. Final inspections are scheduled 24 hours ahead at 610-565-2700; the office is open Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4 pm. Read for this answer: Chapter 89 of the Township Code, Construction Codes (Articles I to VII), in full; Article VI of Chapter 120, Floodplain Management, whose permit clause reaches the floodplain area; every page of searches of the whole Township Code for "roof" and "reroofing," which found no permit provision naming roof work; the Planning and Development, Building Permit Information and Forms, General Information on Permits and Building Permit Information and Applications pages; the roofing permit instructions and application; the Residential Alterations procedure; the Adopted Building Codes List; and the 2026 Master Fee Schedule. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Middletown Township (Delaware County), Pennsylvania, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.