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Roofing in New Albany, Indiana

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No — New Albany, IN does not require a permit for like-for-like roof replacement (City of New Albany Building Department). WHERE. The Building Department is at 142 E Main, Suite 206, New Albany, IN 47150, on (812) 948-5371, with David Kalbaugh as Building Commissioner; Code Enforcement is a separate line, (812) 948-5309. The Building Department's page points to the City's SmartGov public portal for every permit the City offers, and the same portal is where it sends contractors for the Contractor's License Application. WHEN A ROOF DOES NEED A PERMIT, because structural work is involved, section 150.060(A) requires the application to be accompanied by "a plat or sketch of the proposed location showing lot boundaries, and by plans and specifications showing the work to be done", and section 150.046(C) bars a licensed residential contractor from applying for permits on behalf of another person, firm or entity. Permit fees are fixed by the Board of Public Works and Safety with Council approval and published in section 158.01, which was not read for this record, so no fee is stated here. No published review time was found. The Building Commission meets on the first Monday of the month at 4:00 P.M. New Albany, Indiana sits in one of the country's most hail-prone regions. This hub aggregates New Albany's roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements and impact-resistant material options — every fact linked to its sourced directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in New Albany

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in New Albany are set locally by City of New Albany Building Department. Indiana does not license roofing contractors at the state level — roofing and general contracting are absent from the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency’s list of licensed professions — so any contractor credential is a city or county one, while the Indiana Residential Code applies statewide and limits how far a local ordinance may depart from it — always confirm the current requirements with the authority before starting work.

Roofing permit
Not required
Contractor registration
Required
Adopted building code
THE CITY ADOPTS NO EDITION OF ITS OWN; ITS ADOPTION IS EXPRESSLY FLOATING. Section 150.010(A), Adoption of regulations by reference, reads: "Building rules of the Indiana Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission as set out in the following Articles of Title 675 of the Indiana Administrative Code are hereby incorporated by reference in this code and shall include later amendments to those articles as the same are published in the Indiana Register or the Indiana Administrative Code with effective dates as fixed therein". The list that follows runs from Article 13 to Article 20 and names, under Article 14, One and Two Family Dwelling Codes, the "Indiana Residential Code" by name. The section's history is Ord. G-88-112, passed 4-21-1988, and Ord. G-02-39, passed 10-17-2002. So New Albany tracks whatever Article 14 is at the time of the work rather than freezing an edition. WHAT ARTICLE 14 REACHES. The Indiana residential rule is 675 IAC 14-4.4, the 2020 Indiana Residential Code, which the Indiana Department of Homeland Security states has regulated residential construction statewide since December 26, 2019, and which adopts and amends the first printing of the 2018 International Residential Code. New Albany writes no roofing amendment to it anywhere in its building-code sections, 150.001 through 150.086, and IC 22-13-2-3(c) bars a city from an ordinance "that conflicts with or includes more stringent or detailed requirements than the commission's rules".
Registration details
  • license: A CITY LICENCE BY EXAMINATION, AND A ROOFER WORKING ON A HOUSE NEEDS ONE. Indiana issues no state roofing, general-contractor or home-improvement credential, so the question here is entirely local, and New Albany answers it in its own code. Section 150.046(A) reads: "Any person, firm or entity engaged in the business of or holding themselves out to the public as engaged in the business of constructing, installing, repairing, remodeling or servicing any structural or non-structural portions of any one- or two-family dwelling or accessory building thereto shall be required to obtain a residential contractors license." A roof covering is a non-structural portion of the dwelling, so a roofer in that business is caught by the words themselves; roofing is not named, and does not need to be. Multi-family, commercial and industrial work is licensed separately under section 150.045. THE PERMIT AND THE LICENCE ARE INDEPENDENT. Section 150.063 excuses a roof covering replacement from a permit, but nothing in section 150.046 turns on whether a permit is needed, so the licence is required on a permit-free reroof too. WHAT IT TAKES. Under section 150.039(A)(4) the applicant must show "an average of not less than 70% on the written examination relative to his or her license application", either on a test given by the Building Commission for a $25 testing fee or by certification from an approved testing facility; section 150.039(A)(5) authorises a criminal records check, and section 150.039(B) lets the Commission reject an applicant convicted of a crime involving fraud, deceit, dishonesty or moral turpitude. Section 150.040(A) requires proof of general liability insurance "in an amount of not less than $1,000,000" before the licence is granted. TERM AND UPKEEP. Under section 150.048(B) licences run for the calendar year, "shall be obtained on or before January 15 of each year and shall expire at midnight, January 14", and a renewal not secured by January 15 "shall be revoked". Section 150.049 requires six hours of continuing education a year for each licence held. Licence fees are set in section 158.01, which was not read for this record. WORKING WITHOUT ONE. Section 150.060(D) sets flat fees of $100 for a first offence, $250 for a second and $1,000 for the third and later ones, on top of the chapter's penalties. THE ONE EXCEPTION is the owner-occupant: section 150.047(A) lets an individual who is both the owner and the occupant of a single-family residence take a permit without a licence.
Permit process
WHERE. The Building Department is at 142 E Main, Suite 206, New Albany, IN 47150, on (812) 948-5371, with David Kalbaugh as Building Commissioner; Code Enforcement is a separate line, (812) 948-5309. The Building Department's page points to the City's SmartGov public portal for every permit the City offers, and the same portal is where it sends contractors for the Contractor's License Application. WHEN A ROOF DOES NEED A PERMIT, because structural work is involved, section 150.060(A) requires the application to be accompanied by "a plat or sketch of the proposed location showing lot boundaries, and by plans and specifications showing the work to be done", and section 150.046(C) bars a licensed residential contractor from applying for permits on behalf of another person, firm or entity. Permit fees are fixed by the Board of Public Works and Safety with Council approval and published in section 158.01, which was not read for this record, so no fee is stated here. No published review time was found. The Building Commission meets on the first Monday of the month at 4:00 P.M.

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Impact-resistant roofing materials for New Albany hail

New Albany, Indiana sits in one of the country's most hail-prone regions. For hail exposure, the highest impact rating a roof covering can earn is UL 2218 Class 4. These cataloged material categories reach Class 4:

Class 4 impact-resistant materials

Class 4 Impact-Resistant Shingle Corrugated Metal Panel Metal Shingle Rubber (Polymer) Shingle Standing-Seam Metal Roof Stone-Coated Steel Synthetic Shake Synthetic Slate Synthetic Tile

Browse every option on the Class 4 impact-resistant materials hub, and read the Class 4 impact-resistant shingles buyer's guide. Many insurers offer premium credits for a documented Class 4 roof — confirm terms with your carrier.

Local permitting authority

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Roofing guides

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