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Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Nockamixon Township, PA, issued by Nockamixon Township - Building Permits (Keystone Municipal Services). Nockamixon Township's enacted code caps the no-permit allowance for roof material replacement at 25% of the roof area. The Township's Code, Chapter 70, Article I (Ord. No. 117 of 2004), adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" by reference and, in section 70-7, amends the code's permit sections "as set forth in Schedule A." Schedule A (amended by Ord. No. 118 of 2004) rewrites 34 Pa. Code 403.62(a) so that an owner who intends to "construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of a residential building" shall first "obtain the required permit," and its list of work needing no permit includes only "(xi) Replacement of existing roof material that does not exceed 25% of the total roof area performed within any twelve-month period, provided the required change does not involve any structural elements." A full reroof exceeds that 25% limit. The Township's Permits & Forms page, read October 9, 2026, carries a project chart with the row "Roof Residential Nonstructural Repair or Replacement" marked "No Permit Required if nonstructural," and a row "Roof with structural repairs or alterations" sending the owner to the building permit application and the building code officer. The chart is the office's stated practice; the enacted Schedule A text quoted above caps the roofing exemption at 25% of the roof area. Section 70-5 says "Nockamixon Township has no such ordinances" of building code law adopted on or before July 1, 1999. The building permit part of the Township's 2026 fee schedule (Resolution 010526.02) has a "Renovations/Repairs/Alterations" line and names no roof work except "Solar Panels Roof or Ground Mounted." 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 code treats a reroof over 25% of the roof area as permit work even though its chart says a nonstructural residential reroof needs no permit, so confirm with the code officials before starting. The fee schedule says "In the event construction is started without the required zoning and building permit(s), applicable fees will be doubled." Forms "must be submitted as a hardcopy" to the Zoning Officer/Building Code Official or the Township office at 589 Lake Warren Road, Upper Black Eddy; the Township's Hours & Directions page lists building code official inspection times as Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. Read for this record: the Township's Permits & Forms page, Contact Info and Hours & Directions pages, its 2026 fee schedule, its residential building permit application, its Code Chapter 70 with Schedule A, and the Code's search results for "roof" and "reroofing.". This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Nockamixon Township, Pennsylvania, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.