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Roofing in North Versailles Township (Allegheny County), Pennsylvania

No, North Versailles Township (Allegheny County), PA does not require a permit for like-for-like roof replacement (North Versailles Township - Building Inspector). North Versailles Township's Building & Electrical Inspector page says "Siding, Windows, Doors, Driveways, Shingles only: No Permit required." The Township's Building & Electrical Inspector page (read October 9, 2026) says "A Building and/or Electrical Permit is required for any proposed alterations, demolition or additions, interior or exterior to a property," and among "common additions and their requirements" lists "Siding, Windows, Doors, Driveways, Shingles only: No Permit required." Chapter 120 of the Township Code names no roof work either way and adds no permit clause of its own; Section 120-7 keeps in force building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 that equal or exceed the code, and this record has not read any such ordinance. The Township's Building Permit Fees schedule has no roofing line: it prices residential "Repairs and alterations" at "1.5% of construction cost," and the Township's 2026 fee schedule names no roof work. The Township's Building / Demolition Permit application offers the permit types "New Construction Addition Alteration Repair, replacement Demolition" and names no roof work. The enacted text names no roof work on houses either way; the no-permit line is the department's stated practice, and this record does not decide whether it is the department's reading of the State's exclusion for house repairs. 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," 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." Read for this answer: Chapter 120 of the Township Code, Construction Codes, Uniform, in full; Chapter 124, Contractors, and Chapter 139, Fees; every page of a search of the whole Township Code for "roof" and for "reroofing," which found no permit provision naming roof work; the Building & Electrical Inspector, Permits & Forms and FAQ pages; the Building / Demolition Permit application; the Building Permit Fees schedule; and the 2026 fee schedule. Where a permit is needed, the page says "A Zoning Certificate is the first step in applying for any building permit," and the application asks for a signed copy of the contract and contractors' workers' compensation and liability insurance certificates. The Residential Building Inspector keeps office hours on Monday, 9:00am to 11:00am, at the Township office, 412-823-6602. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for North Versailles Township (Allegheny County), Pennsylvania, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in North Versailles Township (Allegheny County)

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in North Versailles Township (Allegheny County) are set locally by North Versailles Township - Building Inspector. Pennsylvania issues no state roofing licence, but its Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act requires a contractor to register with the Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection before doing home improvement work, which the Act defines to include roofs on jobs over $500, unless the contractor’s home improvement work totalled less than $5,000 in the previous tax year — and the Uniform Construction Code applies to buildings throughout the Commonwealth as a minimum a municipality may exceed but not fall below, with ordinary repairs to a house outside it unless a local ordinance brings them in, so whether a reroof needs a permit is a municipal question — always confirm the current requirements with the authority before starting work.

Roofing permit
Not required
Contractor registration
Required
Adopted building code
The 2021 International Residential Code, as adopted by the State in the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (UCC). 34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7) adopts "The 'International Residential Code of 2021,' except that:" followed by the State's list of exclusions and modifications, effective January 1, 2026 (55 Pa.B. 7701). None of the State's changes touches Chapter 9, Roof Assemblies, or Section R803, Roof Sheathing, so those apply as the International Code Council publishes them. Work on existing buildings is also pointed to the State's existing-building code: "The repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition and relocation of existing buildings must comply with Chapter 34 of the 'International Building Code of 2021' or with the 'International Existing Building Code of 2021'" (34 Pa. Code 403.21(f)). The UCC is the minimum everywhere in the state: "no municipality may propose or enact any ordinance which is less than the minimum requirement of the Uniform Construction Code" (Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, section 503(b)). The Act also lists work it "shall not apply to", including "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" or to "Repairs to residential buildings," in each case "except as might be required by ordinances" kept in force under section 303(b)(1) or adopted under section 503 (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6); 34 Pa. Code 403.1(b)(8) and (9)). The Act defines a repair as "The reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for the purpose of its maintenance." So whether the code's roofing rules reach a given house reroof depends on the municipality's own ordinances. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, North Versailles Township administers the code itself: Chapter 120 of the Township Code (Ordinance No. 1015, April 19, 2004) says the Township "does hereby elect to adopt, administer and enforce" the Act and adopts the Uniform Construction Code by reference as the North Versailles Township Building Code, and the Township's Building & Electrical Inspector page lists a Residential Building Inspector at the Township office, with commercial building and electrical inspections by outside firms. Chapter 120 names no edition and changes nothing in the code's roofing provisions; Section 120-5 substitutes the Allegheny County Health Department Plumbing Code for the International Plumbing Code.
Permit process
North Versailles Township's Building & Electrical Inspector page says "Siding, Windows, Doors, Driveways, Shingles only: No Permit required." The Township's Building & Electrical Inspector page (read October 9, 2026) says "A Building and/or Electrical Permit is required for any proposed alterations, demolition or additions, interior or exterior to a property," and among "common additions and their requirements" lists "Siding, Windows, Doors, Driveways, Shingles only: No Permit required." Chapter 120 of the Township Code names no roof work either way and adds no permit clause of its own; Section 120-7 keeps in force building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 that equal or exceed the code, and this record has not read any such ordinance. The Township's Building Permit Fees schedule has no roofing line: it prices residential "Repairs and alterations" at "1.5% of construction cost," and the Township's 2026 fee schedule names no roof work. The Township's Building / Demolition Permit application offers the permit types "New Construction Addition Alteration Repair, replacement Demolition" and names no roof work. The enacted text names no roof work on houses either way; the no-permit line is the department's stated practice, and this record does not decide whether it is the department's reading of the State's exclusion for house repairs. 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," 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." Read for this answer: Chapter 120 of the Township Code, Construction Codes, Uniform, in full; Chapter 124, Contractors, and Chapter 139, Fees; every page of a search of the whole Township Code for "roof" and for "reroofing," which found no permit provision naming roof work; the Building & Electrical Inspector, Permits & Forms and FAQ pages; the Building / Demolition Permit application; the Building Permit Fees schedule; and the 2026 fee schedule. Where a permit is needed, the page says "A Zoning Certificate is the first step in applying for any building permit," and the application asks for a signed copy of the contract and contractors' workers' compensation and liability insurance certificates. The Residential Building Inspector keeps office hours on Monday, 9:00am to 11:00am, at the Township office, 412-823-6602.

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