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Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Orwigsburg, PA, issued by Orwigsburg Borough - Building and Zoning Codes. Orwigsburg Borough's Ordinance 194 names replacement of a roof, or any part of one, as permit work. Read October 10, 2026: Ordinance 194 of the Borough (enacted September 10, 1969, posted on the Borough's Ordinances page, read October 10, 2026) is titled "AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THAT A PERMIT BE OBTAINED BEFORE ERECTING, RAZING OR ALTERING ANY BUILDING WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF ORWIGSBURG." Section 1 says the word alteration "shall mean any enlargement of any building or any removal or replacement of any exterior or interior wall, roof, floor or support, or of any part thereof of any building," and Section 2 says "No person shall construct or cause to be constructed, raze or cause to be razed, alter or remodel or cause to be altered or remodeled, any building or structure" "without first having obtained a permit therefor from the proper borough officer." 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). Ordinance 295 (1990), amending Section 3 of Ordinance 194 as already amended by Ordinances 214 and 227, has the permit issued by "the Zoning Officer or such other Officer as the Borough Council shall, from time to time, direct" and sets a building permit rate schedule, and Section 8 of Ordinance 194 sets a fine of $25 or less and costs of prosecution for a violation. The Borough's Ordinances page indexes Ordinance 194 as "Ordinance requiring that a permit be obtained before erecting, razing, or altering any building (Related #295; 227; 214)" and lists no later ordinance repealing it. Section 6 of Ordinance 365, which adopts the Uniform Construction Code, says "All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were adopted by this Municipality on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the Code shall continue in full force and effect until such time as such provisions" fail to do so; this record quotes it and does not decide whether it reaches Ordinance 194. The Borough's Building-Zoning Codes page also says "Building permits may be required before beginning renovations or new construction" and "Permits are needed for numerous projects under the Uniform Construction Code," and its Zoning Ordinance, Section 13.03, requires a zoning permit for "alteration, extension, replacement" of a building and says "No zoning permit shall be required for repairs to or maintenance of any building, structure or land," a zoning permit exemption; this record does not decide how it relates to Ordinance 194. The contracted consultants' UCC permit forms and fee schedules posted on the page name no reroof line; one fee schedule lists "roofs" among "Cell towers, retaining walls, roofs, signs, ramps, decks, swimming pools" under miscellaneous construction. In practice, expect the Borough to require a permit for a reroof, as Ordinance 194 states, and ask the Borough Office (570-366-3103) before starting; the office is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Orwigsburg Borough administers the code itself through contracted code consultants: its Building-Zoning Codes page lists a "Borough Codes Official" at each of two outside consulting firms, says "Permit applications may be secured at the Borough Office or you may use the links below" and "Borough Council has adopted the Uniform Construction and the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC)," and Section 4 of the Borough's Ordinance 365 (April 2004) lets the Borough Council act through "one or more construction code officials or third party agencies." The Borough Office is at 333 South Liberty St. Read for this answer: Ordinances 194, 214, 227, 295, 365 and 367 (scanned images, read from the page images), the Borough's index of its ordinances, its Building-Zoning Codes, Forms and Contact pages, its Zoning Ordinance (searched for "roof," "permit" and "repair"), and the two UCC permit forms with fee schedules posted there. The Borough posts no code book; the ordinances are posted one by one. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.