Roofing in Peapack and Gladstone, New Jersey

Not required

Required

The 2024 International Residential Code, New Jersey edition, adopted by the State, with the Rehabilitation Subcode for work on existing buildings. New Jersey has one construction code, the Uniform Construction Code (N.J.A.C. 5:23), which every municipality enforces; municipalities do not adopt building codes of their own (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-123.1 and 52:27D-139). N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.21(a)1 adopts the International Code Council's "2024 International Residential Code known as the IRC/2024 as the one- and two-family dwelling subcode in New Jersey subject to the modifications stated at (c) below," and 3.21(b) applies it to "detached one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses not more than three stories above grade plane in height." The section was rewritten by R.2026 d.086, "effective August 17, 2026," in the Department of Community Affairs' print of the rules "adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 16," and the Department's Current Construction Codes page lists the "International Residential Code/2024, NJ ed" with an adoption date of Aug 17, 2026. Other buildings fall under the building subcode, the International Building Code/2024, NJ edition (N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.14). Roof work on an existing building is held to the Rehabilitation Subcode: "Existing structures, when repaired, renovated, altered or reconstructed, shall conform to the requirements of N.J.A.C. 5:23-6, Rehabilitation Subcode" (N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.4(a)). A six-month grace period follows the adoption. N.J.A.C. 5:23-1.6(a): "For a period of six months following the operative date of a subcode revision, applicants may submit a complete permit application, including all prior approvals, to be reviewed under the code in force immediately preceding the subcode revision." The rule history gives R.2026 d.086 no date other than its effective date, so on that reading the window runs from August 17, 2026 until about February 17, 2027: a complete application filed inside it may be reviewed under either the prior edition or the 2024 edition, at the applicant's choice, and one filed after it closes is reviewed under the 2024 edition. Everything above is New Jersey state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, Peapack and Gladstone Borough Code Section 11-1.1 says "There is hereby established in the Borough of Peapack and Gladstone a State Uniform Construction Code Enforcing Agency to be known as the Construction Code Enforcement Office," and Chapter 11 adopts no building code of its own.

No permit is needed under state law to reroof a detached one- or two-family house; a townhouse, other attached dwelling or any other building needs one. In Peapack and Gladstone, where a roof permit is required, the Borough's fee ordinance, Code Section 11-1.2, prices "Minor work, single trade work (including, but not limited to roofing, siding, radon, etc.), Use Group R-3, R-4 and R-5 only" at a "Flat rate: $60." The same section prices "Renovation, alterations and site work construction for premanufactured structures: $25/$1,000," sets plan review at "20% of the amount to be charged for the construction permit," charges a DCA training fee on "All other construction: $1.70 per $1,000 of cost value," and says "The minimum fee for any construction permit shall be $50." The Construction Code Enforcement Office is at 1 School Street, PO Box 218, Peapack, phone 908-234-2250 extension 151, email [email protected]. Its page lists regular office hours of Monday through Thursday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, and Friday, 8:00 am to 1:00 pm, and Construction Official office hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:45 pm to 6:00 pm by appointment. Permit status and inspection requests go through the Borough's SDL portal.