Roofing in Pennsauken Township, 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, the Pennsauken Construction page says the Construction Division regulates construction "by enforcing the Uniform Construction Code of the State of New Jersey" and names no code edition; Chapter 133 of the Township Code establishes the Township's enforcing agency.

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 from the Township of Pennsauken Construction Division, 2400 Merchantville Avenue, 856-665-1000 ext. 1400. Section 133-8 of the Township Code requires a permit "for all construction except for ordinary repairs as provided for in Section 5:23-2.7 of the State Uniform Construction Code." Where a roof permit is required, Section 133-10 (last amended June 20, 2024, by Ordinance 2024:13) prices it with other alterations: "Fees for all reconstruction, renovations, alterations, repairs, new decks, ground, or roof mount solar, roofing, siding, and fencing shall be based off the estimated cost of construction," at "$40.8 per thousand $1 thru $50,000, $31.2 per thousand $50,001 thru $100,000, $26.5 per thousand above $100,001," with a $75 minimum. The Construction Department's Required Inspections list names a "Roofing Final" and says the contractor must supply a ladder, set up and tied off, when the inspector arrives. Inspections are requested by e-mail to [email protected] with the permit number, property address, type of inspection, contact person and requested date, and are scheduled Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon. Applications are on the Township's GovPilot online forms or its PDF forms page.