Roofing in Redstone Township, Pennsylvania

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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, Redstone Township's Board of Supervisors, at its reorganization meetings of January 10, 2024, January 8, 2025 and January 14, 2026, voted "to have the Enforcement of the Uniform Construction Code by K-2 Engineering," per the Township's posted meeting minutes; K2 Engineering is at 234 Pittsburgh Street, Uniontown. The Township's website publishes no code of ordinances and no ordinance by which it adopted the Uniform Construction Code, and this record has not read one. The Township's pages name no code edition.

No Redstone Township text read names reroofing as permit work or as exempt. Neither the Township's pages (its home, Contact Us, Did You Know?, Agendas and Meetings pages) nor K2 Engineering's permit applications page names Redstone Township's rule on reroofs. The Township's website publishes no code of ordinances and no ordinance by which it adopted the Uniform Construction Code, and this record has not read one. 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." Because the Township's adoption ordinance is unread and neither the Township nor its code agency has published a statement on reroofs, this record does not decide whether the Township requires a permit for an ordinary reroof. The Township can be reached at 724-246-1910 at the municipal building, 225 Twin Hills Road, Grindstone, PA 15442, and K2 Engineering at (724) 439-3440, 234 Pittsburgh Street, Uniontown, PA 15401. Read for this answer: the Township's home, Contact Us, Did You Know?, Agendas, Meetings and Right to Know pages, including the posted minutes from 2023 to 2026; and K2 Engineering's contact and resources pages.