Roofing in Roxbury 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 Roxbury Construction Department page says the Department "has been established in 1976, to provide all the services mandated under the state UCC" and names no code edition 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 from the Township of Roxbury Construction Department, 1715 Route 46, Ledgewood, NJ 07852, phone (973) 448-2009, open Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, except legal holidays. Where a roof permit is required, Township Code Section 24-3.2 (amended August 14, 2018 by Ord. No. 09-18) sets the fee: "The fee for a permit to re-roof and/or re-side (veneer) a structure of Use Group R-5 shall be $75 each. The replacement and/or altering supporting walls or roof framing is subject to additional charges," and "The fee for a permit to re-roof, re-side or veneer existing structures of all use groups except R-5 shall be $175." The same section says "The minimum fee for any building permit other than permits issued by third-party inspectors shall be $60." Application forms "can be completed electronically at home but will still need to be dropped off or mailed to the Construction Department Office for review," and the Department asks for "the contractor's name, address, phone number and license number" and estimated costs on each section. When requesting an inspection, have the property address, block and lot numbers, desired date, permit number and type of inspection ready.