Roofing in Seaside Park, 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, Section 185-1 of the Seaside Park Borough Code establishes "a State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency to be known as the 'Building Official's Office.'"

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 in Seaside Park needs one from the Borough's Construction Office. Where a roof permit is required, Section 185-2A of the Borough Code reads "All roofs, built-up asphalt, rubberized, etc., for use groups B, C, E, F, H, M and S shall be calculated using renovation, alteration and repair fees: $35 per thousand dollars," and prices other "Renovations, alterations, repairs, and pilings" at "First $50,000: $35 per thousand." That section is codified through Ord. No. 2023-19; the Borough's later Ord. No. 2026-05 amends only Section 185-2C(10), "Photovolatic ( solar) systems," and leaves the roofing fee as codified. For permitted work the office's Required Inspections sheet lists a "Sheathing" inspection, and "Applicants are responsible for scheduling all required inspections." Building inspections run "T & Th: 9:00am-1:00pm"; to schedule, email [email protected], and "Inspections are not OFFICIALLY scheduled until you receive an email confirmation back." The office is at 313 SW Central Avenue ("Please Use the 4th Avenue Entrance"), phone 732-250-7569, and posts the Borough's permit forms, a Flood Plain Review form and a link to the SDL Portal "to search for your permits."