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No, South Middleton Township, PA does not require a permit for like-for-like roof replacement (South Middleton Township - Building Department). South Middleton Township's Permitting page lists "Re-shingling a roof" under "Permit Not Needed" and says "Certain circumstances apply." The Township's Permitting page (read October 7, 2026), under "Permit Not Needed," lists "Re-shingling a roof, replacing of doors, windows, and siding (with no structural changes), security alarms, temporary pods, repaving or paving driveways over stone. Certain circumstances apply." Under "Building Permit Needed" it lists "Alterations, repairs, additions, reconstructions, new constructions, demolitions," and it adds "When beginning a project, please call the Township office for specific directions on how to proceed." Section 2201(1.) of the Township's Zoning Ordinance says "No building in any District shall be erected, reconstructed, restored, or altered without a building permit duly issued upon application to the Township," and names no roof work. Ordinance No. 11 of 2004, the Township's Uniform Construction Code ordinance, names no roof work and makes no change to the code's permit provisions. The Township's Building & Codes fee schedule (consolidated fee schedule, Resolution No. 2025-22, adopted December 18, 2025) has no roofing line; it charges "Additions, alterations, renovations, repairs and all other uses" on existing houses at $200 for the first $1,000 of estimated cost and $20 per $1,000 after that, and the residential building permit application has no roofing box. The enacted text names no roof work either way; the no-permit line is the department's stated practice, and this record does not decide whether it is the department's reading of the Uniform Construction Code's exceptions or of Section 2201. 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"; section 503(c) says "An ordinance under this subsection shall not be effective nor enforceable unless subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) have been satisfied"; 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." This record does not decide whether the municipality's requirement is one adopted under section 503 or kept in effect by section 303(b)(1). Read for this answer: Ordinance No. 11 of 2004, the Township's Uniform Construction Code ordinance, in full; Article 22 of the Township's Zoning Ordinance, which carries its building permit provisions; Section 2.02 of the Township's 2023 Floodplain Ordinance, whose permit clause sits in the floodplain rules; the Township's published ordinance list, which names no other building code ordinance (the Township publishes its ordinances as separate documents, not as a searchable code); the Permitting and Applications pages; the residential building application package; the How to Apply for Permits guide; and the Building & Codes pages of the consolidated fee schedule. Section 2201(1.)(e.) of the Zoning Ordinance says that where a required permit is not obtained before work starts, the fees "shall be doubled," and the fee schedule adds a fine for construction without a permit of $100 for a first offense, $250 for a second and $500 for a third. Building permit applications are on the Township's applications page or at the Township office; the office's telephone is 717-258-5324. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for South Middleton Township, Pennsylvania, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.