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Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Sunbury, PA, issued by City of Sunbury - Code Administration Office. The City of Sunbury's permit page lists new roofs as permit work. The City's Codes and Ordinances page (read October 9, 2026) lists under "Building Permits Required:" the entry "New Roofs (Asphalt – Metal – Rubber)", and its list of "Building Permits Not Required" names no roof work. The same page says "permits are required for building construction, renovation, and some landscaping projects" and "Residential and commercial contractors must register with the Code Administration Office and obtain necessary permits before conducting any work within the City of Sunbury." Section 68-7 of the City Code says "Any person or authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of a residential or commercial building" shall "first apply to the City Code Administration Office and obtain the required permit," and Section 68-7B says "A permit is not required for the exceptions listed in UCC Section 403.1(b) (relating to scope)" and Sections 403.42(c) and (e) and 403.62(c) and (e); Chapter 68 names no roof work. Under state law, Act 45 says the Act "shall not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" or to "Repairs to residential buildings, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" (section 104(b)(5) and (6)), and of a municipal ordinance that adds to the code, 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." 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). In practice, expect the City to require a permit for a new roof. Section 68-10 says a person found performing building construction, improvement, or repair "without a valid building permit" gets a warning on a first offense and a stop-work order and citation on a second, and Section 68-13 provides "a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a term of not to exceed 90 days, or both," and, for failure to obtain a building permit, "restitution in an amount up to the declared cost of the project." Section 68-4 says "Any person performing building construction work in the City of Sunbury shall be registered or licensed with the Code Administration Office," and Section 68-4F says "The license or registration of the contractor must be presented at the time of application for a building permit." The agency's fee schedule for the City prices residential additions, alterations, remodeling and repairs under $500,000 at 1.5% of total construction cost, with "A 30% administration fee, plus a $4.50 state fee added to all permits." The Code Administration Office is open Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at 570-286-4207. Read for this answer: Chapter 68 of the City Code, Building Construction and Occupancy (Sections 68-1 to 68-14), in full; Chapter 130, Property Maintenance; every page of a search of the whole City Code for "roof" and a search for "reroofing", which returned no result; the Codes and Ordinances and Code Office Documents pages; the agency's building permit application, whose type-of-work boxes include "ROOFING"; and the agency's fee schedule for the City, which has no roofing line. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Sunbury, Pennsylvania, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.