Roofing in Verona 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. The Township of Verona Building Department pages state nothing further on code editions.

No permit is needed to replace the shingles on a detached one- or two-family house: the state rule makes reroofing such a house ordinary maintenance, and the Verona Building Department's Building FAQs page says "A permit is not required for roof shingle replace only (one and two family) but sheathing repair or replacement requires a permit." A townhouse, other attached dwelling or any other building needs a permit from the Building Department at the Verona Community Center, 880 Bloomfield Avenue, phone 973-857-4834, open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Where a roof permit is required, the Township's Uniform Construction Codes fee section, Code section A565-6 (last amended March 9, 2026 by Ord. No. 2026-09), says "Fees for roofing and siding shall be flat fees of $75 for residential structures and for commercial shall be $30 per $1,000 of estimated cost." Plan review is 20% of the permit fee for new construction, "5% for additions and/or alterations to one- or two-family properties, and 20% for additions and/or alterations for all other properties." Inspection requests "must be submitted in writing," at the office counter or online, and building inspections run on Tuesdays, 7:45 to 11:30 a.m. The FAQ page says "The permit cost is not calculated until it is reviewed and approved," and that for work done without a required permit "Monetary penalties per the UCC will apply."