Roofing in Winslow 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 Winslow Township Construction and Building Permits page links to the State's list of adopted codes and standards rather than naming an edition.

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 Winslow Township Construction Office, Department of Community Services, 125 S. Route 73, Braddock, phone 609-567-0700, option 5, email [email protected], open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The office's page says it "Reviews and issues permit applications including but not limited to new homes, additions or sunrooms, pools or hot tubs, re-roof, siding, fences being used as pool barriers," among other work; it does not say which reroofs need a permit. Where a permit is required, the page says "all permit applications received after that date must include a copy of the home improvement contractor's registration documentation," the date being the State registration deadline of December 31, 2005. Building, electrical, plumbing and fire inspections run Tuesday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The page links to the State's construction permit application packet and forms. Where a roof permit is required, the Township's construction fee ordinance, Code Section 113-1B(6) (Chapter 113, Ord. No. O-2013-029), prices "Roofing and Siding" at $64 for residential work and $20 per $1,000 of estimated cost for commercial work; the minimum fee for any building permit is $58. The Township's contractor registration chapter also asks for advance notice of work, as described under contractor registration.