Roofing in Wood-Ridge, 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 Wood-Ridge Construction Department page names no code edition, and Chapter 249 of the Borough Code, which establishes the Borough's "Construction Code Office," names none either; it says "All provisions of this chapter are adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 5:23-1.1 et seq."

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 Wood-Ridge Construction Code Office, on the second floor of the Municipal Building at 85 Humboldt Street, 201-939-5188. The office page says "Permits issued from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m." and "Permit applications are also available from the rack by the office door whenever the Municipal Building is open." Where a roof permit is required, the Borough's fee schedule, Borough Code Section 249-4 (added February 21, 2024 by Ord. No. 2024-3), has no separate roofing fee; it prices "renovations, alterations, repairs" at "$16.50 per $1,000 of estimated cost of work on one- and two-family houses, provided that the minimum fee shall be $60," and at $18.50 per $1,000 with a $125 minimum on all other buildings, and says "The fee for a construction permit shall be the sum of all subcode fees listed in Subsections B through H hereof and shall be paid before the permit is issued." Borough Code Section 217-4B reads: "After obtaining a building permit, the person or persons doing the work shall notify the Construction Code Official 24 hours prior to commencing any work whatsoever on any building or structure." The Construction Department's forms list includes a Dumpster and Pod Permit.