Roofing in Woodstown, 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, Chapter 47 of the Woodstown Borough Code establishes the Borough's enforcing agency, the "Department of Construction Inspection," and neither it nor the Construction Code Official page read on October 2, 2026 names a code 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, and in Woodstown so does replacing roof sheathing on any house: the Construction Code Official page says "Replacing sheathing will always REQUIRE a PERMIT" and lists "Roof (commercial & if replacing sheathing residential)" as building permit work. The Borough's construction office is on the "2nd floor Borough Hall," 25 West Avenue, Woodstown. Its office hours are "Monday 4:30 pm -5:30 pm" and "Wednesday 4:30 pm- 5:30 pm," and its technical assistant answers at "856-769-2200 Ext. 108 or 856-299-0780 M-F 8am- 4pm" and at [email protected]. The page says "ALL INSPECTION REQUESTS MUST BE MADE IN WRITING" and "SEND INSPECTION REQUESTS TO [email protected]"; Oldmans Township's own construction office page lists the same construction official and technical assistant, and 856-299-0780 is the number that page gives. Where a roof permit is required, Section 47-5 of the Borough Code sets the fee: "The fees for construction permits shall be equal to those set forth in the New Jersey State Uniform Construction Code," "There shall be a minimum fee of $65.00 for each technical section," and "Any permit fees not addressed in this chapter shall be determined by the Construction Official." The fee section has no roofing line. The page advises "If you are unsure whether or not a permit is required, please call Christine Pippet, Construction Assistant at 856-299-0780 Monday thru Friday, 8a-4p."