Areas We Cover
Syracuse and the surrounding Onondaga County area
Towns and villages we cover
Syracuse, NY
Inside the city line a roof is permitted work in its own right, because the Central Permit Office lists Roof as a residential construction permit type with its own application. The median city house was finished in 1948 and 43.1 percent of the stock predates 1940, so what sits under the old covering is rarely known until the tear-off starts.
Coverage in SyracuseEast Syracuse, NY
East Syracuse village has the second oldest housing in Onondaga County: 54.0 percent of its homes were built in 1939 or earlier and the median build year is 1938 or earlier. On roofs that old the first question is not which shingle but whether the existing covering and deck can lawfully be left in place at all.
Coverage in East SyracuseLiverpool, NY
The Village of Liverpool requires a building permit to install a new roof covering and for any work on a flat roof, which is the most explicit roofing permit rule published anywhere in the county. Half the village housing was built in 1939 or earlier, so the permitted job is usually a tear-off onto an old deck rather than a straightforward overlay.
Coverage in LiverpoolCicero, NY
Cicero is the one town in Onondaga County that says in writing no building permit is required to replace roofing, provided no more than two layers are being covered. That exemption is written around the same number the state code uses to bar a recover, so counting the layers at the eave answers both questions at once.
Coverage in CiceroClay, NY
Clay has the newest housing in Onondaga County, a median build year of 1978 and only 3.2 percent of homes predating 1940, so most roofs here sit on plywood or early OSB and are on their first or second covering. The town's published permit list does not mention roofing either way, which is a silence rather than an exemption.
Coverage in ClayDeWitt, NY
DeWitt draws its permit line at minor repairs rather than by trade and names no roofing anywhere in its published permit guidelines, so a patch and a full replacement can land on opposite sides of the same rule. The town's own hazard ranking scores winter weather 67 and hail 21, which is worth remembering when someone at the door diagnoses hail damage.
Coverage in DeWittJamesville, NY
Jamesville has no government and no permit office of its own, so every roofing permit question here is answered by the Town of DeWitt Planning and Zoning Department at 5400 Butternut Drive. It also sits on the wooded hills in the south of the town, where tree cover over the roof and the state's elevation adjustment to ground snow load both come into play.
Coverage in JamesvilleManlius, NY
Manlius is two governments sharing one name: the Town of Manlius permit office is at 301 Brooklea Drive in Fayetteville, while the Village of Manlius runs its own office on Arkie Albanese Avenue. Which side of the village line a house sits on also predicts its roof history, because the town as a whole is only 11.2 percent pre-1940 against a county share of 22.6 percent.
Coverage in ManliusFayetteville, NY
The Village of Fayetteville publishes no list of work needing a permit and instead tells residents to contact the codes officer about any repair, alteration or addition, so there is nothing to read here, only someone to ask. Village permits run six months and may be renewed once, which matters when a roof approved in autumn meets a Syracuse winter.
Coverage in FayettevilleCamillus, NY
Only 6.1 percent of Town of Camillus housing predates 1940 and the median build year is 1966, so the live questions here are how many layers are up and whether the eaves were ever given ice protection at all. On most Camillus roofs the ice barrier goes on for the first time at replacement, and how far up the slope it runs is the line to read on the quote.
Coverage in CamillusBaldwinsville, NY
Baldwinsville pairs a pre-war core, 20.6 percent of homes built in 1939 or earlier, with a large 1970s expansion that puts the village median build year at 1975. Those 1970s roofs are now at the point where a second layer added in the 1990s has run out, and a third layer is not a lawful option.
Coverage in BaldwinsvilleSkaneateles, NY
The Village of Skaneateles has the oldest housing in Onondaga County, 54.3 percent of it built in 1939 or earlier, and a Historical Landmarks Preservation Commission that holds hearings and votes on exterior changes at designated properties. The watershed rules that govern land and shoreline disturbance around the lake do not apply to replacing a roof covering.
Coverage in SkaneatelesSolvay, NY
Solvay neither requires nor exempts roofing in writing and tells anyone unsure to call Code Enforcement, and with 43.1 percent of village homes built before 1940 that call often ends in a permit anyway. The village sits inside the Town of Geddes but issues its own permits, which is where most first calls go to the wrong place.
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