Atlantic Highlands has 2,165 homes, and half of them were standing by 1960. What the code requires when that roof is replaced, and who signs off, is below.
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Permit
Under N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7 a reroof of a detached one- or two-family house goes ahead without a permit or a notice to the construction office. Attached houses (2% of Atlantic Highlands’s homes) and any work that touches the structure fall outside the rule.
Source: N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7
Layers
The state strikes the IRC reroof definitions from its code (N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.21) and leaves existing houses to the Rehabilitation Subcode, not yet checked here. With 72% of Atlantic Highlands’s homes were built before 1980, ask the contractor to count the layers before quoting.
Source: N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.21
Ice barrier
The state code’s ice barrier applies where the average January day is 25 °F or colder: Sussex County, per DCA Bulletin 07-3. Atlantic Highlands is outside it, so whether to add one is up to you and the installer.
Source: N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.21; NJ DCA Bulletin 07-3
Rules as read on October 24, 2026. Everything else the state requires: roof replacement in New Jersey.
71% of the occupied homes in Atlantic Highlands are lived in by their owners: 1,457 households, the people this line is for. By year built, 27% before 1940, 51% before 1960, 72% before 1980; 13% went up in 2000 or later. (ACS 2020–2024.)
By building type: 59% detached houses, 10% buildings of two to four units.
Of the 48 Monmouth County municipalities on this site, Atlantic Highlands has the 16th largest share of homes built before 1980: 72%, against a county range of 22% to 87%.
ZIP codes: 07716
| Place | Median built | Before 1980 | Owners | Row, twin | Hail days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Highlands | 1960 | 72% | 71% | 2% | 8 |
| Highlands | 1975 | 61% | 61% | 9% | 8 |
| Middletown | 1970 | 66% | 86% | 9% | 9 |
| Rumson | 1969 | 60% | 93% | 1% | 9 |
| Fair Haven | 1955 | 74% | 90% | 3% | 10 |
| Sea Bright | 1976 | 61% | 70% | 22% | 8 |
Median built: median year the homes were built. Before 1980: share of homes built then. Owners: share of homes that are owner-occupied. Row, twin: share of homes that are rowhouses, twins or townhouses. Census ACS 2020–2024. Hail days: days with hail of 1 inch or larger within 10 miles, 2006–2025, NOAA Storm Prediction Center.
NOAA’s storm reports show 8 days since 2006 with hail of at least 1 inch inside a 10-mile circle around Atlantic Highlands, topping out at 1.75 in on June 29, 2019. The most recent was July 2, 2022.
That is fewer than most places in the state on this site (median 11 days).
Remnants of Hurricane Ida (DR-4614, September 2021) is the latest of 7 federal storm declarations covering Monmouth County since 2006. (OpenFEMA.)
A report says hail fell near Atlantic Highlands, not that it damaged a roof. When wind or hail damage means a new roof.
HUD’s useful-life figures are for planning; a warranty is a separate promise. For Atlantic Highlands’s houses: More in the guides to shingles, metal, slate and flat roofs.
| Material | HUD useful life | Fits a house like | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asphalt shingles | 20 years | Most pitched roofs; 59% of homes here are detached | Wind class set by the design wind speed (IRC Table R905.2.4.1) |
| Metal (standing seam, panels) | 50 years | Roofs that will carry solar later | Standing seam that carries its own loads can skip the tear-off (R908.3.1) |
| Slate | 75 years | Older houses; 27% here predate 1940 | Never a base for a new layer (R908.3.1.1); heavy |
| Flat roof: EPDM or TPO | 15 years | Porches, additions, low-slope rears | Where the roof meets a wall or parapet |
Ask a roofer working in Atlantic Highlands for the New Jersey home improvement registration number, which the law requires on contracts and advertising (N.J.S.A. 56:8-138, 56:8-144), and look it up with the Division of Consumer Affairs.
The price side is in what a new roof costs in New Jersey; the paperwork side in checking a roofing contractor.
None for a detached one- or two-family house. Under N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7 a reroof of a detached one- or two-family house goes ahead without a permit or a notice to the construction office. Attached houses (2% of Atlantic Highlands’s homes) and any work that touches the structure fall outside the rule.
By the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), the median home in Atlantic Highlands was built in 1960, 72% of homes were built before 1980, 71% are owner-occupied.
Hail of 1 inch or larger was reported on 8 days within 10 miles of Atlantic Highlands from 2006 through 2025 (NOAA Storm Prediction Center). A report means hail fell nearby, not that a roof was damaged.
Ask a roofer working in Atlantic Highlands for the New Jersey home improvement registration number, which the law requires on contracts and advertising (N.J.S.A. 56:8-138, 56:8-144), and look it up with the Division of Consumer Affairs.
The full list: before you call.
Checked October 24, 2026. Laws and code editions change; the date says when these were last read at the source.