Palisades Park has 7,614 homes, and half of them were standing by 1976. What the code requires when that roof is replaced, and who signs off, is below.
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Permit
New Jersey treats a new covering on a detached one- or two-family house as ordinary maintenance: no permit, no notice (N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7). In Palisades Park, 16% of homes are detached. An attached house, or work on rafters and beams, is not covered.
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 55% of Palisades Park’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. Palisades Park 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.
36% of the occupied homes in Palisades Park are lived in by their owners: 2,652 households, the people this line is for. By year built, 11% before 1940, 33% before 1960, 55% before 1980; 30% went up in 2000 or later. (ACS 2020–2024.)
By building type: 16% detached houses, 18% attached single-family houses (rowhouses, twins and townhouses), 38% buildings of two to four units.
30% of homes here were built in 2000 or later. HUD’s useful-life table gives an asphalt-shingle roof 20 years, so roofs on houses from the early 2000s are reaching that age.
Of the 68 Bergen County municipalities on this site, Palisades Park has the 61st largest share of homes built before 1980: 55%, against a county range of 30% to 93%.
ZIP codes: 07650
| Place | Median built | Before 1980 | Owners | Row, twin | Hail days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palisades Park | 1976 | 55% | 36% | 18% | 20 |
| Leonia | 1945 | 84% | 70% | 5% | 21 |
| Ridgefield Park | 1948 | 93% | 60% | 3% | 19 |
| Ridgefield | 1957 | 80% | 51% | 9% | 15 |
| Fort Lee | 1971 | 65% | 55% | 7% | 20 |
| Cliffside Park | 1970 | 70% | 51% | 11% | 16 |
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.
Within 10 miles of Palisades Park, hail of an inch or more was reported on 20 days between 2006 and 2025, the biggest stones 2 in on August 15, 2008. The most recent was September 8, 2023.
That is more hail days than 93% of the places in the state on this site.
Remnants of Hurricane Ida (DR-4614, September 2021) is the latest of 10 federal storm declarations covering Bergen County since 2006. (OpenFEMA.)
A report says hail fell near Palisades Park, not that it damaged a roof. When wind or hail damage means a new roof.
Useful life is HUD’s planning figure, not a warranty. 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; 16% 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; 11% here predate 1940 | Can’t be roofed over; check the framing for the weight |
| Flat roof: EPDM or TPO | 15 years | Low-slope roofs and rear sections (18% of homes here are attached) | Seams at walls and drainage |
Any business offering home improvements in Palisades Park must be registered with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, with the number on its contracts and ads (N.J.S.A. 56:8-138, 56:8-144); 47,473 registrations were active in October 2026.
The price side is in what a new roof costs in New Jersey; the paperwork side in checking a roofing contractor.
Detached houses: no permit, no notice. New Jersey treats a new covering on a detached one- or two-family house as ordinary maintenance: no permit, no notice (N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7). In Palisades Park, 16% of homes are detached. An attached house, or work on rafters and beams, is not covered.
By the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), the median home in Palisades Park was built in 1976, 55% of homes were built before 1980, 36% are owner-occupied.
Hail of 1 inch or larger was reported on 20 days within 10 miles of Palisades Park from 2006 through 2025 (NOAA Storm Prediction Center). A report means hail fell nearby, not that a roof was damaged.
Any business offering home improvements in Palisades Park must be registered with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, with the number on its contracts and ads (N.J.S.A. 56:8-138, 56:8-144); 47,473 registrations were active in October 2026.
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.