Upper Darby, PA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

Chapter 262, Article I of the Township Code implements the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act (Act 45 of 1999) locally: § 262-1 has the Township elect to administer and enforce that Act, and § 262-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code found at 34 Pa. Code Chapters 401-405 as Upper Darby's municipal building code, listing local amendments to the UCC's administrative sections. Section 262-3 then inserts jurisdiction-specific values into each model code the UCC incorporates, including the International Plumbing Code. 2, meaning plumbing permit costs are not fixed in the Code itself but are set in the separately adopted fee schedule (which, per the companion Chapter 290 fee schedule, folds plumbing into the same permit-fee structure as other building trades).

1, filled in as "36 inches," fixing that local value rather than leaving it blank as in the model code. Anyone performing plumbing work must also be a licensed contractor: under § 265-6B, only a master plumber, or the master plumber personally representing a contracting company, may apply for a plumbing permit, and that individual must have passed an exam administered by an organization the Director of Licenses and Inspection approves.