I have been in contact with Steven Nowroski from the Easton Codes Department and he is incredibly supportive of our green roof idea. According to him and someone from the zoning department, there is no zoning permits needed, but a LOT of codes that must be followed. In addition to sending me links to massive books of codes (http://codes.iccsafe.org/I-Codes.html), he told me that this kind of project would require a PA registered design professional to fill out all the necessary paperwork and prepare construction documents. For this reason, I am wondering how deep into the codes we should go for this project. I have a few questions that the rest of you could perhaps weigh in on regarding this topic:

-Should we read through the codes and find out exactly which paperwork we need?

-Should we just try to find out the cost incurred by following the codes and paying the professional to prepare the paperwork?

-Should we continue trying to find the contractor that the school would use in hopes that they know how to deal with all of this?

-Should we just include a section in our proposal that says something like “there are codes that must be followed, but a PA registered design professional has to go through them and prepare the construction documents?

-Bushkill project, are you going into codes and zoning at all for your project proposal?