Do I need a permit for roof replacement or repair in City of Cedartown?

Most likely yes. Roof replacement or repair usually requires a permit in Georgia. Confirm the specifics with City of Cedartown.

Reroofing generally requires a building permit in Georgia jurisdictions; confirm your city or county threshold and whether a state-licensed roofer is required. Structural sheathing or decking replacement can add a separate inspection, so tell the inspector if you expose the deck. Polk County's own permitting office is the Polk County Building Inspection office, reachable on 770-749-2104 at https://www.polkga.org/departments/building_inspection/index.php. It issues permits for the unincorporated county. If your city does not run its own building department, and many smaller Georgia municipalities do not, this is the office that will handle the job. Roofing permits and the dry-in inspection are handled by whichever office serves your address, so confirm that before the tear-off starts. Cedartown handles permits through Building Inspector Joseph Martin at City Hall, 201 East Avenue, 770-748-3220 extension 3040. Anyone needing a permit contacts him first, and a meeting is scheduled to review the request before the permit is authorized. Property in Cedartown's designated historic district, the downtown area described in Code Sec. 54-61, cannot be materially changed in appearance without both a certificate of appropriateness from the Historic Preservation Commission and a building permit, and the building permit is not issued until the certificate is (Sec. 54-35 and 54-63). Cedartown publishes no re-roofing exemption, so confirm the requirement with the Building Inspector before work starts.