New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Chapter XXXII - Division of Code Enforcement and Administration
Part 1202 - Uniform Code and Energy Code: Administration and Enforcement by the State in Certain Local Governments
Section 1202.12 - Climatic and geographic design criteria

Universal Citation: 19 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 1202.12

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) Included with any building permit application, the owner shall be responsible for providing the department with the climatic and geographic design criteria required by the Uniform Code as established by the city, town, or village in which the building or structure is located. This includes, but is not limited to:

(1) ground snow load; wind design loads; seismic design category; potential damage from weathering, frost, and termite; winter design temperature; whether ice barrier underlayment is required; the air freezing index; and the mean annual temperature;

(2) heating and cooling equipment design criteria for structures within the scope of the RCNYS, including but not limited to the design criteria identified in the Design Criteria Table found in Chapter 3 of the RCNYS; and

(3) the relevant information establishing flood hazard areas, flood hazard maps, and supporting data. The flood hazard map shall include, at a minimum, special flood hazard areas as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the Flood Insurance Study for the community, as amended or revised with:
(i) the accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM);

(ii) Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM); and

(iii) related supporting data along with any revisions thereto.

(b) Where the climatic and geographic design criteria have not been established by the city, town, or village where the building or structure is located, the owner shall be responsible for providing the necessary information to the department as established by a registered architect, licensed and registered in accordance with Article 147 of the New York State Education Law, or a professional engineer, licensed and registered in accordance with Article 145 of the New York State Education Law.

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