The Code Enforcement Officer shall determine the climatic and
geographic design criteria for buildings and structures constructed
with the Town as required by the codes. Such determinations shall
be made in a manner specified in the codes using, where applicable,
the maps, charts, and other information provided in the codes. The
criteria to be so determined shall include but shall not necessarily
be limited to the following:
A.
Design criteria to include ground snow load; wind design loads; seismic
category; potential damage from weathering, frost, and termites; winter
design temperature; whether ice barrier underlayment is required;
the air freezing index; and the mean annual temperature; and
B.
Heating and cooling equipment design criteria for structures within
the scope of the RCNYS. The design criteria shall include the data
identified in the Design Criteria Table found in Chapter 3 of the
RCNYS; and
C.
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 FEMA in the Flood Insurance Study for the community,
as amended or revised with:
The Code Enforcement Officer shall prepare a written record
of the climatic and geographic design criteria determined pursuant
to this chapter, shall maintain such record within the office, and
shall make such record readily available to the public.
