Uniform Statewide Building Code; exceptions, provisions, and modifications. (SB797)

Introduced By

Sen. Lynwood Lewis (D-Accomac)

Description

Housing; Uniform Statewide Building Code; exceptions, provisions, and modifications; local disaster resilience measures. Clarifies that local flood plain regulations not superseded by the Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC) include participation in the Community Rating System and adds that measures adopted by local ordinance to make buildings resilient to foreseeable harm from recurrent flooding, coastal storms, sea level rise, and other similar threats to the health, safety, and general welfare of the locality and its residents are also not superseded by the USBC. The bill also adds resilience and hazard risk reduction to the recognized standards that should be consistent with the USBC's provisions and modifications. Read the Bill »

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