R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-27.3-100.1.5

Current through 2024 Public Law 44

Section 23-27.3-100.1.5 - Hurricane, storm, and flood standards

The state building code standards committee has the authority , in consultation with the building code commissioner, to adopt, maintain, amend, and repeal code provisions that shall be reasonably consistent with recognized and accepted standards and codes, including for existing buildings, for storm and flood resistance. The code provisions shall, to the extent reasonable and feasible, take into account climatic changes and potential climatic changes and sea level rise and inundation areas below dams classified by the department of environmental management as high hazard, significant hazard, or low hazard. Flood velocity zones may incorporate freeboard calculations adopted by the Coastal Resources Management Council pursuant to its power to formulate standards under the provisions of § 46-23-6.

Amended by 2022 Pub. Laws, ch. 359,§ 1, eff. 6/29/2022.

Amended by 2022 Pub. Laws, ch. 358,§ 1, eff. 6/29/2022.

Amended by 2019 Pub. Laws, ch. 297,§ 1, eff. 7/19/2019.

Amended by 2019 Pub. Laws, ch. 296,§ 1, eff. 7/19/2019.

P.L. 1981, ch. 236, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 48, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 185, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 151, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 155, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 195, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 272, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 5.