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AMENDMENTS TO THE BOCA NATIONAL BUILDING CODE/1996

(Add) APPENDIX A - SNOW, WIND AND EARTHQUAKE DESIGN CRITERIA

Municipality	Ground Snow Load, P_g (psf)	ASCE 7-95 Basic Wind Speed, V (mph)	BOCA 1996 Wind Load Criteria				Seismic Coefficients
			Basic Wind Speed, V (mph)	Wind Load Importance Factors, I			Seismic Coefficients
				Building Category (see descriptions at end of table)			A_v	A_a
				I	II,III	IV	A_v	A_a
Andover	30	115	85	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Ansonia	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Ashford	35	115	85	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Avon	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Barkhamsted	40	110	75	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.14
Beacon Falls	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Berlin	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Bethany	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Bethel	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Bethlehem	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Bloomfield	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Bolton	30	115	85	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Bozrah	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Branford	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Bridgeport	30	120	80	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Bridgewater	35	110	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Bristol	35	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Brookfield	35	110	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Brooklyn	35	115	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Burlington	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Canaan	40	105	75	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.14
Canterbury	35	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Canton	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Chaplin	35	115	85	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Cheshire	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Chester	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Clinton	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
Colchester	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Colebrook	40	105	75	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.14
Columbia	30	115	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Cornwall	40	105	75	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.14
Coventry	30	115	85	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Cromwell	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Danbury	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Darien	30	115	80	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Deep River	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Derby	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Durham	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Eastford	40	115	85	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
East Granby	35	110	80	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.15
East Haddam	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
East Hampton	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
East Hartford	30	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
East Haven	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
East Lyme	30	125	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
Easton	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
East Windsor	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Ellington	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Enfield	35	110	80	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.15
Essex	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
Fairfield	30	120	80	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Farmington	35	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Franklin	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Glastonbury	30	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Goshen	40	110	75	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.14
Granby	35	110	80	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.14
Greenwich	30	115	80	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Griswold	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.14
Groton	30	125	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
Guilford	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Haddam	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Hamden	30	120	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Hampton	35	115	85	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Hartford	30	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Hartland	40	110	75	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.14
Harwinton	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Hebron	30	115	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Kent	40	110	75	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.14
Killingly	40	115	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Killingworth	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Lebanon	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Ledyard	30	125	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
Lisbon	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.14
Litchfield	40	110	75	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.14
Lyme	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
Madison	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Manchester	30	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Mansfield	35	115	85	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Marlborough	30	115	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Meriden	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Middlebury	35	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Middlefield	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Middletown	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Milford	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Monroe	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Montville	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
Morris	35	110	75	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.14
Naugatuck	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
New Britain	30	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
New Canaan	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
New Fairfield	35	110	75	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
New Hartford	40	110	75	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.14
New Haven	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Newington	30	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
New London	30	125	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
New Milford	35	110	75	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.14
Newtown	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Norfolk	40	105	75	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.14
North Branford	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
North Canaan	40	105	75	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.14
North Haven	30	120	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
North Stonington	30	125	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
Norwalk	30	115	80	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Norwich	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.14
Old Lyme	30	125	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
Old Saybrook	30	125	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
Orange	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Oxford	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Plainfield	35	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Plainville	35	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Plymouth	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Pomfret	40	115	85	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Portland	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Preston	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
Prospect	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Putnam	40	115	85	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Redding	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Ridgefield	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Rocky Hill	30	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Roxbury	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Salem	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Salisbury	40	105	75	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.13
Scotland	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Seymour	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Sharon	40	105	75	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.14
Shelton	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Sherman	35	110	75	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.14
Simsbury	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Somers	35	110	80	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.15
Southbury	35	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Southington	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
South Windsor	30	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Sprague	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Stafford	35	110	80	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.15
Stamford	30	115	80	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Sterling	35	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Stonington	30	125	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
Stratford	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Suffield	35	110	80	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.15
Thomaston	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Thompson	40	115	85	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Tolland	35	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Torrington	40	110	75	1.04	1.17	0.98	0.11	0.14
Trumbull	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Union	40	115	85	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Vernon	30	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Voluntown	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.14
Wallingford	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Warren	40	110	75	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.14
Washington	35	110	75	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.14
Waterbury	35	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Waterford	30	125	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
Watertown	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Westbrook	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.14
W. Hartford	30	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
W. Haven	30	120	85	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Weston	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Westport	30	120	80	1.08	1.21	0.98	0.11	0.15
Wethersfield	30	115	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Willington	35	115	85	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Wilton	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Winchester	40	110	75	1.02	1.14	0.92	0.11	0.14
Windham	30	120	85	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Windsor	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Windsor Locks	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Wolcott	35	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Woodbridge	30	115	80	1.06	1.19	0.96	0.11	0.15
Woodbury	35	110	80	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15
Woodstock	40	115	85	1.04	1.17	0.94	0.11	0.15

Building Categories for BOCA 1996 Wind Load Importance Factors:

Category I: All buildings and structures except those listed below.

Category II: Occupancies in Use Group A in which more than 300 people congregate in one area.

Category III: Buildings and structures having essential facilities, including buildings containing any one or more of the indicated occupancies:

1. Fire, rescue and police stations.

2. Use Group I-2 having surgery or emergency treatment facilities.

3. Emergency preparedness centers.

4. Designated shelters for hurricanes.

5. Power generating stations and other utilities required as emergency backup facilities.

6. Primary communication facilities.

Category IV: Buildings and structures that represent a low hazard to human life in the event of failure, such as agricultural buildings, production greenhouses, certain temporary facilities and minor storage facilities.

Note 1): Snow load importance factor (I) for the above building categories shall be:

Category I: 1.0

Category II: 1.1

Category III: 1.2

Category IV: 0.8

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