Big Bear Lake Municipal Code Ch. 15.34 Roof Snow Load Requirements

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 2019-475, § 6, adopted October 28, 2019, repealed the former chapter 15.34, §§ 15.34.010, 15.34.020, and enacted a new chapter 15.34 as set out herein. The former chapter 15.34 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. 83-74 § 1(part), 1983; Ord. 92-219 §§ 6, 7, 1992; Ord. 95-264 § 1(part), 1995; Ord. 95-264 § 1(part), 1995; Ord. 2007-373 § 1, 2007; Ord. 2008-376 §§ 4, 5, 2008; Ord. 2008-383 § 5, 2008; Ord. No. 2010-411, §§ 4, 5, 11-22-2010; Ord. No. 2014-433, §§ 4, 5, 7-14-2014; Ord. No. 2016-453, §§ 5, 6, 10-24-2016.

The provisions of this chapter are minimal requirements and apply to all construction, erection, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, conversions, change of occupancy (use) and maintenance of building(s) and/or structure(s) within the city.

(Ord. No. 2019-475, § 6, 10-28-2019; Ord. No. 2022-508, § 6, 11-7-2022; Ord. No. 2025-525, § 4, 12-10-2025)

The design values listed below shall apply in the city:

1. Ground snow load: per the ASCE Hazard Tool on the internet at https://ascehazardtool.org.

2. Wind design speed: eighty-five (85) miles per hour.

3. Wind design topographic effects: no.

4. Seismic design category: E.

5. Subject to weathering from weathering: negligible.

6. Subject to weathering from frost line depth: eighteen (18) inches.

7. Subject to weathering from termites: yes.

8. Winter design temperature (zone): sixteen (16).

9. Ice barrier underlayment required: yes.

10. Flood hazards: FIRMs numbers 06071C8005 H, 06071C8007 H, 06071C8010 H, 06071C7290 H, 06071C7295 H and 06071C8026 H.

11. Air freezing index: five hundred (500).

12. Mean annual temperature: forty-eight (48) degrees Fahrenheit.

13. Maximum rainfall rate: 2.5 inches per hour (sixty-minute duration, one-hundred-year return).

(Ord. No. 2019-475, § 6, 10-28-2019; Ord. No. 2022-508, § 6, 11-7-2022; Ord. No. 2025-525, § 4, 12-10-2025)