Chapter 16A — STRUCTURAL DESIGN

Section 1615A — TSUNAMI LOADS

2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · California

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1615 A .1 General. The design and construction of Risk Category III and IV buildings and structures located in the Tsunami Design Zones defined in the ASCE Tsunami Design Geodatabase, or other data determined applicable by the enforcement agency, shall be in accordance with Chapter 6 of ASCE 7, except as modified by this code. [DSA-SS] Tsunami Risk Category for public school, community college and state-owned or state-leased essential services buildings and structures shall be identified and submitted for acceptance by DSA. Determination of the Tsunami Risk Category shall be proposed by the…