NY State Senate Bill 2009-S3145

Senate Bill S3145

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides a wind speed limit of 109 miles per hour for light frame wood construction in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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Jan 06, 2010	referred to housing, construction and community development
Mar 11, 2009	referred to housing, construction and community development

2009-S3145 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6695
Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §378, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S2475, A2984
2013-2014: S3526, A4404
2015-2016: S4438, A6309
2017-2018: S3811, A3147

2009-S3145 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, light frame wood construction shall be designed and properly installed to withstand external pressure and wind born debris from a storm with sustained wind speed of at least one hundred nine miles per hour.

2009-S3145 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3145

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to wind speed limits
for light frame wood construction in the counties of Nassau and
Suffolk

 PURPOSE :
To provide a wind speed limit of 109 miles per hour for light frame
wood construction in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
In the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, light frame wood construction
shall be designed and properly installed to withstand external
pressure and wind born debris from a storm with sustained wind of at
least 109 mph.

 JUSTIFICATION :
The following is a list of the top wind speeds for hurricanes reaching
Long Island (research compiled by Barrett Associates):

Storm                 Wind speed (mph)

1903                   80
1938                   98
1944                   86

1954 Carol             8
1960 Donna             103
1972 Agnes             63
1975 Bella             92
1985 Gloria            98
1991 Bob               98

Currently,  New York State adheres to the international building code,
which sets the wind-borne debris impact limits at  110  mph  in  areas
within  one  mile  of  the  coast.  However, these standards are based
primarily on experience of debris damage in major events  more  common
to  southern states. Further, the impact limits are also based in part
on  experience  of  damage  from  lower  wind  events   with   special
circumstances,  (i.e. roof gravel blown from an adjacent tall building
impacting several buildings immediately down  wind).  Such  conditions
are  not  typical  of  Long  Island. By lowering the wind-borne impact
debris impact limits from 110  to  109  mph,  the  cost  incurred  for
construction  of  housing  in such coastal areas will be significantly
reduced.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
S.3633, 2007-08; S.3610, 2005-06; S.6556, 2004.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None to State.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S3145 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 3145                                                  A. 6695

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2009
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Housing,
  Construction and Community Development

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
  to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to wind speed limits for
  light frame wood construction in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  15  of  section  378 of the executive law is
renumbered subdivision 17 and a new subdivision 15 is added to  read  as
follows:
  15.  PROVIDE  THAT  IN THE COUNTIES OF NASSAU AND SUFFOLK, LIGHT FRAME
WOOD CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE DESIGNED AND PROPERLY INSTALLED TO  WITHSTAND
EXTERNAL PRESSURE AND WIND BORNE DEBRIS FROM A STORM WITH SUSTAINED WIND
SPEED OF AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED NINE MILES PER HOUR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04007-01-9

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