SB 797

Abstract

Housing; Uniform Statewide Building Code; exceptions, provisions, and modifications; local disaster resilience measures.Clarifies that local flood plain regulations not superseded bythe Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC) include participationin the Community Rating System and adds that measures adopted by localordinance to make buildings resilient to foreseeable harm from recurrentflooding, coastal storms, sea level rise, and other similar threatsto the health, safety, and general welfare of the locality and itsresidents are also not superseded by the USBC. The bill also addsresilience and hazard risk reduction to the recognized standardsthat should be consistent with the USBC's provisions and modifications.