Updated : 04/22/2024
Overview
Goochland County, VA adopts the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (VUSBC) (based upon the ICC body of codes). Goochland County, VA Muni. Code § 12-1.
Effective 09/04/2018, the state of Virginia adopted the following codes:
Helpful resources for Goochland County, Virginia include the following.
Residential Building Code
Virginia adopted a statewide mandatory residential code that will control. Authority for local amendments will be limited.See PLRB,
Virginia Building Codes for more information on state level codes.
Goochland County adopted the 2015 Virginia Residential CodeYou can find a copy of the code here.You can find information about amendments to the model code here.
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2021 Virginia Residential Code (2021 IRC)(Goochland County, VA Sec. 12-1. - Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.)
...(a)
Part I, the mandatory provisions of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC),
as amended, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein.
(b)
The unsafe structures or structures unsafe for human habitation...
Drip Edge
Drip Edge: no
Ice Barrier
Are ice barriers required for Goochland County ? Yes
Comments:
Goochland County maintains the following design criteria:
- Ground Snow Load: View the Snow Load Map.
- Wind Speed: 90 to 105 miles per hour – 3 second gusts
- Rainfall: 3.3 inches per hour
- Seismic Category: B
- Weathering: Severe
- Frost depth: 18 inches
- Termite: Moderate to heavy
- Winter design temperature: 17 Degree Fahrenheit
- Mean annual temperature: 56.1 Degree Fahrenheit
- Ice barrier underlayment: Yes
- Flood hazards: Contact Environmental Engineer 804-556-5849
- Air freezing index: 1500 or less
- Shrink Swell Soil: View the Shrink – Swell Map.
Comments
Goochland County, VA adopts the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (VUSBC) (based upon the ICC body of codes). Goochland County, VA Muni. Code § 12-1.
Effective 09/04/2018, the state of Virginia adopted the 2015 Virginia Residential Code.
Existing Buildings
Existing buildings, meaning buildings that were built in accordance to code at the time of
construction, typically merit extra consideration in a current updated code.
Goochland County, VA adopts the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (VUSBC) (based upon the ICC body of codes). Goochland County, VA Muni. Code § 12-1.
Effective 09/04/2018, the state of Virginia adopted the 2015 Virginia Existing Building Code (VEBC), with amendments (based upon the 2015 IEBC).
Chapter 11 of the 2015 VEBC provides retrofit regulations.
Appendix J of the 2015 IRC was not included in the 2015 VRC.
Commercial Building Code
Goochland County adopted the 2015 Virginia Construction CodeYou can find a copy of the code here.You can find information about amendments to the model code here.
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2021 Virginia Construction Code (2021 IBC)(Goochland County, VA Sec. 12-1. - Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.)
...(a)
Part I, the mandatory provisions of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC),
as amended, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein.
(b)
The unsafe structures or structures unsafe for human habitation...
Comments
Goochland County, VA adopts the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (VUSBC) (based upon the ICC body of codes). Goochland County, VA Muni. Code § 12-1.
Effective 09/04/2018, the state of Virginia adopted the 2015 Virginia Construction Code.
Existing Buildings
Goochland County, VA adopts the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (VUSBC) (based upon the ICC body of codes). Goochland County, VA Muni. Code § 12-1.
Effective 09/04/2018, the state of Virginia adopted the 2015 Virginia Existing Building Code (VEBC), with amendments (based upon the 2015 IEBC).
Chapter 11 of the 2015 VEBC provides retrofit regulations.
Other Building Codes
Goochland County, VA has also adopted the following codes (included in the 2015 VCC):
Goochland County, VA Muni. Code § 12-1.