Wind Speed Considerations
For 2015 I-Codes, please see Bulletin 03-4 and page 14 of the Fall 2016 Construction Code Commincator article, Wind Design Criteria IRC/2015. For previous codes, please see below.
Section R301.2.1.1 (Design criteria) of the 2006 and 2009 International Residential Code (IRC), as it applies to the New Jersey, requires construction in regions where the basic wind speeds equal or exceed 100 miles per hour be designed in accordance with one of the following:
- 1. American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) Wood Frame Construction Manual for One- and Two-Family Dwellings (WFCM); or
- 2. Southern Building Code Congress International Standard for Hurricane Resistant Residential Construction (SSTD 10); or
- 3. Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE-7); or
- 4. American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing—Prescriptive Method For One- and Two-Family Dwellings (COFS/PM) with Supplement to Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing—Prescriptive Method For One- and Two-Family Dwellings.
- (Concrete construction & structural insulated panel (SIP) walls shall be designed in accordance with the provisions of the IRC.)
The links provided below show only the questionable municipality's orientation in regards to the 100 mph wind speed line.
Wind Map NJ Municipalities (complete map for 2006 and 2009 codes)Alpine (Bergen Co.)
Buena Boro (Atlantic Co.)
Buena Vista (Atlantic Co.)
Carteret (Middlesex Co.)
Downe Twp. (Cumberland Co.)
Elizabeth (Union Co.)
Engelwood (Bergen Co.)
Kearny (Hudson Co.)
Leonia (Bergen Co.)
Linden (Union Co.)
Millstone (Monmouth Co.)
Millville (Cumberland Co.)
Monroe Twp. (Gloucester Co.)
Monroe Twp. (Middlesex Co.)
Newark (Essex Co.)
New Hanover (Burlington Co.)
North Hanover (Burlington Co.)
Old Bridge (Middlesex Co.)
Palisades (Bergen Co.)
Pemberton (Burlington Co.)
Perth Amboy (Middlesex Co.)
Ridgefield (Bergen Co.)
Roosevelt (Monmouth Co.)
Secaucus (Hudson Co.)
Shamong (Burlington Co.)
Southampton (Burlington Co.)
South Amboy (Middlesex Co.)
Tabernacle (Burlington Co.)
Tenafly (Bergen Co.)
Upper Freehold (Monmouth Co.)
Vineland (Cumberland Co.)
Waterford (Camden Co.)
Winslow (Camden Co.)
Woodbridge (Middlesex Co.)
Wrightstown (Burlington Co.)