Establishes an exception relating to the internal pressure of windows in buildings located in certain wind borne debris regions, including the towns of East Hampton, Southampton, Shelter Island and Southold, shall be removed.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7470
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 9, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT relating to internal pressure of windows in buildings located in
certain wind borne debris regions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any rule or regulation to the contrary, no
2 building regulation in the towns of East Hampton, Southampton, Shelter
3 Island and Southold requiring windows in buildings located in wind-borne
4 debris regions to have glazed openings protected from wind-borne debris
5 or the building to be designed as a partially enclosed building in
6 accordance with the Building Code of New York State shall provide for an
7 exception allowing:
8 1. wood structural panels to have a minimum thickness of 7/16 inches
9 (11.1 mm) and a maximum span of 8 feet (2438 mm) for opening protection
10 in one-story and two-story buildings;
11 2. panels to be precut to cover the glazed openings with attachment
12 hardware provided; and
13 3. attachments to be provided in accordance with table R301.2.1.2 of
14 the Residential Code of New York State or to be designed to resist the
15 components and cladding loads determined in accordance with the
16 provisions of the Building Code of New York State.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
18 it shall have become a law; provided that any rules and regulations
19 necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date
20 are authorized and directed to be promulgated on or before such effec-
21 tive date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04561-01-9
