Adopted edition
IRC 2018
City has its own adoption — separate from county.
IN · City
Hammond, IN.
Hammond, IN — building code: IRC 2018.
Design wind speed
90 mph
ASCE 7 Risk Cat II, 3-second gust at 33 ft.
Climate zone (IECC)
5A
Drives R-value, fenestration U-factor, and air-leakage envelope rules.
Special zones
- HVHZ
- WBDR
- WUI
- FEMA SFHA possible
Permit office
Hammond Building Department
ZIP coverage
5 ZIP codes inside Hammond.
Each ZIP resolves to the correct city + county + state on every parcel lookup. Multi-jurisdiction parcels pick up amendments from each layer.
46320 46323 46324 46325 46327
Working in Hammond?
Pull an address-level code packet for any parcel in Hammond. SkyCanvass resolves the address, looks up the Hammond-specific amendments and the Lake County county and Indiana state floor, then emits a cited packet ready for permit submittal.
See the Lake County county overview, or the Indiana state directory .
Pull a Hammond code packet.
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