Adopted edition
IRC 2018
City has its own adoption — separate from county.
MS · City
Petal, MS.
Petal, MS — building code: IRC 2018.
Design wind speed
100 mph
ASCE 7 Risk Cat II, 3-second gust at 33 ft.
Climate zone (IECC)
3A
Drives R-value, fenestration U-factor, and air-leakage envelope rules.
Special zones
- HVHZ
- WBDR
- WUI
- FEMA SFHA possible
Permit office
Petal Building Department
NULLZIP coverage
1 ZIP codes inside Petal.
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39465
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See the Forrest County county overview, or the Mississippi state directory .
Pull a Petal code packet.
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