Adopted edition
USBC 2021 (IRC 2018 base + VA amendments)
City has its own adoption — separate from county.
VA · City
Virginia Beach, VA.
Virginia Beach is an independent city (not in a county). Coastal location triggers WBDR, V-zone flood overlays, and Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act review on most projects.
Design wind speed
130 mph
ASCE 7 Risk Cat II, 3-second gust at 33 ft.
Climate zone (IECC)
4A
Drives R-value, fenestration U-factor, and air-leakage envelope rules.
Special zones
- HVHZ
- WBDR
- WUI
- FEMA SFHA possible
Permit office
Virginia Beach Permits & Inspections
www.virginiabeach.gov/government/departments/planning/permits-inspectionsIndependent city — Virginia Beach issues its own permits, no overlying county.
Population
~459,000
Approximate. Drives roof-volume estimates and storm-event canvassing footprint.
ZIP coverage
12 ZIP codes inside Virginia Beach.
Each ZIP resolves to the correct city + county + state on every parcel lookup. Multi-jurisdiction parcels pick up amendments from each layer.
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City-specific amendments
What's specific to Virginia Beach.
- §01Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC) is the base; coastal addenda apply for the eastern parcels.
- §02Sandbridge and oceanfront resort area follow CCRSL (Coastal Construction Reconstruction Setback Line).
- §03Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act overlays affect impervious-cover thresholds.
- §04V-zone (velocity flood) requirements apply to all Atlantic-facing parcels east of CCRSL.
Working in Virginia Beach?
Pull an address-levelcode packetfor any parcel in Virginia Beach. SkyCanvass resolves the address, looks up the Virginia Beach-specific amendments and the county and Virginia state floor, then emits a cited packet ready for permit submittal.
See theVirginia Beach (independent city) countyoverview, or theVirginia state directory.
Pull a Virginia Beach code packet.
Free to start — property lookups, state code access, the hail map, and your first storm report on us. No credit card required to look up an address.