Hurricane Preparedness in York County, VA (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated York County, Virginia.
Verified from official government sources
Roof Standards
York County, Virginia builds its roof-design standards into the Virginia Residential Code table it locally amends: new construction must be engineered for a 100 mph three-second wind gust and a 20-pound-per-square-foot roof snow load. Ordinary roof-covering replacement on houses skips a building permit only where the nominal design wind speed does not exceed 100 mph.
York County Roof Design Wind & Snow Loads
Some RestrictionsYork County Code §§ 7.1-3(e), 7.1-10(c)
(1)Table No. R-301.2 (1) in section R-301 of the subject code is amended by adding the following underlined words and numbers under each of the columnar headings as follows: Roof snow load, pounds per square feet 20 ... Wind Speed 100 mph (3 second wind gust) ... (3)Replacement of roof coverings in Group R3, R-4 and R-5 structures, provided the building or structure is not in an area where the ...
Flood Elevation
In York County, Virginia, homes and buildings in the coastal V and VE flood zones, the Coastal High Hazard areas most exposed to hurricane storm surge, must be elevated on pilings or columns with the lowest structural member set at least three feet above the base flood level before the Floodplain Administrator will sign off on a permit.
York County VE Zone Elevation on Pilings
Significant RestrictionsYork County Code § 24.1-373(e)(14)a
All new construction or substantial improvement in Zone VE of the floodplain management area shall occur in accordance with the applicable floodplain construction provisions for Zone VE contained in the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code. ... The VE or V Zones on FIRMs accompanying the FIS shall be those areas that are known as Coastal High Hazard areas, extending from offshore to the inl...
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