Does any body has idea what is the ground snow load for NOrfolk City in New York state and also which buidling design code they follow. As per ASCE snow load is CS. So I am trying to contact the city engineer but no luck yet.
Consistent code interpretations from jurisdiction to jurisdication is definately an issue. In Central Ohio, there is a chapter of ICC that meets monthly to discuss issues and get some consensus. I understand other chapters have heard of this group and are interested in doing something similar in other areas. Now that ICC has created regions, there is opportunity for large portions of the country to get together to reach consensus.
Even with a group of building officials discussing code provisions, we do not always get concensus. If the code has any grey in it, the building official may conservatively interpret it to pretect himself from whatever liability he preceives sovereign immuninity will not provide.