Wind Load Category, 7th Edition

The Wind Load Category, 7th Edition layer contains zones in Sarasota County that mark wind-speed design loads per structure type for a given risk category. Effective Date January 1, 2021. Risk Categories include Category I, Category II, Category III, and Category IV. In the 7th Edition of the Wind Speed contours, each structure risk category is splt into 2 zonez by the wind speed contour line that crosses Sarasota County. For example, for Risk Category I, the north county design load equates to a wind speed of 140 mph. South of the wind speed contour for Risk Category I, the design load equates to a wind speed of 150 mph. The remaining Risk Categories II, III, and IV are intepreted in the same way, only the windspeeds increase. For more information, please see the Florida Building Code Guidelines