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The entire Town of Truckee is declared a snow area and all structures are required to be engineered. To obtain a snow load for your particular parcel see Table 1 below. If multiple snow loads are indicated, fax or email the Community Development Department, the Division of Building and Safety with your assessor's parcel number. A copy of the ordinance adopting the snow loads is included in Appendix A.
 
TRUCKEE SNOW LOADS
 
SUBDIVISION
ELEVATION
GROUND SNOW LOAD
Airport 5,900' 190
Biltz Tract Over 6,000' 340
Cambridge Estates 5,850'-5,975' 185
Deerfield Properties 5,900' 175
Devonshire 5,850'-5,975' 185
Donner Crest 6,240'-6,360' 230
Donner Heights (above Lake) Over 6,000' 345
Donner Lake Level Under 6,000' 315
Donner Woods &
Donner Lake Woods
Under 6,000' 315
Gateway 5,800'-5,900' 175
Glenshire #1, #2 5,825'-5,975' 185
Glenshire #3 5,900'-6,175' 210
Gray's Crossing, Phase 1 5,925'-6,150' 205
Gray's Crossing, Phase 2 5,840'-6,035' 190
Gray's Crossing, Phase 3 5,855'-5,950' 180
Martis Valley Estates 5,775'-5,845' 170
Old Greenwood 5,900'-6,000' 190
Olympic Heights #1, #2, #3 5,800'-5,880' 175
Pine Forest 5,955'-6,100' 200
Pannonia Ranchos 5,800' 190
Pioneer Commerce Center 6,000 190
Ponderosa Fairway Estates 5,845'-5,900' 175
Ponderosa Palisades #1 6,000'-6,130' 205
Ponderosa Palisades #2 6,120'-6,240' 215
Ponderosa Palisades #3, #4 6,140'-6,270' 220
Ponderosa Palisades (Commercial) 5,900'-5,940' 180
Prosser Heights #1 6,000'-6,160' 205
Prosser Heights #3 6,050'-6,275' 220
Prosser Lakeview Estates 
#1, #2, #4, #5
5,950'-6,175' 210
Prosser Lakeview Estates #3 5,925'-6,025' 190
Prosser Woods  5,820'-6,080' 195
Sierra Meadows #1, #2, #2A 5,915'-5,960' 185
Sierra Meadows #3 5,915'-6,015' 200
Sierra Meadows #4 5,915'-6,015' 190
Tahoe Donner 6,160-7,600' 220-490 fax or email
The Meadows 6,000' 190
Truckee (in Town) 5,800'-5,900' 175
Wintercreek 5,900' 190
Wolf Estates 5,960'-6,280' 340-355 fax or email