[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of Shenandoah County as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-29-1973, as amended through 7-27-1978;
amended in its entirety 9-23-1997 by Ord. No. 97-7]
There is hereby adopted by reference in the
County of Shenandoah the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code,
the provisions of which are adopted and shall control all matters
concerning the design, construction, alteration, enlargement, repair,
removal, demolition, conversion, use, location, occupancy and maintenance
of all buildings, and all other functions which pertain to the installation
of systems vital to all buildings and their service equipment as defined
by the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, and shall apply to
existing and proposed buildings or structures in the County of Shenandoah.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 71-2, Building Inspector,
and § 72-3, Permits required, were repealed 2-11-2014 by
Ord. No. 2014-01.
In accordance with the current edition of the
Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, before a building permit
shall be issued the owner, person, firm or corporation doing the work
shall pay to the Treasurer of Shenandoah County a fee based on the
schedules as shall be adopted and amended from time to time by the
Board of Supervisors in a format resolution.[1]
All persons or firms doing contract work in the county shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 81, Contractors, Licensing of.
In that, according to the Virginia Code, each
governing body is responsible for the enforcement of the Virginia
Uniform Statewide Building Code by hiring Building Officials, or by
contracting for the enforcement thereof, therefore, the County of
Shenandoah may enforce the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code
in those incorporated towns with which contracted arrangements are
agreed to.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 71-7, Appeals, § 71-8,
Other rules and regulations, and § 71-9, Definitions, were
repealed 2-11-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-01.
Violations of this article or the Statewide
Building Code shall be punishable as provided in § 36-106
of the Code of Virginia.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 98-5, adopted
5-26-1998; updated these penalties pursuant to § 36-106
of the Code of Virginia. Former Art. II, Board of Appeals, adopted
1-27-1983, as amended, which immediately followed this section, was
repealed 2-11-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-01.
