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 Franklin County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 5. BUILDING REGULATIONS
 Article II. BUILDING CODE

  § 5-22. Adopted; applicability; filing of copies; penalty provisions.  

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  • (a)

    There is hereby adopted by reference the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, Volume I, the provisions of which shall control all matters concerning the construction, alteration, addition, repair, removal, demolition, use, location, occupancy and maintenance of all buildings, and all other functions which pertain to the installation of any system (plumbing, electrical, mechanical, etc.) vital to all buildings and structures and their service equipment, as defined by such code, and which shall apply to existing and proposed buildings or structures in the county, including the towns of Rocky Mount and Boones Mill upon request by their respective councils. The Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, Volume I, including each component thereof, a copy of which is and shall remain on file in the office of the county administrator and another copy of which is and shall remain on file in the office of the building official, is hereby incorporated in and made a part of this section as fully as though each component part thereof were set out at length herein.

    (b)

    There are hereby adopted sections relating to unsafe buildings and the identification of handicap parking spaces of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, including each component thereof, a copy of which is and shall remain on file in the office of the county administrator and another copy of which is and shall remain on file in the office of the building official, and said provisions are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this section as fully as though each component part of said sections were set out at length herein.

    (c)

    The penalty provisions as set forth in Volume I of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code are hereby adopted. Said penalty provisions provide for a fine of up to twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for a violation of these sections.

    (Code 1974, § 5-1; Amend. of 3-19-96; Ord. of 3-25-08(1))

    State Law reference— Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, Code of Virginia, § 36-97 et seq.

(Code 1974, § 5-1; Amend. of 3-19-96; Ord. of 3-25-08(1))

State law reference

Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, Code of Virginia, § 36-97 et seq.