There is hereby created a Building Inspection Department whose
responsibility is to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The Department
shall have one or more building officials or inspectors who shall
be appointed by the Page County Board of Supervisors. The building
official(s) or inspector(s), in concurrence with the Board of Supervisors,
shall be responsible for the organization and daily operation of the
Department.
The Page County Building Inspection Department shall enforce
the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code in those incorporated
towns with which contracted agreements are made to do so.
No permit to begin work for new construction or other building
as set down in this chapter shall be issued until the prescribed fees
have been paid.
Any permit issued by the Building Official pursuant to the provisions
of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, under which no work
is commenced within six months, may be canceled upon the application
of the permit holder, and the permit holder shall be entitled to a
refund for the portion of the work that was not completed, when requested
in writing by the permit holder. A minimum fee of $25 shall be nonrefundable.
Any permit issued pursuant to this Code shall become null and void
after the expiration of six months if no work is commenced thereunder
during said six-month period; provided, however, that any permit so
voided may be reinstated upon application of the original applicant
within one year from issuance with no additional fee; and further
provided that at the time of application for reinstatement, such plans
and application comply with the then-existing building code and other
applicable ordinances of the County.
The payment of the fee for the construction, alteration, removal
or demolition and for all work done in connection with the work contemplated
by a building permit shall not relieve the applicant or holder of
the permit from the payment of other fees that are or may be prescribed
by other laws or ordinances for water taps, sewer connections, electrical
service, erection of signs and display structures or fees for inspections,
certificates of use and occupancy or other privileges or requirements,
both within and without the jurisdiction of the Building Official.
In addition to building permit fees, the levy set by the Virginia
Department of Housing and Community Development shall be applied to
fees charged and transmitted to such department.
Any person, firm or corporation starting any aforesaid work
without first obtaining a building permit shall be subject to a penalty.
The residential structures penalty shall be, $100, to be added to
the cost of the permit. The penalty for all other buildings or structures
shall be 25% of the permit cost but not less than $100, to be added
to the cost of same. In addition, any such violation shall be deemed
a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in § 36-106
of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended.