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Sec. 7-3. Fire zones established.

All areas within the B-3 Business, M-1 Restricted Industrial
and M-2 Industrial districts of the city are hereby declared to be
in and are hereby established as Fire District No. 1, and areas
within the B-Office Shop, B-1 and B-2 Business districts of the
city are hereby declared to be in and are hereby established as
Fire District No. 2 for the application of the regulations included
in the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code. (9-20-65,
10-15-73, § 2.)


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building permit, shall not relieve the applicant or holder of
the permit from the payment, of other fees that may be prescribed
by law or ordinance for water taps, sewer connections,
plumbing or electrical permits, erection of signs and
display structures, marquees or other appurtenant structures,
or fees for inspections or other privileges or requirements,
both within and without the jurisdiction of the department
of building inspection.

"In applying the provisions of this code in respect to new
work, existing buildings, alterations and repairs, and the installation
of heating, air-conditioning, ventilating or other
equipment, the total physical value of the work may be determined
by the building official on the basis of current cost.

"Fees for permits issued hereunder shall be as follows:

"TABLE I

Schedule of Building Permit Fees

"A minimum fee of five ($5.00) dollars shall be charged
for each permit issued when the total cost of the total physical
value of the work performed is less than one thousand
dollars ($1,000).

"For all permits when the cost or the total physical value
of the work is in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000),
the fee shall be based on the following schedule:

"$1,000.00 up to and including $10,000.00—$3.00 for each
one thousand dollars or part thereof.

"$10,001.00 up to and including $20,000.00—$2.00 for each
thousand dollars or part thereof.

"$20,001.00 up to and including $100,000.00—$1.50 for
each thousand dollars or part thereof.

"All over $100,000.00—$1.00 for each thousand dollars or
part thereof.

"All building permits shall be issued upon payment of a
fee based on the estimated total physical value. Upon completion
of the work for which a permit is issued, an accurate
statement of the actual cost thereof shall be furnished to the
building official by the party to whom the permit was issued.
An adjustment of the difference between the fee properly
chargeable, based on the actual cost, and the fee paid, based
on the estimated total physical value, shall be made. If the
actual cost exceeds the estimated cost, the party to whom the
permit was issued shall pay the difference in the fee; if the


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actual cost be less than the estimated cost, the city director
of finance is hereby authorized upon direction of the building
official, to refund to the party, by whom the estimated fee
was paid, such portion thereof as constitutes an overpayment."

Section 311.0 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
follows:

"Except as herein provided, no part of any building hereafter
erected and no additions to an existing building heretofore
erected shall project beyond the street lot line without
the consent of the city council."

Section 1904.1 is hereby amended and reenacted in the following
respects: That the words "City Electrical and Plumbing
Codes" be inserted after "Basic Code."

The following sections of the BOCA Basic Code, edition
1965, are hereby deleted:

  • (1) Section 119.0. "Volume Computation".

  • (2) Section 120.0. "Indemnity Bonds".

  • (3) Section 403. "Volatile Flammables".

  • (4) Section 425. "Trailer Camps".

  • (5) Section 519. "Rear Yards".

  • (6) Article 14. Signs and Outdoor Displays.

  • (7) Article 15. Electrical Wiring and Equipment.

  • (8) Article 17. Plumbing, Drainage and Gas Piping.

(9-20-65; 11-20-67; 10-21-68.)