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Any person desiring to submit any building materials, methods or systems of construction, or arrangements of material not provided for in the building provisions of this Code and which have not been previously approved for use by the building commissioner or certified by the committee on standards and tests, for determining the adaptability or safety of such materials, methods, systems or arrangements for building purposes, or to establish the safety qualifications of any substance for occupancy purposes, shall make application in writing to the building commissioner setting forth the merits claimed, and the purposes desired, together with such laboratory tests and other supporting data as the applicant may wish to furnish. If, in the judgment of the building commissioner, further evidence is necessary of the adaptability or safety of such materials, methods, systems, arrangements or safety qualifications, the building commissioner may require further tests to be made or additional data to be submitted by the applicant.
The fee for such application shall be $750.00 payable to the comptroller.
(Prior code § 41.1-2; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-93, p. 42192; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 2.8; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 10; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 220; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. V, § 3)