(a) For the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the inspection, construction, alteration, repair, removal and demolition of buildings and structures not otherwise regulated in this Chapter - Building and Housing Code, for the installation of equipment, for the establishment of fees and for the imposition of penalties for violations, those portions of that certain building code known as the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, as amended, which portions are specifically identified and set forth in subsection (b) hereof, are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this chapter takes effect, the provisions of such Building Code shall be controlling in all matters contained therein, and from such effective date all ordinances enacted prior hereto regulating the construction and alteration of buildings and structures are superseded.
(b) The following portions of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code are hereby adopted for enforcement in the County:
(1) "New Construction Code," in its entirety; and
(2) "Virginia Maintenance Code," including and expressly limited to:
A. Unsafe structure provisions.
B. Exterior property and structure provisions; General (Section 301); Exterior Property Areas (Section 302); Swimming Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs (Section 303); and Exterior Structure (Section 304).
C. Occupancy limitations provisions.
(c) Copies of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code are filed and are available for inspection in the offices of the Department of Building and Development in Leesburg, Virginia, which copies shall be made available for inspection and examination during regular County business hours, Monday through Friday, except for holidays or inclement weather closings. The department may charge a reasonable fee for distribution of the Building Code based on production and distribution costs.
(Ord. 87-09. Passed 7-20-87; Ord. 91-23. Passed 9-17-91; Ord. 93-13. Passed 11-17-93; Ord. 03-06. Passed 7-8-03; Ord. 04-18. Passed 9-7-04; Ord. 09-09. Passed 6-8-09.)