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Chapter 6 <br /> <br />BUILDING REGULATIONS* <br /> <br />Sec. 6-1. <br />Sec. 6-2. <br />Sec. 6-3. <br />Sec. 6-4. <br />Sec. 6-5. <br />Sec. 6-6. <br /> <br />Sees. <br /> <br /> Article I. In General <br /> <br /> Building code. <br /> Flood plain ordinance. <br /> prerequisites to demolition or removal of building. <br /> Precautions required after demolition or removal of building. <br /> Penalty for violation of section 6-3 or 6-4. <br /> Contractors required to have business licenses; report of unlicensed subcon- <br /> tractors. <br />6-7--6-15. Reserved. <br /> <br />Sec. <br />Sec. <br />Sec. <br />Sec. <br />Sec. <br />Sec. <br /> <br /> Article II. Unsafe Buildings <br /> <br />6-16. Definition. <br />6-17. What constitutes; condemnation generally. <br />6-18. General duties of building official. <br />6-19. Notice to repair or remove. <br />6-20. Repair or removal by city generally. <br />6-21. Emergency work to render building temporarily safe. <br /> <br />ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL <br /> <br />Sec. 6-1. Building code. <br /> <br /> Nothing in this Code or the ordinance adopting this Code shall affect the ordinance adopted <br />by the council on August 24, 1982, entitled "Building Code Ordinance--An ordinance to adopt <br />by reference the 1981 Edition of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code; and to adopt <br />various administrative provisions, including the establishment of examination and certifica- <br />tion procedures and requirements covering licensure, bonding and insurance and permit fee <br />schedules", or any amendment thereto, and such ordinance and all amendments thereto are <br />hereby recognized as continuing in full force and effect to the same extent as if set out at length <br />in this Code. <br /> Editor's note--Ord. No. 2001-5, adopted July 10, 2001, provided in the preamble of such <br />ordinance that, "... the Virginia Board of Housing and Community Development by its order <br />entered May 22, 2000, adopted the present edition of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building <br />Code which became effective on September 16, 2000. <br /> State law reference--Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, Code of Virginia, <br />§ 36~97 et seq. <br /> <br /> *Cross references--Erosion and sediment control, Ch. 8; fire prevention and protection, <br />Ch. 9; property maintenance, Ch. 15.5; streets and sidewalks, Ch. 19; street numbers for lots <br />and buildingS, § 19-62 et seq.; swimming pools, Ch. 20; water, sewers and sewage disposal, Ch. <br />23; subdivision ordinance, App. A; zoning ordinance, App. B. <br /> State law reference--General authority of city relative to building regulations, Code of <br />Virginia, §§ 15.1-15, 15.1-863, 15.1-864, 15.1-869. <br /> <br />Supp. No. 51 381 <br /> <br /> <br />