Board directs code‑enforcement review, adopts new code resolution and appropriates extra state library funds
The board instructed staff to draft civil‑penalty mechanisms to enforce the state building code, approved a resolution adopting the 2021 building code provisions, and appropriated $28,541 of additional state funds to the county library budget after a director’s request.
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Building inspector John Hess briefed the board on selected provisions of the 2021 Virginia statewide building code (air‑leakage/shell standards, smoke‑alarm interconnection, sanitation, lighting, heating and certificates of occupancy). Hess said the county is seeing structures that do not meet minimum code standards, including some dwellings associated with the local Amish community, and asked the board to authorize the county administrator and county attorney to draft civil penalties and enforcement language to address noncompliance.
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