No building shall be erected, constructed, altered, moved, converted, extended, or enlarged without the owner or owners having obtained a building permit therefor from the building inspector; such permit shall require conformity with the provisions of this ordinance. When issued, such permit shall be valid for a period of six (6) months.

No building permit by the building inspector, lawfully issued prior to the effective date of this ordinance or of any amendment hereto, and which permit by its own terms and provisions is in full force and effect at said date, shall be invalidated by the passage of this ordinance or any such amendment; but shall remain a valid and subsisting permit subject only to its own terms and provisions, and ordinances, rules, and regulations appertaining thereto and in effect at the time of the issuance of said permit; provided, that all such permits shall expire not later than sixty (60) days from the effective date of this ordinance, unless actual construction shall have theretofore begun and continued, pursuant to the terms of said permit.

All applications for building permits shall be accompanied by a drawing or plat, in duplicate, or as required by the building inspector, showing, with dimensions, the lot lines, the building or buildings, the location of buildings on the lot, and other such information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of these regulations, including, if necessary, a boundary survey and a staking of the lot by a competent surveyor, and complete construction plans. The drawings shall contain suitable notations indicating the proposed use of all land and buildings. A careful record of the original copy of such applications and plats shall be kept in the offices of the building inspector, and a duplicate copy shall be kept at the building at all times during construction.

(1)

Fee schedule:

Home occupation permits: $50.00

Zoning permits: $50.00

Zoning confirmation letters: $100.00 ($500.00 expedited)

Site plans: $800.00 + $50.00 for every acre or part thereof disturbed more than one acre

Site plan re-review: $250.00

DMV zoning confirmation: $100.00

Temporary sign permit: $75.00

Permanent signs: $150.00

Zoning ordinance amendment: $1,500.00

Rezoning: $1,500.00

Special use permit: $1,500.00

Plan amendments: $1,500.00

Variance: $500.00

Appeal of zoning administrator: $500.00

Special exception: $500.00

Substantial accord review per Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2232: $500.00 if public hearing is required

(2)

The submission of fees at the time of application and the payment of fees prior to application is required.

(3)

Prior to the initiation of an application any delinquent real estate taxes, nuisance charges, stormwater management utility fees, and any other charges that constitute a lien on the subject property, that are owed to the locality and have been properly assessed against the subject property, have been paid.

(Ord. No. 85-105, §§ II, III, 10-1-1985; Ord. No. 12-14, § 1, 2-28-2012; Ord. No. 12-33, § 1, 5-1-2012; Ord. No. 13-24, § 1, 4-16-2013; Ord. No. 24-ZTA-05, Exh. A, 7-30-2024; Ord. No. 2025-012, Exh. A, 1-21-2025)