Updated : 04/22/2024
Overview
After researching, we were unable to locate the building code adoption ordinance. Lunenburg County, VA falls under the jurisdiction of the state of Virginia which adopts the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (VUSBC) (based upon the ICC body of codes). Va. Code Ann. § 36-105.
Effective 09/04/2018, the state of Virginia adopted the following codes:
Helpful resources for Lunenburg County, Virginia include the following.
Residential Building Code
Virginia adopted a statewide mandatory residential code that will control. Authority for local amendments will be limited.See PLRB,
Virginia Building Codes for more information on state level codes.
Lunenburg County adopted the 2015 Virginia Residential CodeYou can find a copy of the code here.You can find information about amendments to the model code here.
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2021 Virginia Residential Code (2021 IRC)(Lunenburg County, VA Chapter 22 - BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS)
...Code of Virginia, § 15.2-906; fencing of swimming pools, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-921; Virginia Industrialized
Building Safety Law, Code of Virginia, § 36-70 et seq.; Uniform Statewide Building Code, Code of Virginia, § 36-97 et seq.;
local licensing of certain contractors, Code of Virginia, § 54.1-1117....
Drip Edge
Drip Edge: no
Ice Barrier
Are ice barriers required for Lunenburg County ? No
Comments:
No county amendments to Table R301.2(1) were found in the residential code amendments.
Contacted Jamie Tuck, Lunenburg County Building Inspector, (2/28/2020) who informed us that ice barriers are not required.
Government Officials
Last Name |
First Name |
Title |
E-mail |
Phone |
Note |
Tuck |
Jamie |
Lunenburg County Building Inspector |
jtuck@lunenburgva.net |
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Comments
After researching, we were unable to locate the building code adoption ordinance. Lunenburg County, VA falls under the jurisdiction of the state of Virginia which adopts the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (VUSBC) (based upon the ICC body of codes). Va. Code Ann. § 36-105.
Effective 09/04/2018, the state of Virginia adopted the 2015 Virginia Residential Code.
Existing Buildings
Existing buildings, meaning buildings that were built in accordance to code at the time of
construction, typically merit extra consideration in a current updated code.
After researching, we were unable to locate the building code adoption ordinance. Lunenburg County, VA falls under the jurisdiction of the state of Virginia which adopts the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (VUSBC) (based upon the ICC body of codes). Va. Code Ann. § 36-105.
Effective 09/04/2018, the state of Virginia adopted the 2015 Virginia Existing Building Code (VEBC), with amendments (based upon the 2015 IEBC).
Chapter 11 of the 2015 VEBC provides retrofit regulations.
Appendix J of the 2015 IRC was not included in the 2015 VRC.
Commercial Building Code
Lunenburg County adopted the 2015 Virginia Construction CodeYou can find a copy of the code here.You can find information about amendments to the model code here.
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2021 Virginia Construction Code (2021 IBC)(Lunenburg County, VA Sec. 7-28. - Procedure for certification of zoning compliance.)
...(c)
Granting temporary certification of zoning compliance. To the extent that such action does not conflict with any provision of the Uniform Statewide Building Code, the zoning administrator
may grant a temporary certification of zoning compliance for a specified period not to exceed six months and under such conditions
and...
Comments
After researching, we were unable to locate the building code adoption ordinance. Lunenburg County, VA falls under the jurisdiction of the state of Virginia which adopts the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (VUSBC) (based upon the ICC body of codes). Va. Code Ann. § 36-105.
Effective 09/04/2018, the state of Virginia adopted the 2015 Virginia Construction Code.
Existing Buildings
After researching, we were unable to locate the building code adoption ordinance. Lunenburg County, VA falls under the jurisdiction of the state of Virginia which adopts the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (VUSBC) (based upon the ICC body of codes). Va. Code Ann. § 36-105.
Effective 09/04/2018, the state of Virginia adopted the 2015 Virginia Existing Building Code (VEBC), with amendments (based upon the 2015 IEBC).
Chapter 11 of the 2015 VEBC provides retrofit regulations.
Other Building Codes
After researching, we were unable to locate the building code adoption ordinance. Lunenburg County, VA falls under the jurisdiction of the state of Virginia which adopts the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (VUSBC) (based upon the ICC body of codes). Va. Code Ann. § 36-105.
The state of Virginia has also adopted the following codes (included in the 2015 VCC):