CHAPTER 477

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered
58-766.1, relating to building permits in certain counties. nH 3971
397

Approved March 31, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a new section num-
bered 58-766.1, as follows:

§ 58-766.1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, any
county having a population of not less than seventeen thousand nor more
than seventeen thousand two hundred inhabitants, any county having a
population of not less than twenty-seven thousand nor more than twenty-
seven thousand two hundred inhabitants, and any county having a popu-
lation of not less than thirty-one thousand two hundred nor more than
thirty-one thousand four hundred inhabitants, may provide by ordinance
that no person, firm or corporation shall commence the construction,
repair or improvement of any building or structure permanently annexed
to the freehold and to cost two hundred and fifty dollars or more, until
there shall have been first obtained from the commissioner of the revenue
of such county a permit in writing signed by the commissioner of the
revenue, in which permit the kind and character of the work thereby auth-
orized, and the estimated cost thereof, shall be described with reasonable
certainty.

Such ordinance shall require that any permit issued thereunder shall
be posted at any place covered by such permit and may further provide
that a fee be charged of not less than fifty cents nor more than five dollars
for the issuance of such permit.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.