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Building Inspection
Leland Leeds, Building Inspector Tina Smith, Administrative Assistant PH: (804) 492-9114, M-F 8:30 am - 4:30 pm FAX: (804) 492-9224
General InformationThe Building Office is responsible for ensuring public safety and welfare associated with the design, construction and utilization of residential and commercial buildings. All contractors and homeowners must obtain a building permit when constructing, remodeling, adding or demolishing any building in Cumberland County. When applying for a permit to build a structure you will need to submit (2) two full sets of plans. You will receive (1) one set back upon the building permit being issued. If there are other structures already on the property you will need to know how far those are going to be to the new structure. Also, you will need to know what the setbacks are from the structure to all property lines for zoning approval. Please be aware that the cut off time for processing and accepting applications is 4 pm daily. All decks regardless of size are required to have a permit and inspections. Please have 2 copies of detailed drawings of your proposed deck(s) or will be inspected under the prescriptive residential wood construction guide. You will need to know what the setbacks are from the deck to all other structures and all property lines for zoning approval. All structures that exceed 256 square feet of building space will need to be on a permanent foundation. This includes buildings such as sheds and carports. The only time you would not obtain a building permit would be if you are building a residential accessory structure that is less than 200 square feet (example: 10’ x 20’ shed). Inspections are to be completed for each step of the building process. The following are general items that will require inspections:
When calling for an inspection please give our office as much notice as possible. We cannot guarantee an inspection the same day you call into our office. All demolition work will require a permit and an inspection. When removing structures such as homes, singlewides, doublewides or a modular, it is required that a letter from your power company stating that the lines have been rolled back to their electric pole be provided to our office prior to the permit being issued. This is important for your safety and those completing such work. Agricultural buildings also require a permit. You are able to add electrical, plumbing and mechanical to these structures. These permits do not have fees associated with them at this time. Our office will not perform inspections on these structures. We do encourage you to use state license contractors to erect your buildings. You will also be required to meet all current zoning setbacks. Please refer to the following documents for Building Inspection information. All documents are in both Adobe Acrobat Reader and Microsoft Word format.
Building Permit Requirements Word and PDF (42KB) Building Fee Schedule (Effective July 1, 2004) Word and PDF (20KB) Building Permit Application PDF (113KB) Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing Application Word and PDF (216KB) Agricultural Permit and Affidavit Form PDF ( KB) Deck Regulations PDF Stairway Regulations (link) Extension Application PDF (22 KB) 2009 Commonwealth of Virginia Codes (link)
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