Richmond, Va., City Code § 30-1060 Conditions for issuance of permit for erection of building or structure; installation of plumbing fixtures.
Sec. 30-1060. - Conditions for issuance of permit for erection of building or structure; installation of plumbing fixtures.
For the purpose of promoting and preserving public health, safety, welfare and convenience, the Commissioner of Buildings shall issue a permit for the erection of a building or structure in which plumbing fixtures are to be installed only under the following conditions:
(1) Site improvements existing. When all required site improvements are available as certified by the following:
a. The Director of Public Works as to the following:
1. A street consisting of a single roadway or the portion of the street consisting of more than a single roadway, in front or at the side of the lot upon which the building or structure is to erected, embraces a roadway contiguous thereto that has a surface which, in the Director of Public Works' opinion, is reasonably suitable for travel during all weather of the locality.
2. A stormwater sewer, drain or other drainage facility adequate to provide proper drainage for the locality is adjacent to such lot.
3. An alley of such width, grade and surface as is prescribed by the City's standard alley specifications abuts the lot on the rear or side, except that this shall not apply when no dedicated and public alley exists or when the Director of Public Works is satisfied that, due to topography or other exceptional situation, improvement of such alley would serve no public purpose.
4. A sanitary sewer is adjacent to such lot either on the front, rear or side thereof to which it is practicable to connect with the sewage disposal facilities in the building or structure or when the owner of the lot satisfies the District Health Director and Director of Public Works that another sanitary sewage disposal system can and will be provided for the disposal of sanitary sewage originating in the building or structure and such system will be so used for that purpose and the District Health Director and Director of Public Works shall certify such facts to the Commissioner of Buildings.
b. The Director of Public Utilities as to the following: a water main adjacent to such lot either in the front, rear or side thereof, to which it is practicable to connect the water supply facilities in the building or structure or when the owner of the lot satisfies the District Health Director and Director of Public Utilities that another safe water supply can and will be so used therein and the District Health Director and Director of Public Utilities shall certify such facts to the Commissioner of Buildings.
(2) Site improvements do not exist. Conditions if site improvements do not exist are as follows:
a. Residential development. When the Director of Public Utilities or District Health Director certifies as to water supply, the Director of Public Works or District Health Director certifies as to sanitary sewage disposal system and the Director of Public Works certifies as to paved streets, paved alleys and stormwater sewers, drains or other drainage facilities that such site improvements are being provided and that the cost of such improvements are being borne as provided in the City Subdivision Regulations (Chapter 25).
b. Commercial or industrial development. When the Director of Public Works, as to the extension of streets, sanitary sewers, stormwater sewers, drains or other drainage facilities, and the Director of Public Utilities, as to the extension of water mains, certify that such are being provided by the owner or that, with the approval of the Chief Administrative Officer, the City will make such extensions and improvements or any portion of them at the entire cost and expense of the City, provided:
1. Funds for such extensions and improvements are available for the purpose.
2. The owner enters into a written contract with the City that, in consideration of making the extensions and improvement, the owner will:
i. Apply to the Commissioner of Buildings for a permit for the erection of each building or structure within 30 days from the date of the contract;
ii. Commence the construction of the building proposed to be erected within six months from the date the building permit is issued;
iii. Complete the erection thereof with all reasonable dispatch, in any event within three years from the day such contract is entered into; and
iv. Upon the failure, refusal or neglect of the owner to comply with Subsection (2)b.2.i, ii or iii of this section, pay to the City all costs and expenses incurred in making such extensions and improvements.
(Code 1993, § 32-1060; Code 2004, § 114-1060; Code 2015, § 30-1060; Code 2020, § 30-1060; Ord. No. 2004-360-330, § 1, 12-13-2004)