Virginia Administrative Code › Title 13 - HOUSING › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 63 - VIRGINIA UNIFORM STATEWIDE BUILDING CODE › Part I - Construction › Section 13VAC5-63-90 - Section 109 Construction documents

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Section 109.1 Submittal of documents.
				  Construction documents shall be submitted with the application for a permit.
				  The number of sets of such documents to be submitted shall be determined by the
				  locality. Construction documents for one- and two-family dwellings may have
				  floor plans reversed provided an accompanying site plan is approved.
Exception: Construction documents do not need to be
					 submitted when the building official determines the proposed work is of a minor
					 nature.
Note: Information on the types of construction required to
					 be designed by an RDP is included in the "Related Laws Package" available from
					 DHCD.
B. Section 109.2 Site
				  plan. When determined necessary by the building official, a site plan shall be
				  submitted with the application for a permit. The site plan shall show to scale
				  the size and location of all proposed construction, including any associated
				  wells, septic tanks or drain fields. The site plan shall also show to scale the
				  size and location of all existing structures on the site, the distances from
				  lot lines to all proposed construction, the established street grades and the
				  proposed finished grades. When determined necessary by the building official,
				  the site plan shall contain the elevation of the lowest floor of any proposed
				  buildings. The site plan shall also be drawn in accordance with an accurate
				  boundary line survey. When the application for a permit is for demolition, the
				  site plan shall show all construction to be demolished and the location and
				  size of all existing structures that are to remain on the site.
Note: Site plans are generally not necessary for
					 alterations, renovations, repairs or the installation of equipment.
C. Section 109.3 Engineering
				  details. When determined necessary by the building official, construction
				  documents shall include adequate detail of the structural, mechanical, plumbing
				  or electrical components. Adequate detail may include computations, stress
				  diagrams or other essential technical data and when proposed buildings are more
				  than two stories in height, adequate detail may specifically be required to
				  include where floor penetrations will be made for pipes, wires, conduits, and
				  other components of the electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems and how
				  such floor penetrations will be protected to maintain the required structural
				  integrity or fire-resistance rating, or both. When dry floodproofing is
				  provided, the engineering details shall include detail of the walls, floors,
				  and flood shields designed to resist flood-related loads, including the sealing
				  of floor and wall penetrations. All engineered documents, including relevant
				  computations, shall be sealed by the RDP responsible for the design.
D. Section 109.4 Examination of documents.
				  The building official shall examine or cause to be examined all construction
				  documents or site plans, or both, within a reasonable time after filing. If
				  such documents or plans do not comply with the provisions of this code, the
				  permit applicant shall be notified in writing of the reasons, which shall
				  include any adverse construction document review comments or determinations
				  that additional information or engineering details need to be submitted. The
				  review of construction documents for new one- and two-family dwellings for
				  determining compliance with the technical provisions of this code not relating
				  to the site, location or soil conditions associated with the dwellings shall
				  not be required when identical construction documents for identical dwellings
				  have been previously approved in the same locality under the same edition of
				  the code and such construction documents are on file with the local building
				  department.
E. Section 109.4.1
				  Expedited construction document review. The building official may accept
				  reports from an approved person or agency that the construction documents have
				  been examined and conform to the requirements of the USBC and may establish
				  requirements for the person or agency submitting such reports. In addition,
				  where such reports have been submitted, the building official may expedite the
				  issuance of the permit.
F. Section
				  109.5 Approval of construction documents. The approval of construction
				  documents shall be limited to only those items within the scope of the USBC.
				  Either the word "Approved" shall be stamped on all required sets of approved
				  construction documents or an equivalent endorsement in writing shall be
				  provided. One set of the approved construction documents shall be retained for
				  the records of the local building department and one set shall be kept at the
				  building site and shall be available to the building official at all reasonable
				  times.
G. Section 109.6 Phased
				  approval. The building official is authorized to issue a permit for the
				  construction of foundations or any other part of a building or structure before
				  the construction documents for the whole building or structure have been
				  submitted, provided that adequate information and detailed statements have been
				  filed complying with pertinent requirements of this code. The holder of such
				  permit for the foundation or other parts of a building or structure shall
				  proceed at the holder's own risk with the building operation and without
				  assurance that a permit for the entire structure will be granted.
Statutory Authority: §
												36-98
						of the Code of Virginia.