CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGULATION OF EMISSION OF SMOKE FROM FUEL-BURNING EQUIPMENT (§ 15.2-1217)

Any county may regulate the emission of smoke and the methods of firing and
stoking furnaces and boilers and may charge such reasonable fees for the
issuance of permits and the performing of inspections as the governing body may
from time to time fix. However, counties shall not apply or enforce such
regulations in incorporated towns which have in force ordinances prescribing
equal or greater standards in regulating the construction, maintenance and
repair of buildings and other structures, the installation, maintenance,
operation and repair of plumbing, electrical, heating, elevator, escalator,
boiler, unfired pressure vessel and air conditioning installations in or
appurtenant to buildings and structures, the emission of smoke, the
construction, installation and maintenance of fuel-burning equipment, and the
methods of firing and stoking furnaces and boilers, and the light, ventilation,
sanitation and use and occupancy of buildings.

HISTORY: 1966, c. 290, §§ 15.1-510.1, 15.1-510.4, 15.1-510.6; 1970, cc. 211,
212; 1983, c. 508; 1997, c. 587.