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ORDIHAHCE HD. AN ORDINANCE TO ~MEND SECTIONS 106.1, 106.2 AND 114 OF THE BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, 1967, PERTAINING TO BUILDING AND D~OLITION PERMITS, BONDS AND PENALTYF,2 FOR VIOLATIONS, RESPECTIVELY. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that Sections 106.t, 106.2, and llh of the Building Code of the City of Portsmouth, 1967, be amended mad reordained to read as follows: 106.1 - ACTION ON APPLICATION (a) No person, firm or corporation shall erect, construct, eolarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convertor demolish any building or structure in the city, orcause the same to be done, without first obtaining a separate building permit for such buildings or structures from the Building Official.~ (b) If the Building Official is satisfied that the work described in an application for permit and the drawings filed therewith conform to the requirements of the code and other pertinent laws and ordinances, he shall issue a permit therefor to the applicant. (c) If the application for a permit and the d~awings filed therewith describe work which does not conform to the requirements of this code or other pertinent law or ordinances, the Building Official shall not issue a permit, but shall return the drawings to the applicant with his refusal to issue such permit. Suchre_~usal shall, when requested, be in ~iting and shall contain the reasons therefor. (d) No permit shall be issued for work done by a contractor, sub-contractor, superintendent of construction exceeding $20,000.00 in cost unless such contractor, sub-contractor or superintendent of construct- ion is registered in the State of Virginia. (e) Any person, firm or corporation obtaining a permit to wreck or demolish any building or structure in the city ~shall as a condition of obtaining and retaining said permit agree, when dm~pi~ is to be done within the city, to dump any debris, waste, refuse, garbage, salvao~e or other material from said wrecking or de~01ition only upon a licensed landfil or upon such other site within or without the city as the Building 0f~_cial may approve.