15.2-1217 - Regulation of emission of smoke from fuel-burning equipment. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-1217. Regulation of emission of smoke from fuel-burning equipment.

Any county may regulate the emission of smoke and the methods of firing andstoking furnaces and boilers and may charge such reasonable fees for theissuance of permits and the performing of inspections as the governing bodymay from time to time fix. However, counties shall not apply or enforce suchregulations in incorporated towns which have in force ordinances prescribingequal or greater standards in regulating the construction, maintenance andrepair 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 orappurtenant to buildings and structures, the emission of smoke, theconstruction, installation and maintenance of fuel-burning equipment, and themethods of firing and stoking furnaces and boilers, and the light,ventilation, sanitation and use and occupancy of buildings.

(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.)