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Building/Code Enforcement | Fire Department | Police Department | Street Department | Administration | Development
The City of Hurricane has an established Building Department and Code
Enforcement Office. Article 1705 of the City Code provides the intent
to promote the general health, welfare and safety of the community
by providing building construction guidelines to comply with the West
Virginia State Fire Commission, encouraging the utilization of appropriate
construction practices to minimize flood damage in the future and
minimizing danger to public health by protecting water supply and
natural drainage.
Building permits are required of any person, partnership, business or corporation that may undertake the construction, reconstruction, enlargement, alteration, relocatiion or demolition of any building or structure, including electrical or mechanical upgrading.
Inspections will be performed and certificates of occupancy will be issued in the case of new construction.
Sample applications for permits and fee schedules are available on
this web site. Code requirments in Part Seventeen of the Hurricane
City Code are available by linking to MuniCode
from this web site. Questions may be answered by the Code Enforcement
Officer at (304) 562-5896.
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