The Board of Housing and Community Development will hold a public hearing  on the Uniform Statewide Building Code, Statewide Fire Prevention Code, Amusement Device Regulation, Industrialized Building Safety Code, Manufactured Home Safety Regulations, and the Virginia Certification Standards.

The purpose of this public hearing is to consider updating the codes to the newest editions of the model codes and standards. Specific code change proposals will be considered later, following the publication of a proposed regulation.

The public hearing will be held at the Richmond Convention Center Lecture Hall in Richmond, Virginia beginning at 10:00 a.m. on January 22, 2007. For more information, contact Steve Calhoun at 804-371-7015 or steve.calhoun@dhcd.virginia.gov.