To achieve the delicate balance between individual property rights of the citizens of Highland County and the health, safety and welfare of the public through the reasonable restrictions of land use ordinances and the interests and provisions of building related code enforcement.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              
James Whitelaw
  Building Official
  Erosion and Sediment Administrator
  Zoning Administrator
  Street Address GPS Technician
  Webmaster@highlandcova.org

                  
Highland County
Building and Zoning
P.O. Box 188
Monterey, VA 24465
Phone: 540-468-2323,  540-468-2326
Fax: 540-468-3447
Email: hilandbz@htcnet.org
          hcbz@highlandcova.org
Office Hours: 8:00 am to 1:00 pm  M-F
*The Building Official is "in and out" after 1:00
    (Please call for an appointment if needed)

Library
  Ordinances:

» Zoning   Ordinance            1 » Subdivision   Ordinance              2

» 2011      Edition                     » Comprehensive    Plan                  1

  Articles:

• Active Building Codes + ( Construction Design Parameters )
  
• Why Highland Enforces the "Code"
• Obtaining a Building and Zoning Permit
• Reminder concerning Certificates of Occupancy
• Prescriptive Residential Wood Deck Construction  (American Wood Council)
• Changes to Erosion and Sediment Control Law
• Radon  Abatement  &  Va. zone map
• Asbestos FAQs