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
  Webmaster@highlandcova.org

Aaron Marshall
  Assistant Administrator
       to the Building Official
       and to the County Administrator
  Erosion and Sediment Inspector

Highland County
Building and Zoning
Monterey, VA
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)

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Articles:

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