2014 Virginia Code
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
§ 18.2-318. Authority of counties, cities and towns to require and regulate well covers
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 18.2-317, the governing body of any county, city or town may adopt ordinances requiring persons owning or occupying any land within such county, city or town on which there is a well having a diameter greater than six inches and which is more than ten feet deep to keep the same covered in such a manner as not to be dangerous to human beings, animals or fowls.
Any such ordinance may specify and require reasonable minimum standards for the construction, installation and maintenance of such covers, including the manner in which any concrete used in connection therewith shall be reinforced, and may prescribe punishment for violations not inconsistent with general law.
Code 1950, § 18.1-74.1; 1962, c. 525; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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