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2021 Code of Virginia
Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns
Chapter 9 - General Powers of Local Governments
Article 1. Public Health and Safety; Nuisances
- § 15.2-900. Abatement or removal of nuisances by localities; recovery of costs
- § 15.2-901. Locality may provide for removal or disposal of trash and clutter, cutting of grass, weeds, and running bamboo; penalty in certain counties; penalty
- § 15.2-901.1. Locality may provide for control of running bamboo; civil penalty
- § 15.2-902. Authority of locality to control certain noxious weeds
- § 15.2-903. Ordinances taxing and regulating "automobile graveyards," "junkyards," and certain vacant and abandoned property
- § 15.2-904. Authority to restrict keeping of inoperable motor vehicles, etc., on residential or commercial property; removal of such vehicles; penalty
- § 15.2-905. Authority to restrict keeping of inoperable motor vehicles, etc., on residential or commercial property; removal of such vehicles
- § 15.2-906. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures
- § 15.2-906.1. Expired
- § 15.2-907. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures harboring illegal drug use or other criminal activity
- § 15.2-907.1. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings that are declared to be derelict; civil penalty
- § 15.2-907.2. Authority of locality or land bank entity to be appointed to act as a receiver to repair derelict and blighted buildings in certain limited circumstances
- § 15.2-908. Authority of localities to remove or repair the defacement of buildings, walls, fences and other structures
- § 15.2-908.1. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures harboring a bawdy place
- § 15.2-909. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of wharves, piers, pilings, bulkheads, vessels or abandoned, obstructing or hazardous property
- § 15.2-910. Ordinance certifying boiler and pressure vessel operators; penalty
- § 15.2-911. Regulation of alarm company operators
- § 15.2-912. Regulation of tattoo parlors and body-piercing salons; definition; exception
- § 15.2-912.1. Regulation of martial arts instruction
- § 15.2-912.2. Proceeds exempt from local taxation
- § 15.2-912.3. (Effective until January 1, 2022) Regulation of dance halls by counties, cities and towns
- § 15.2-912.3. (Effective January 1, 2022) Regulation of dance halls by counties, cities, and towns
- § 15.2-913. Ordinances regulating certain vendors
- § 15.2-914. Regulation of child-care services and facilities in cities and certain counties
- § 15.2-915. Control of firearms; applicability to authorities and local governmental agencies
- § 15.2-915.1. Repealed
- § 15.2-915.2. Regulation of transportation of a loaded rifle or shotgun
- § 15.2-915.3. Repealed
- § 15.2-915.4. Counties, cities and towns authorized to regulate use of pneumatic guns
- § 15.2-915.5. Disposition of firearms acquired by localities
- § 15.2-916. Prohibiting shooting of compound bows, slingbows, arrowguns, crossbows, longbows, and recurve bows
- § 15.2-917. Applicability of local noise ordinances to certain sport shooting ranges
- § 15.2-918. Locality may prohibit or regulate use of air cannons
- § 15.2-919. Regulation of motorcycle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter noise
- § 15.2-920. Regulation of outdoor lighting near certain facilities
- § 15.2-921. Ordinances requiring fencing of swimming pools
- § 15.2-922. Smoke alarms in certain buildings
- § 15.2-922.1. Regulating or prohibiting the making of fires
- § 15.2-922.2. Special fee for emergency services in certain counties
- § 15.2-923. Local water-saving ordinances
- § 15.2-924. Water supply emergency ordinances
- § 15.2-924.1. Repealed
- § 15.2-925. Regulation, etc., of assemblies or movement of persons or vehicles under certain circumstances
- § 15.2-925.1. Local notifications
- § 15.2-926. Prohibiting loitering; frequenting amusements and curfew for minors; penalty
- § 15.2-926.1. Bounties for coyotes
- § 15.2-926.2. Adoption of ordinances prohibiting obscenity
- § 15.2-926.3. Local regulation of certain aircraft
- § 15.2-926.4. Regulation of smoking in outdoor amphitheater or concert venue; civil penalty
Article 2. Waste and Recycling
- § 15.2-927. Garbage and refuse disposal
- § 15.2-928. Local recycling and waste disposal; powers; penalties
- § 15.2-929. Solid waste management facility siting approval
- § 15.2-930. Regulation of garbage and refuse pickup and disposal services; contracting for such services
- § 15.2-931. Regulation of garbage and refuse pickup and disposal services; contracting for such services in certain localities
- § 15.2-932. Authorization to enter into certain contracts for garbage and refuse pickup and disposal services; waste recovery facilities
- § 15.2-933. Ordinances requiring delivery of garbage, trash and refuse to certain facilities; exceptions
- § 15.2-934. Displacement of private waste companies
- § 15.2-935. Authority to prohibit placement of leaves or grass clippings in landfills
- § 15.2-936. Garbage and refuse disposal; fee exemption
- § 15.2-937. Separation of solid waste
- § 15.2-938. Preference for purchase of recycled paper and paper products
- § 15.2-939. Ordinances requiring recycling reports
Article 3. Economic Development; Tourism; Historic Preservation
- § 15.2-940. Expenditures for promoting resources and advantages of locality
- § 15.2-941. Participation by local government in certain loan programs
- § 15.2-941.1. Creation of abandoned school revitalization zones
- § 15.2-942. Local government participation in certain events
- § 15.2-943. Operation and maintenance of living historical farm museums
- § 15.2-943.1. Creation of arts and cultural districts
- § 15.2-944. Authority to acquire and preserve places and things of historical interest
- § 15.2-944.1. Notification prior to sale or transfer of ownership of certain historic properties
- § 15.2-945. Acquisition and housing of relics, paintings, carvings, sculpture and other works of art
- § 15.2-946. Regulation of tour guides and tourist guides
Article 3.1. Governor's Economic Development Grant Fund
Article 4. Public Transportation
- § 15.2-947. Systems of public transportation for certain counties or cities
- § 15.2-948. Locality may designate continuing source of revenue for mass transit
- § 15.2-949. Shared ride taxi systems, etc.; nonprofit vanpools
Article 5. Additional Powers
- § 15.2-950. Appropriations
- § 15.2-951. Acquisition, disposition and use of personal property by localities generally
- § 15.2-952. Political subdivisions may acquire property from United States
- § 15.2-953. Donations to charitable institutions and associations, volunteer and nonprofit organizations, chambers of commerce, etc.
- § 15.2-954. Loans to volunteer firefighting and rescue organizations
- § 15.2-954.1. Volunteer firefighter or volunteer emergency medical services personnel tuition reimbursement
- § 15.2-955. Approval by local governing body for the establishment of volunteer emergency medical services agencies and firefighting organizations
- § 15.2-956. Participation in certain federal development programs
- § 15.2-957. Participation by localities in certain leasing programs
- § 15.2-958. Local funding for repair or production of low and moderate income rental property or repair of residential property; other housing experiments
- § 15.2-958.1. Sale of certain property in certain cities
- § 15.2-958.2. Grants for homeownership; workforce housing
- § 15.2-958.2:01. Grants for certain corporations and pass-through entities
- § 15.2-958.3. (Effective until October 1, 2021) Financing clean energy, resiliency, and stormwater management programs
- § 15.2-958.3. (Effective October 1, 2021) Financing clean energy, resiliency, and stormwater management programs
- § 15.2-958.3:1. Local green banks
- § 15.2-958.4. Waiver of certain fees for affordable housing
- § 15.2-958.5. Local funding for community revitalization
- § 15.2-958.6. Financing the repair of failed septic systems
- § 15.2-959. Housing research
- § 15.2-960. Planting of trees destroyed during construction
- § 15.2-961. Replacement of trees during development process in certain localities
- § 15.2-961.1. Conservation of trees during land development process in localities belonging to a nonattainment area for air quality standards
- § 15.2-961.2. Conservation of trees; notice of infill lot grading plan
- § 15.2-962. Authority to require a unified geographic information system for a locality
- § 15.2-963. Local offices of consumer affairs; establishment; powers and duties
- § 15.2-964. Organization of local human services activities; authorization of reorganization by Governor
- § 15.2-965. Human rights ordinances and commissions
- § 15.2-965.1. Participation of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses
- § 15.2-965.2. Enhancement of micro-business participation in local procurement
- § 15.2-966. Establishment and operation of educational television stations
- § 15.2-966.1. Establishment of primary health care facility for employees of locality
- § 15.2-967. Parking facilities
- § 15.2-967.1. Regulation of certain transportation services
- § 15.2-967.2. Electric vehicle charging stations
- § 15.2-968. Regulation of parking of vehicles within boundaries of state-supported institutions
- § 15.2-968.01. Parking in certain residential areas
- § 15.2-968.1. Use of photo-monitoring systems to enforce traffic light signals
- § 15.2-969. Ordinances prohibiting resale of tickets to certain public events; penalty
- § 15.2-970. Construction of dams, levees, seawalls, etc.; certain proceedings prohibited
- § 15.2-971. Armories and markets; assistance to National Guard
- § 15.2-972. Appropriations for the upkeep of certain cemeteries
- § 15.2-973. Ordinances imposing license taxes on owners of certain motor vehicles
- § 15.2-974. Permits for display of fireworks; use and exhibitions
- § 15.2-975. Use of cash proffers
- § 15.2-976. Notification of changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Special Flood Hazard Area map
- § 15.2-977. Green Roof Incentive Programs
- § 15.2-978. Registration by locality of cemeteries, graveyards, or other places of burial on private property
- § 15.2-979. Notice of sale under deed of trust
- § 15.2-980. (Effective until October 1, 2021) Civil penalties for violations of noise ordinances
- § 15.2-980. (Effective October 1, 2021) Civil penalties for violations of noise ordinances
- § 15.2-981. Authority to sell dogs trained for police work
- § 15.2-982. Designation of tourism activity zones
- § 15.2-983. Creation of registry for short-term rental of property
- § 15.2-984. Adoption of flood plain ordinances
- § 15.2-985. Disposition of abandoned shopping carts; unauthorized possession; penalties
- § 15.2-986. Broadband services; education
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