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§ 15.2-900. Abatement or removal of nuisances by localities; recovery of costs - In addition to the remedy provided by § 48-5 and...
§ 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 - A. Any locality may, by ordinance, provide that: 1. The...
§ 15.2-901.1. Locality may provide for control of running bamboo; civil penalty - A. For purposes of this section, "running bamboo" means any...
§ 15.2-902. Authority of locality to control certain noxious weeds - A. Any locality may by ordinance prevent, control and abate...
§ 15.2-903. Ordinances taxing and regulating "automobile graveyards," "junkyards," and certain vacant and abandoned property - A. Any locality may adopt ordinances imposing license taxes upon...
§ 15.2-904. Authority to restrict keeping of inoperable motor vehicles, etc., on residential or commercial property; removal of such vehicles; penalty - A. Any locality may, by ordinance, provide that it shall...
§ 15.2-905. Authority to restrict keeping of inoperable motor vehicles, etc., on residential or commercial property; removal of such vehicles - A. The governing bodies of the Counties of Albemarle, Arlington,...
§ 15.2-906. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures - Any locality may, by ordinance, provide that: 1. The owners...
§ 15.2-906.1. Expired - Expired.
§ 15.2-907. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures harboring illegal drug use or other criminal activity - A. As used in this section: "Affidavit" means the affidavit...
§ 15.2-907.1. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings that are declared to be derelict; civil penalty - Any locality that has a real estate tax abatement program...
§ 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 - A. Any locality that has adopted an ordinance pursuant to...
§ 15.2-908. Authority of localities to remove or repair the defacement of buildings, walls, fences and other structures - A. Any locality may by ordinance undertake or contract for...
§ 15.2-908.1. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures harboring a bawdy place - A. As used in this section: "Affidavit" means the affidavit...
§ 15.2-909. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of wharves, piers, pilings, bulkheads, vessels or abandoned, obstructing or hazardous property - Any locality may by ordinance provide: 1. The owners of...
§ 15.2-910. Ordinance certifying boiler and pressure vessel operators; penalty - A. Any locality may by ordinance require any person who...
§ 15.2-911. Regulation of alarm company operators - A. Any locality may by ordinance regulate the installation and...
§ 15.2-912. Regulation of tattoo parlors and body-piercing salons; definition; exception - A. Any locality may by ordinance regulate the sanitary condition...
§ 15.2-912.1. Regulation of martial arts instruction - A. The Cities of Chesapeake and Norfolk may by ordinance...
§ 15.2-912.2. Proceeds exempt from local taxation - No locality may impose a gross receipts, entertainment, admission or...
§ 15.2-912.3. Regulation of dance halls by counties, cities, and towns - For the purposes of this section, "public dance hall" means...
§ 15.2-913. Ordinances regulating certain vendors - A. Any locality may by ordinance provide for the regulation...
§ 15.2-914. Regulation of child-care services and facilities in cities and certain counties - Any (i) county that has adopted the urban county executive...
§ 15.2-915. Control of firearms; applicability to authorities and local governmental agencies - A. No locality shall adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution,...
§ 15.2-915.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, cc. 1205 and 1247, cl. 2.
§ 15.2-915.2. Regulation of transportation of a loaded rifle or shotgun - The governing body of any county or city may by...
§ 15.2-915.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 175 and 557, cl. 2.
§ 15.2-915.4. Counties, cities and towns authorized to regulate use of pneumatic guns - A. A locality may prohibit, by ordinance, the shooting of...
§ 15.2-915.5. Disposition of firearms acquired by localities - A. No locality or agent of such locality may participate...
§ 15.2-916. Prohibiting shooting of compound bows, slingbows, arrowguns, crossbows, longbows, and recurve bows - Any locality may prohibit the shooting of an arrow from...
§ 15.2-917. Applicability of local noise ordinances to certain sport shooting ranges - A. No local ordinance regulating any noise shall subject a...
§ 15.2-918. Locality may prohibit or regulate use of air cannons - Any locality may by ordinance prohibit or regulate the use...
§ 15.2-919. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2022, c. 490, cl. 2.
§ 15.2-920. Regulation of outdoor lighting near certain facilities - In addition to any other authority granted to localities by...
§ 15.2-921. Ordinances requiring fencing of swimming pools - For the purposes of this section: "Fence" means a close...
§ 15.2-922. Smoke alarms in certain buildings - A. Any locality, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general...
§ 15.2-922.1. Regulating or prohibiting the making of fires - A. Any city or town may by ordinance regulate or...
§ 15.2-922.2. Special fee for emergency services in certain counties - A. Any county with a population of less than 3,000...
§ 15.2-923. Local water-saving ordinances - Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, as shall be necessary...
§ 15.2-924. Water supply emergency ordinances - A. Whenever the governing body of any locality finds that...
§ 15.2-924.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 341 and 353, cl. 2.
§ 15.2-925. Regulation, etc., of assemblies or movement of persons or vehicles under certain circumstances - Any locality may empower the chief law-enforcement officer to regulate,...
§ 15.2-925.1. Local notifications - Any locality may by ordinance establish a system to deliver...
§ 15.2-926. Prohibiting loitering; frequenting amusements and curfew for minors; penalty - A. Any locality may by ordinance prohibit loitering in, upon...
§ 15.2-926.1. Bounties for coyotes - Any locality may by ordinance permit the killing of coyotes...
§ 15.2-926.2. Adoption of ordinances prohibiting obscenity - The locality may adopt ordinances to prohibit obscenity or conduct...
§ 15.2-926.3. Local regulation of certain aircraft - A. No political subdivision may regulate the use of a...
§ 15.2-926.4. Regulation of smoking in outdoor amphitheater or concert venue; civil penalty - A. Any locality, by ordinance, may designate reasonable no-smoking areas...
§ 15.2-927. Garbage and refuse disposal - Any locality may collect and dispose of garbage and other...
§ 15.2-928. Local recycling and waste disposal; powers; penalties - A. Any locality may (i) provide and operate, within or...
§ 15.2-929. Solid waste management facility siting approval - A. Any locality may enact an ordinance regulating the siting...
§ 15.2-930. Regulation of garbage and refuse pickup and disposal services; contracting for such services - A. Any locality may by ordinance impose license taxes upon...
§ 15.2-931. Regulation of garbage and refuse pickup and disposal services; contracting for such services in certain localities - A. Localities may adopt ordinances requiring the delivery of all...
§ 15.2-932. Authorization to enter into certain contracts for garbage and refuse pickup and disposal services; waste recovery facilities - Any locality is authorized to contract with any person, whether...
§ 15.2-933. Ordinances requiring delivery of garbage, trash and refuse to certain facilities; exceptions - Any ordinance requiring the delivery of all or any portion...
§ 15.2-934. Displacement of private waste companies - No locality or combination of localities shall displace a private...
§ 15.2-935. Authority to prohibit placement of leaves or grass clippings in landfills - A. Any locality may by ordinance prohibit the disposal of...
§ 15.2-936. Garbage and refuse disposal; fee exemption - Persons may be exempted, deferred, or charged a lesser amount...
§ 15.2-937. Separation of solid waste - A. Any locality may by ordinance require any person to...
§ 15.2-938. Preference for purchase of recycled paper and paper products - A. Any locality may by ordinance require that in determining...
§ 15.2-939. Ordinances requiring recycling reports - Any locality may by ordinance require all nonresidential solid waste...
§ 15.2-940. Expenditures for promoting resources and advantages of locality - Any locality may, in its discretion, expend funds from the...
§ 15.2-941. Participation by local government in certain loan programs - Any locality or other political subdivision may participate in a...
§ 15.2-941.1. Creation of abandoned school revitalization zones - A. Any locality may establish by ordinance one or more...
§ 15.2-942. Local government participation in certain events - Any locality may provide for the re-creation and portrayal of...
§ 15.2-943. Operation and maintenance of living historical farm museums - A. The General Assembly finds that there is a public...
§ 15.2-943.1. Creation of arts and cultural districts - A. Any locality, or combination of localities, may by ordinance,...
§ 15.2-944. Authority to acquire and preserve places and things of historical interest - Any locality may acquire, except by condemnation, sites, landmarks, structures...
§ 15.2-944.1. Notification prior to sale or transfer of ownership of certain historic properties - A. Any charitable or civic organization or museum that (i)...
§ 15.2-945. Acquisition and housing of relics, paintings, carvings, sculpture and other works of art - The governing body of any locality may enter into agreements...
§ 15.2-946. Regulation of tour guides and tourist guides - Any locality may, before issuing any license to do business...
§ 15.2-946.1. Expired - Expired.
§ 15.2-947. Systems of public transportation for certain counties or cities - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing body of...
§ 15.2-948. Locality may designate continuing source of revenue for mass transit - The governing body of any locality may, within the limits...
§ 15.2-949. Shared ride taxi systems, etc.; nonprofit vanpools - As used herein, "shared ride taxi system" means a transportation...
§ 15.2-950. Appropriations - A locality may make appropriations for the purposes for which...
§ 15.2-951. Acquisition, disposition and use of personal property by localities generally - Localities, for the purposes of exercising any of their powers...
§ 15.2-952. Political subdivisions may acquire property from United States - Notwithstanding the provisions of any charter or any ordinance, any...
§ 15.2-953. Donations to charitable institutions and associations, volunteer and nonprofit organizations, chambers of commerce, etc. - A. Any locality may make appropriations of public funds, of...
§ 15.2-954. Loans to volunteer firefighting and rescue organizations - Any locality may make loans of money appropriated from public...
§ 15.2-954.1. Volunteer firefighter or volunteer emergency medical services personnel tuition reimbursement - Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, any locality may...
§ 15.2-955. Approval by local governing body for the establishment of volunteer emergency medical services agencies and firefighting organizations - A. No volunteer emergency medical services agency or volunteer firefighting...
§ 15.2-956. Participation in certain federal development programs - A. Any locality may participate in a program under Title...
§ 15.2-957. Participation by localities in certain leasing programs - Any locality may participate in a program under § 8...
§ 15.2-958. Local funding for repair or production of low and moderate income rental property or repair of residential property; other housing experiments - It is hereby declared that the preservation of existing housing...
§ 15.2-958.1. Sale of certain property in certain cities - A. The City of Richmond may by ordinance provide for...
§ 15.2-958.2. Grants for homeownership; workforce housing - A. In order to ensure its competitiveness as an employer,...
§ 15.2-958.2:01. Grants for certain corporations and pass-through entities - A. The counties and cities listed in subsection B may...
§ 15.2-958.3. Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing programs - A. As used in this section: "Eligible improvements" means any...
§ 15.2-958.3:1. Local green banks - A. As used in this section, "clean energy technologies" means...
§ 15.2-958.4. Waiver of certain fees for affordable housing - A. A locality may by ordinance provide for the waiver...
§ 15.2-958.5. Local funding for community revitalization - A. The City of Richmond may by ordinance provide for...
§ 15.2-958.6. Financing the repair of failed septic systems - A. Any locality may, by ordinance, authorize contracts with property...
§ 15.2-959. Housing research - Any locality which does not have a redevelopment and housing...
§ 15.2-960. Planting of trees destroyed during construction - Any locality may establish reasonable rules, regulations, and schedules for...
§ 15.2-961. Replacement of trees during development process in certain localities - A. Any locality with a population density of at least...
§ 15.2-961.1. Conservation of trees during land development process in localities belonging to a nonattainment area for air quality standards - A. For purposes of this section, "tree canopy" or "tree...
§ 15.2-961.2. Conservation of trees; notice of infill lot grading plan - An ordinance adopted pursuant to § 15.2-961.1 may allow a...
§ 15.2-961.3. Replacement of trees during development process in localities - A. Any locality may adopt an ordinance providing for the...
§ 15.2-962. Authority to require a unified geographic information system for a locality - Any locality may by ordinance require that any or all...
§ 15.2-963. Local offices of consumer affairs; establishment; powers and duties - Any county or city may, by ordinance, establish a local...
§ 15.2-964. Organization of local human services activities; authorization of reorganization by Governor - A. Any city or county may prepare and submit to...
§ 15.2-965. Human rights ordinances and commissions - A. Any locality may enact an ordinance, not inconsistent with...
§ 15.2-965.1. Participation of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses - A. Any locality may enact an ordinance providing that whenever...
§ 15.2-965.2. Enhancement of micro-business participation in local procurement - A. Any locality may enact an ordinance to enhance micro-business...
§ 15.2-966. Establishment and operation of educational television stations - Any locality may provide for the establishment, ownership, maintenance and...
§ 15.2-966.1. Establishment of primary health care facility for employees of locality - Any locality may establish and operate a primary care health...
§ 15.2-967. Parking facilities - Any locality may provide off-street automobile parking facilities and open...
§ 15.2-967.1. Regulation of certain transportation services - A local transportation service that operates as a nonprofit organization...
§ 15.2-967.2. Electric vehicle charging stations - Any locality may locate and operate a retail fee-based electric...
§ 15.2-968. Regulation of parking of vehicles within boundaries of state-supported institutions - Any county or city may, upon request of the governing...
§ 15.2-968.01. Parking in certain residential areas - Notwithstanding any other provision of general law, localities may by...
§ 15.2-968.1. Use of photo-monitoring systems to enforce traffic light signals - A. The governing body of any county, city, or town...
§ 15.2-969. Ordinances prohibiting resale of tickets to certain public events; penalty - Any locality may provide, by ordinance, that it is unlawful...
§ 15.2-970. Construction of dams, levees, seawalls, etc.; certain proceedings prohibited - A. Any locality may construct a dam, levee, seawall or...
§ 15.2-971. Armories and markets; assistance to National Guard - A. A locality may provide and operate armories and markets,...
§ 15.2-972. Appropriations for the upkeep of certain cemeteries - Any locality may make appropriations in such sums and at...
§ 15.2-973. Ordinances imposing license taxes on owners of certain motor vehicles - Any locality may adopt an ordinance imposing a license tax,...
§ 15.2-974. Permits for display of fireworks; use and exhibitions - The governing bodies of the several counties, cities and towns...
§ 15.2-975. Use of cash proffers - Localities which are authorized to accept voluntary cash proffers may...
§ 15.2-976. Notification of changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Special Flood Hazard Area map - Any locality receiving notification from the United States Federal Emergency...
§ 15.2-977. Green Roof Incentive Programs - A. For purposes of this section, "green roof" means a...
§ 15.2-978. Registration by locality of cemeteries, graveyards, or other places of burial on private property - Any locality may adopt an ordinance setting forth a register...
§ 15.2-979. Notice of sale under deed of trust - A. Notice shall be given to the chief administrative officer...
§ 15.2-980. Civil penalties for violations of noise ordinances - Any locality may, by ordinance, adopt a uniform schedule of...
§ 15.2-981. Authority to sell dogs trained for police work - A locality may sell any dog specially trained for police...
§ 15.2-982. Designation of tourism activity zones - Any locality may designate one or more tourism activity zones...
§ 15.2-983. Creation of registry for short-term rental of property - A. As used in this section: "Operator" means the proprietor...
§ 15.2-984. Adoption of flood plain ordinances - Any locality may by ordinance regulate the activity on, use...
§ 15.2-985. Disposition of abandoned shopping carts; unauthorized possession; penalties - A. The governing body of any locality with a County...
§ 15.2-986. Broadband services; education - Any locality or other public body of the Commonwealth may...