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Chapter 9. General Powers of Local GovernmentsRead Chapter
- Article 1. Public Health and Safety; NuisancesRead all
- § 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, 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
- § 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
- 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 certain counties and cities
- § 15.2-915
- Control of firearms; applicability to authorities and local governmental agencies
- § 15.2-915.1
- Limitations on authority of localities to bring lawsuits
- § 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
- (Effective October 1, 2019) Smoke alarms in certain buildings
- § 15.2-922
- (Effective until October 1, 2019) 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 5. Additional PowersRead all
- § 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 October 1, 2019) Financing clean energy, resiliency, and stormwater management programs
- § 15.2-958.3
- (Effective until October 1, 2019) Financing clean energy, resiliency, and stormwater management programs
- § 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
- § 15.2-966
- 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
- (Effective October 1, 2019) Notice of sale under deed of trust
- § 15.2-979
- (Effective until October 1, 2019) Notice of sale under deed of trust
- § 15.2-980
- 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
- (Effective October 1, 2019) Creation of registry for short-term rental of property
- § 15.2-983
- (Effective until October 1, 2019) Creation of registry for short-term rental of property