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Read Chapter Article 1. Public Health and Safety; Nuisances Read 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; 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 July 1, 2021) Regulation of dance halls by counties, cities and towns § 15.2-912.3 (Effective July 1, 2021) Regulation of dance halls by counties, cities, and towns § 15.2-913 Ordinances regulating certain vendors § 15.2-914 (Effective until July 1, 2021) Regulation of child-care services and facilities in certain counties and cities § 15.2-914 (Effective July 1, 2021) 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 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 (Effective until March 1, 2021) Regulation of motorcycle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter noise § 15.2-919 (Effective March 1, 2021) 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 (Effective until January 1, 2021) Local regulation of certain aircraft § 15.2-926.3 (Effective January 1, 2021) Local regulation of certain aircraft § 15.2-926.4 Regulation of smoking in outdoor amphitheater or concert venue; civil penalty Article 5. Additional Powers Read 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 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 § 15.2-965.2 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 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