Public Health And Safety; Nuisances
This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Public Health And Safety; Nuisances.” It is part of Title 15.2, titled “Counties, Cities And Towns.” It is part of Subtitle II, titled “Powers Of Local Government.” It is part of Chapter 9, titled “General Powers Of Local Governments.” It’s comprised of the following 45 sections.
- § 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 and weeds; penalty in certain counties; 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
- Repealed
- § 15.2-907
- Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures harboring illegal drug use
- § 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 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, 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 foot-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 detectors in certain buildings
- § 15.2-922.1
- Regulating or prohibiting the making of fires
- § 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
- (Expires July 1, 2019) Local regulation of certain aircraft