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This is Article 5 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Additional Powers.” It is part of Chapter 9 “General Powers of Local Governments”, which is part of Subtitle II “Powers of Local Government”, which is part of Title 15.2 “Counties, Cities and Towns”.
It’s comprised of the following 61 sections.
§ 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
§ 15.2-958.1:1 Sale of certain vacant and blighted or derelict property
§ 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 Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing 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
§ 15.2-958.7 Local Foundation and Soil Management Fund; grant moneys
§ 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
§ 15.2-961.3 Replacement of trees during development process in localities
§ 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 (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2023, c. 738, cl. 2) Use of violation monitoring systems to enforce traffic light signals and certain traffic control devices
§ 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
§ 15.2-977.1 Local incentives for urban green space
§ 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
§ 15.2-983.1 Establishment by localities of certain real estate contract disclosures prohibited
§ 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
§ 15.2-987 Rentals for 30 consecutive days or longer