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Code of Virginia

Article 1

Public Health and Safety; Nuisances

15.2-900Abatement or removal of nuisances by localities; recovery of costs 15.2-901Locality may provide for removal or disposal of trash and clutter, cutting of grass, weeds, and running bamboo; penalty in certain counties; penalty 15.2-901.1Locality may provide for control of running bamboo; civil penalty 15.2-902Authority of locality to control certain noxious weeds 15.2-903Ordinances taxing and regulating "automobile graveyards," "junkyards," and certain vacant and abandoned property 15.2-904Authority to restrict keeping of inoperable motor vehicles, etc., on residential or commercial property; removal of such vehicles; penalty 15.2-905Authority to restrict keeping of inoperable motor vehicles, etc., on residential or commercial property; removal of such vehicles 15.2-906Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures 15.2-906.1Expired 15.2-907Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures harboring illegal drug use or other criminal activity 15.2-907.1Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings that are declared to be derelict; civil penalty 15.2-907.2Authority of locality or land bank entity to be appointed to act as a receiver to repair derelict and blighted buildings in certain limited circumstances 15.2-908Authority of localities to remove or repair the defacement of buildings, walls, fences and other structures 15.2-908.1Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures harboring a bawdy place 15.2-909Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of wharves, piers, pilings, bulkheads, vessels or abandoned, obstructing or hazardous property 15.2-910Ordinance certifying boiler and pressure vessel operators; penalty 15.2-911Regulation of alarm company operators 15.2-912Regulation of tattoo parlors, body-piercing salons, and ear-piercing salons; definitions; exception 15.2-912.1Regulation of martial arts instruction 15.2-912.2Proceeds exempt from local taxation 15.2-912.3Regulation of dance halls by counties, cities, and towns 15.2-912.4(Effective until October 1, 2026) Regulation of retail tobacco, nicotine, and hemp product retail sale locations 15.2-913Ordinances regulating certain vendors 15.2-914Regulation of child-care services and facilities in cities and certain counties 15.2-915Control of firearms; applicability to authorities and local governmental agencies 15.2-915.1RepealedRepealed 15.2-915.2Regulation of transportation of a loaded rifle or shotgun 15.2-915.3RepealedRepealed 15.2-915.4Counties, cities and towns authorized to regulate use of pneumatic guns 15.2-915.5Disposition of firearms acquired by local law-enforcement agencies or localities 15.2-915.6Firearm give-back or sell-back programs; report 15.2-916Prohibiting shooting of compound bows, slingbows, arrowguns, crossbows, longbows, and recurve bows 15.2-917Applicability of local noise ordinances to certain sport shooting ranges 15.2-918Locality may prohibit or regulate use of air cannons 15.2-919RepealedRepealed 15.2-920Regulation of outdoor lighting near certain facilities 15.2-921Ordinances requiring fencing of swimming pools 15.2-922Smoke alarms in certain buildings 15.2-922.1Regulating or prohibiting the making of fires 15.2-922.2Special fee for emergency services in certain counties 15.2-923Local water-saving ordinances 15.2-924Water supply emergency ordinances 15.2-924.1RepealedRepealed 15.2-925Regulation, etc., of assemblies or movement of persons or vehicles under certain circumstances; curfew; penalty 15.2-925.1Local notifications 15.2-926Prohibiting loitering; frequenting amusements and curfew for minors; penalty 15.2-926.1Bounties for coyotes 15.2-926.2Adoption of ordinances prohibiting obscenity 15.2-926.3Local regulation of certain aircraft 15.2-926.4Regulation of smoking in outdoor amphitheater or concert venue; civil penalty