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15.2-900Abatement or removal of nuisances by localities; recovery of costs15.2-901Locality may provide for removal or disposal of trash and clutter, cutting of grass, weeds, and running bamboo; penalty in certain counties; penalty15.2-901.1Locality may provide for control of running bamboo; civil penalty15.2-902Authority of locality to control certain noxious weeds15.2-903Ordinances taxing and regulating "automobile graveyards," "junkyards," and certain vacant and abandoned property15.2-904Authority to restrict keeping of inoperable motor vehicles, etc., on residential or commercial property; removal of such vehicles; penalty15.2-905Authority to restrict keeping of inoperable motor vehicles, etc., on residential or commercial property; removal of such vehicles15.2-906Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures15.2-906.1Expired15.2-907Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures harboring illegal drug use or other criminal activity15.2-907.1Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings that are declared to be derelict; civil penalty15.2-907.2Authority of locality or land bank entity to be appointed to act as a receiver to repair derelict and blighted buildings in certain limited circumstances15.2-908Authority of localities to remove or repair the defacement of buildings, walls, fences and other structures15.2-908.1Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures harboring a bawdy place15.2-909Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of wharves, piers, pilings, bulkheads, vessels or abandoned, obstructing or hazardous property15.2-910Ordinance certifying boiler and pressure vessel operators; penalty15.2-911Regulation of alarm company operators15.2-912Regulation of tattoo parlors, body-piercing salons, and ear-piercing salons; definitions; exception15.2-912.4(Effective until October 1, 2026) Regulation of retail tobacco, nicotine, and hemp product retail sale locations15.2-912.1Regulation of martial arts instruction15.2-912.2Proceeds exempt from local taxation15.2-912.3Regulation of dance halls by counties, cities, and towns15.2-913Ordinances regulating certain vendors15.2-914Regulation of child-care services and facilities in cities and certain counties15.2-915Control of firearms; applicability to authorities and local governmental agencies15.2-915.5Disposition of firearms acquired by local law-enforcement agencies or localities15.2-915.2Regulation of transportation of a loaded rifle or shotgun15.2-915.4Counties, cities and towns authorized to regulate use of pneumatic guns15.2-915.6Firearm give-back or sell-back programs; report15.2-916Prohibiting shooting of compound bows, slingbows, arrowguns, crossbows, longbows, and recurve bows15.2-917Applicability of local noise ordinances to certain sport shooting ranges15.2-918Locality may prohibit or regulate use of air cannons15.2-920Regulation of outdoor lighting near certain facilities15.2-921Ordinances requiring fencing of swimming pools15.2-922Smoke alarms in certain buildings15.2-922.1Regulating or prohibiting the making of fires15.2-922.2Special fee for emergency services in certain counties15.2-923Local water-saving ordinances15.2-924Water supply emergency ordinances15.2-925Regulation, etc., of assemblies or movement of persons or vehicles under certain circumstances; curfew; penalty15.2-925.1Local notifications15.2-926Prohibiting loitering; frequenting amusements and curfew for minors; penalty15.2-926.1Bounties for coyotes15.2-926.2Adoption of ordinances prohibiting obscenity15.2-926.3Local regulation of certain aircraft15.2-926.4Regulation of smoking in outdoor amphitheater or concert venue; civil penalty