ARTICLE 1. Public Health and Safety; Nuisances  


SECTION 15.2-900. Abatement or removal of nuisances by localities; recovery of costs
SECTION 15.2-901. Locality may provide for removal or disposal of trash, cutting of grass, weeds, and running bamboo; penalty in certain counties; penalty
SECTION 15.2-901.1. Locality may provide for control of running bamboo; civil penalty
SECTION 15.2-902. Authority of locality to control certain noxious weeds
SECTION 15.2-903. Ordinances taxing and regulating "automobile graveyards," "junkyards," and certain vacant and abandoned property
SECTION 15.2-904. Authority to restrict keeping of inoperable motor vehicles, etc., on residential or commercial property; removal of such vehicles; penalty
SECTION 15.2-905. Authority to restrict keeping of inoperable motor vehicles, etc., on residential or commercial property; removal of such vehicles
SECTION 15.2-906. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures
SECTION 15.2-906.1. Expired
SECTION 15.2-907. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures harboring illegal drug use or other criminal activity
SECTION 15.2-907.1. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings that are declared to be derelict; civil penalty
SECTION 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
SECTION 15.2-908. Authority of localities to remove or repair the defacement of buildings, walls, fences and other structures
SECTION 15.2-908.1. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures harboring a bawdy place
SECTION 15.2-909. Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of wharves, piers, pilings, bulkheads, vessels or abandoned, obstructing or hazardous property
SECTION 15.2-910. Ordinance certifying boiler and pressure vessel operators; penalty
SECTION 15.2-911. Regulation of alarm company operators
SECTION 15.2-912. Regulation of tattoo parlors and body-piercing salons; definition; exception
SECTION 15.2-912.1. Regulation of martial arts instruction
SECTION 15.2-912.2. Proceeds exempt from local taxation
SECTION 15.2-912.3. (Effective July 1, 2021) Regulation of dance halls by counties, cities, and towns
SECTION 15.2-913. Ordinances regulating certain vendors
SECTION 15.2-914. (Effective July 1, 2021) Regulation of child-care services and facilities in certain counties and cities
SECTION 15.2-915. Control of firearms; applicability to authorities and local governmental agencies
SECTION 15.2-915.1. Repealed
SECTION 15.2-915.2. Regulation of transportation of a loaded rifle or shotgun
SECTION 15.2-915.3. Repealed
SECTION 15.2-915.4. Counties, cities and towns authorized to regulate use of pneumatic guns
SECTION 15.2-915.5. Disposition of firearms acquired by localities
SECTION 15.2-916. Prohibiting shooting of compound bows, slingbows, arrowguns, crossbows, longbows, and recurve bows
SECTION 15.2-917. Applicability of local noise ordinances to certain sport shooting ranges
SECTION 15.2-918. Locality may prohibit or regulate use of air cannons
SECTION 15.2-919. Regulation of motorcycle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter noise
SECTION 15.2-920. Regulation of outdoor lighting near certain facilities
SECTION 15.2-921. Ordinances requiring fencing of swimming pools
SECTION 15.2-922. Smoke alarms in certain buildings
SECTION 15.2-922.1. Regulating or prohibiting the making of fires
SECTION 15.2-922.2. Special fee for emergency services in certain counties
SECTION 15.2-923. Local water-saving ordinances
SECTION 15.2-924. Water supply emergency ordinances
SECTION 15.2-924.1. Repealed
SECTION 15.2-925. Regulation, etc., of assemblies or movement of persons or vehicles under certain circumstances
SECTION 15.2-925.1. Local notifications
SECTION 15.2-926. Prohibiting loitering; frequenting amusements and curfew for minors; penalty
SECTION 15.2-926.1. Bounties for coyotes
SECTION 15.2-926.2. Adoption of ordinances prohibiting obscenity
SECTION 15.2-926.3. (Effective January 1, 2021) Local regulation of certain aircraft
SECTION 15.2-926.4. Regulation of smoking in outdoor amphitheater or concert venue; civil penalty