Code of Virginia - Title 15.2 Counties, Cities And Towns - Chapter 11 Powers Of Cities And Towns

15.2-1100 Powers conferred; exercised by council
A municipal corporation shall have and may exercise any or all powers set forth in this article, regardless of whether such powers are set out ...

15.2-1101 Exercise of powers outside boundaries
If a municipal corporation seeks to exercise the powers set forth in this article outside its boundaries, such powers shall, except as to existing nonconforming ...

15.2-1102 General grant of power; enumeration of powers not exclusive; limitations on exercise of powe...
A municipal corporation shall have and may exercise all powers which it now has or which may hereafter be conferred upon or delegated to it ...

15.2-1103 Charter provisions not affected; conflict between chapter and charter
A municipal corporation, in addition to the powers granted by § 15.2-1102, shall have all the powers granted to it in its charter; and nothing ...

15.2-1104 Taxes and assessments
A municipal corporation may raise annually by taxes and assessments on property, persons and other subjects of taxation, which are not prohibited by law, such ...

15.2-1104.1 Tax on admissions to charitable events
A municipal corporation that generally levies an admissions tax may, by ordinance, elect not to levy an admissions tax on admission to an event, provided ...

15.2-1105 Borrowing money and issuing evidence of indebtedness
A municipal corporation may, in the name of and for the use of the municipal corporation, borrow money and issue evidence of indebtedness therefor, subject ...

15.2-1106 Control and management of affairs; books, records, accounts, etc., of agencies
A municipal corporation shall provide for the control and management of the affairs of the municipality, and may prescribe and require the adoption and keeping ...

15.2-1107 Departments, offices, boards, etc
A municipal corporation may provide for the organization, conduct and operation of all departments, offices, boards, commissions and agencies of the municipal corporation, subject to ...

15.2-1108 Gifts, donations, bequests or grants
A municipal corporation may accept or refuse gifts, donations, bequests or grants from any source, which are related to the powers, duties and functions of ...

15.2-1109 Milk, food and food products
A municipal corporation may regulate and inspect the production, preparation, storage, distribution and sale of milk and milk products, and other beverages, and food and ...

15.2-1110 Swimming pools, lakes and other waters
A municipal corporation may regulate and inspect the operation, maintenance, and use of public swimming pools, lakes and other natural or artificial waters and private ...

15.2-1111 Regulation of cemeteries and burials
A municipal corporation may regulate and inspect cemeteries and burials therein, prescribe records to be kept by the owners thereof, and prohibit burials except in ...

15.2-1112 Aid to military units
A municipal corporation may grant financial aid to military units organized in the municipal corporation pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth. (Code 1950, § ...

15.2-1113 Dangerous, etc., business or employment; transportation of offensive substances; explosive or infla...
A municipal corporation may regulate or prohibit the conduct of any dangerous, offensive or unhealthful business, trade or employment; the transportation of any offensive substance; ...

15.2-1113.1 Prohibiting hunting in certain areas
Any municipal corporation may by ordinance prohibit all hunting with firearms or other weapons in, or within one-half mile of, any subdivision or other area ...

15.2-1114 Auctions; pawnshops; secondhand dealers; peddling; fraud and deceit in sales; weights and measure...
A municipal corporation may regulate the sale of property at auction; may regulate the conduct of and prescribe the number of pawnshops and dealers in ...

15.2-1115 Abatement or removal of nuisances
A. A municipal corporation may compel the abatement or removal of all nuisances, including but not limited to the removal of weeds from private and ...

15.2-1116 Smoke; fuel-burning equipment
A municipal corporation may regulate the emission of smoke, the construction, installation and maintenance of fuel-burning equipment, and the methods of firing and stoking furnaces ...

15.2-1117 Light, ventilation, sanitation and use and occupancy of buildings
A municipal corporation may regulate the light, ventilation, sanitation and use and occupancy of buildings heretofore or hereafter constructed, altered, remodeled or improved, and the ...

15.2-1118 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2007, c. 256, cl. 2. ...

15.2-1119 Hospitals, sanatoria, homes, clinics, etc
A municipal corporation may provide and operate, within or outside the municipal corporation, hospitals, sanatoria, homes, clinics, institutions and facilities for the care, treatment and ...

15.2-1120 Detentive, correctional and penal institutions
A municipal corporation may provide and operate, within or outside the municipal corporation, detentive, correctional and penal institutions; or may contract with others for supplying ...

15.2-1121 Cemeteries
A municipal corporation may provide and operate, within or outside the municipal corporation, cemeteries; may contract for the perpetual care of lots and burial spaces ...

15.2-1122 Parking or storage of vehicles
A municipal corporation may provide and operate places for, and limited to, the parking or storage of vehicles by the public, which shall include but ...

15.2-1123 Airports and facilities
A municipal corporation may provide and operate within or outside the municipal corporation airports and lands, structures, equipment and facilities appurtenant thereto; provide for their ...

15.2-1124 Police jurisdiction over lands, buildings and structures; jurisdiction of offenses; appeals; jurisd...
A. Lands, buildings or structures provided and operated by a municipality for any purpose defined in this article shall be under the police jurisdiction of ...

15.2-1125 Licenses and permits; fees; bonds or insurance
Whenever in the judgment of the municipal corporation it is advisable in the exercise of any of its powers or in the enforcement of any ...

15.2-1126 Posting of bond not prerequisite to exercise of right by municipality
Whenever the law requires the posting of a bond, with or without surety, as a condition precedent to the exercise of any right, a municipal ...

15.2-1127 Vacant building registration; penalty
The Town of Pulaski, in a conservation and rehabilitation district of the town, and any city, by ordinance, may require the owner or owners of ...

15.2-1128 Description unavailable
Not set out. (1995, c. 328, § 15.1-29.25; 1997, c. 587.) ...

15.2-1129 Encouragement of use of city facilities in certain cities
Any city having a population of more than 75,000 and owning a city auditorium, civic center, coliseum, convention hall, stadium, theater, exhibition hall or combination ...

15.2-1129.1 Creation of arts and cultural district
A. The Cities of Alexandria, Charlottesville, Falls Church, Harrisonburg, Manassas, Petersburg, and Winchester and the Towns of Blacksburg and Chincoteague may by ordinance establish within ...

15.2-1129.2 Creation of local economic revitalization zones
A. Any city may establish by ordinance one or more economic revitalization zones for the purpose of providing incentives to private entities to purchase real ...

15.2-1130 Description unavailable
Not set out. (Acts 1995, cc. 291, 408, § 15.1-132.2; 1997, c. 587; 2000, cc. 829, 840.) ...

15.2-1131 Establishment of personnel system for city administrative officials and employees
Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law, general or special, in the Cities of Norfolk, Richmond, or Virginia Beach, the city council, upon receiving any recommendations ...

15.2-1132 Volunteer property maintenance and zoning inspectors in certain cities
The Cities of Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Richmond and Virginia Beach may provide that the agency charged with the enforcement of local ordinances adopted pursuant to §§ ...

15.2-1133 Purchase of electric power and energy; duration of contracts; source of payments
A. For purposes of this section: "Other party" means any other entity, including but not limited to (i) another municipality or public institution of higher ...