Code of Virginia - Title 15.2 Counties, Cities And Towns - Chapter 7 County Manager Plan Of Government

15.2-700 Title of plan; applicability of chapter
The form of county organization and government provided for in this chapter shall be known and designated as the county manager plan. The provisions of ...

15.2-701 Adoption of county manager plan
Any county with a population density of at least 500 persons per square mile may adopt the county manager plan of government in accordance with ...

15.2-702 County board; membership, terms, chairman, etc
Under the county manager plan all of the legislative powers of the county, however conferred or possessed by it, shall be vested in a board ...

15.2-702.1 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2006, c. 126, cl. 2. ...

15.2-703 Interference by members of board in appointments and removals of personnel
Neither the board nor any of its members shall in any manner dictate the appointment or removal of any county administrative officers or employees who ...

15.2-704 Appointment of clerk of board; powers and duties; obligations and penalties
The clerk of the board shall be such qualified person as the board designates. He shall be compensated in an amount set by the board ...

15.2-705 Election of members of board; filling vacancies
A. In any county operating as of December 1, 1993, under the county manager plan provided for in this chapter, the members of the board ...

15.2-706 Duties of county manager; compensation; appointment of officers and employees
The administrative and executive powers of the county, including the power of appointment of all officers and employees whose appointment or election is not otherwise ...

15.2-707 Bonds of county officers and employees
The county officers shall give such bonds as are now required by general law, except that the bond of the treasurer shall be in such ...

15.2-708 Term of office of county manager; salary and performance of duties; acting manager in case of tempo...
The term of office of the county manager shall expire on June 30 of each year. Except as hereinafter provided, he shall be notified at ...

15.2-709 Investigation of county officers or employees
The board may inquire into the official conduct of any office, officer or employee under its control, and investigate the accounts, receipts, disbursements and expenses ...

15.2-709.1 Applicant preemployment information in Arlington County
Arlington County, having a local ordinance adopted in accordance with § 19.2-389, shall require applicants for employment with the county to submit to fingerprinting and ...

15.2-710 Budget; county manager to be executive and administrative officer; financial condition of count...
In addition to such other duties as are or may be prescribed by law or directed by the board, the county manager shall each year ...

15.2-711 Certification and payment of payrolls
The board by resolution may require the county manager to certify to the treasurer the payroll of the regular employees of the county for the ...

15.2-712 Certification and payment of certain vouchers
The board may by resolution authorize the county manager to sign and issue an order or authorization to the treasurer for payment of vouchers for ...

15.2-713 Means of transferring funds
The treasurer or his duly authorized deputies may transfer public funds from one depository to another by wire. Such officers may also draw any of ...

15.2-714 Depository for county funds
The board may designate one or more banks or trust companies as collecting or receiving agencies for county funds, which funds shall be deposited to ...

15.2-715 Abolition of offices and distribution of duties
The board, by a majority vote of all the members elected, may abolish any board, commission, or office of such county except the school board ...

15.2-716 Referendum for establishment of department of real estate assessments; board of equalization; gener...
A referendum may be initiated by a petition signed by 200 or more qualified voters of the county filed with the circuit court, asking that ...

15.2-717 Time in which to contest real property assessments
Any person aggrieved by an assessment of real estate made by the department of real estate assessments may apply for relief to the circuit court ...

15.2-718 Postponement of payment of certain assessments
The board may provide for the postponement of the payment of assessments made pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 (§ 15.2-2404 et seq.) of ...

15.2-719 Immobilization, etc., of certain vehicles
The board may by ordinance place reasonable limits on the removal or immobilization of trespassing vehicles. (1988, c. 532, § 15.1-686.6; 1997, c. 587.) ...

15.2-720 Employee salary reduction agreements
In connection with some or all of its employee benefit programs, the board is authorized to enter into voluntary salary reduction agreements with its officers ...

15.2-720.1 Employee benefits; residence in county
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county board, in order to ensure its competitiveness as an employer, may by ordinance provide for the use ...

15.2-721 Civil service commission
The board, in addition to any other powers granted by general or special law may appoint a civil service commission ("the commission"), to be composed ...

15.2-722 Personnel studies
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any questionnaires, audit or interview notes, scoring keys, scoring sheets or similar documents pertaining to a ...

15.2-723 Grievances by police officers
In any county for which a trial board for police officers is provided by state statute, police officers may elect the remedy provided by Chapter ...

15.2-724 Choice of powers where sanitary district involved
Any county which has a sanitary district which includes the entire county, may exercise all of the powers granted to the sanitary district in the ...

15.2-725 Commission on human rights; subpoena requests
A. The board may, by ordinance, establish a local commission on human rights which shall have the following duties: 1. To promote policies to ensure ...

15.2-726 Acquisition of easements
A. The board is hereby authorized, without limiting its authority to acquire by other means, to acquire by gift or purchase easements in gross or ...

15.2-727 Payment of certain assessments
The board may provide that the persons, firms or corporations against whom assessments have finally been made under Article 2 (§ 15.2-2404 et seq.) of ...

15.2-728 Title insurance for county real estate
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any county purchases real estate for which the consideration paid exceeds $1,000, the county, in lieu of having ...

15.2-729 Relocation assistance programs
The board shall provide by local ordinance for the application of Chapter 4 (§ 25.1-400 et seq.) of Title 25.1 to displaced persons as defined ...

15.2-730 Civil penalties for violations of zoning ordinance
Notwithstanding subdivision A 5 of § 15.2-2286, a county may adopt an ordinance which establishes a uniform schedule of civil penalties for violations of specified ...

15.2-731 Retirement benefits for part-time employees
The board may by resolution elect to have those of its officers and employees who are regularly employed part-time on a salary basis, whose tenure ...

15.2-732 Peddlers; itinerant merchants
A county may provide by ordinance for the regulation of sales of goods and services by peddlers or itinerant merchants on any public street or ...

15.2-733 Summons for violations of litter control ordinances
The board may adopt by ordinance procedures and a schedule of penalties so that the county manager or his designee may issue notices of violation ...

15.2-734 Purchase, sale, exchange, or lease of real property
The board may (i) sell, at public or private sale, or exchange, lease (as lessor or lessee), mortgage, pledge, subordinate its interest in, or otherwise ...

15.2-735 Local housing fund and voluntary coordinated housing preservation and development district...
The board may establish by resolution a housing fund, the purpose of which will be to assist for-profit or nonprofit housing developers or organizations to ...

15.2-735.1 Affordable dwelling unit ordinance; permitting certain densities in the comprehensive pla...
A. In a county that provides in its comprehensive plan for the physical development within the county, adopted pursuant to § 15.2-2223, for densities of ...

15.2-736 State benefits for certain employees
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person who is transferred from state to local employment pursuant to Chapter 816 of the ...

15.2-737 Tenant relocation payments
The board may require by ordinance that the county and the owner divide equally the reimbursement of any tenant of a building containing at least ...

15.2-738 Modification of grievance procedure
Notwithstanding the provisions in Chapter 10 (§ 2.2-1000 et seq.) of Title 2.2, and §§ 15.2-1506, and 15.2-1507, to the contrary, in any county which ...

15.2-739 Diversion of certain waters
With the consent of the property owner, a county may enter private property and, at the county's expense, construct or reconstruct a system to divert ...

15.2-740 Authority to impose assessments for local improvements; purposes
The board may impose taxes or assessments upon owners of abutting property for making, improving, replacing, or enlarging the walkways upon then existing streets; for ...

15.2-741 Regulation of child-care services and facilities in certain counties
A. The board may by ordinance provide for the regulation and licensing of (i) persons who provide child-care services for remuneration and (ii) child-care facilities. ...

15.2-742 Lighting level regulation
The board may by ordinance provide for the regulation of exterior illumination levels of buildings and property. (1996, c. 567, § 15.1-687.23; 1997, c. 587.) ...

15.2-743 Fee for certain vacations, encroachments, and abandonments
A county may charge a fee for processing applications for vacations as provided for in § 15.2-2273, applications for encroachments as provided for in § ...

15.2-744 Authority of county board to impose civil penalties for wrongful demolition, razing or moving of hi...
The board may adopt an ordinance which establishes a civil penalty for the wrongful demolition, razing or moving of part or all of a building ...

15.2-745 Ordinance for installment collection of taxes
Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the board is empowered to provide by ordinance for the collection of county taxes and levies on ...

15.2-746 Board possesses general power of management
The board shall have, possess, and exercise the general management of the affairs of the county, and, in addition to such powers and duties as ...

15.2-747 Board may prohibit and penalize acts which are misdemeanors under state law
In addition to the powers conferred by § 15.2-746, the board may prohibit any act defined as a misdemeanor and prohibited by the laws of ...

15.2-748 Annexation by city
No part of a county's territory may be annexed by any city unless the whole county be annexed. In such latter case the county shall ...

15.2-749 Certain referenda in certain counties
If on or before July 15 of any year in which such referendum is provided for by law a petition signed by 200 or more ...

15.2-750 Board may accept dedication of rights to develop real property
The board, in addition to any other zoning powers granted by general or special law, may include a provision for the dedication of density or ...