Code of Virginia - Title 15.2 Counties, Cities And Towns - Chapter 8 Urban County Executive Form Of Government

15.2-800 Designation of form of government; applicability of chapter
The form of county organization and government provided for in this chapter shall be known and designated as the urban county executive form. The provisions ...

15.2-801 Adoption of urban county executive form
Any county with a population of more than 90,000 may adopt the urban county executive form of government in accordance with the provisions of Chapter ...

15.2-802 Powers of county vested in board of supervisors; membership, election, terms, etc., of board; vacan...
The powers of the county as a body politic and corporate shall be vested in an urban county board of supervisors, to consist of one ...

15.2-803 General powers of board of supervisors
The board shall be the policy-determining body of the county and shall be vested with all rights and powers conferred on boards of supervisors by ...

15.2-804 Appointment, qualifications and compensation of urban county executive; to devote full time to wor...
The board shall appoint an urban county executive and fix his compensation. He shall devote his full time to the work of the county. He ...

15.2-805 Tenure of county executive; suspension or removal
The urban county executive shall not be appointed for a definite tenure, but may be removed at the pleasure of the board. If the board ...

15.2-806 Absence or disability of county executive
In case of the absence or disability of the urban county executive, the board may designate some responsible person to perform the duties of the ...

15.2-807 Appointment of county officers and employees; federal employment, etc., not to disqualify; discussi...
The board shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the urban county executive, all officers and employees in the administration service of the county, except as ...

15.2-808 Tenure of county officers and employees; suspension or removal
All such appointments shall be without definite term, unless for limited term appointments for temporary services not to exceed one year in duration, except as ...

15.2-809 Compensation of officers and employees
The board shall, subject to the limitations of general law, fix the compensation of all county officers and employees, except as it may authorize the ...

15.2-810 Restrictions on activities of former officers and employees
The board, by ordinance, may prohibit former officers and employees, for one year after their terms of office have ended or employment ceased, from assisting ...

15.2-811 Powers and duties of county executive
The urban county executive shall be the administrative head of the county. He shall attend all meetings of the board and recommend such action as ...

15.2-812 County executive may act as director or head of department
The urban county executive may, if the board requires, act as the director or head of any department, the director or head of which is ...

15.2-813 Certain officers not affected by adoption of plan
The following officers shall not, except as herein otherwise provided, be affected by the adoption of the urban county executive form: 1. Jury commissioners, 2. ...

15.2-814 Inquiries and investigations by board of supervisors
The board may inquire into the official conduct of any office or officer under its control, and investigate the accounts, receipts, disbursements and expenses of ...

15.2-815 Regulation of garbage, trash and refuse pickup and disposal services; contracting for such service...
The board may adopt an ordinance requiring the delivery of all or any portion of the garbage, trash and refuse generated or disposed of within ...

15.2-816 Maintenance of certain sewer lines
Upon petition of a majority of the affected property owners or members of an affected owners' association, (i) the county may take over the maintenance ...

15.2-817 No unincorporated area to be incorporated after adoption of urban county form of governmen...
After the date of adoption of the urban county executive form of government, no unincorporated area within the limits of such county shall be incorporated ...

15.2-818 City may petition to become part of county
After the date of adoption of the urban county executive form of government, a city contiguous to or within the limits of such a county ...

15.2-819 Demolition of historic structures; civil penalty
A county may adopt an ordinance which establishes a civil penalty for the demolition, razing or moving of a building or structure which is located ...

15.2-820 Donations to legal entities owning recreational facilities
A county is authorized to make annual appropriations of public funds to any nonprofit legal entity that is not controlled in whole or in part ...

15.2-821 Board to provide for and set up departments; removal of department head or person assigned to count...
The board shall, as soon as its members are elected and take office, provide for the performance of all the governmental functions of the county ...

15.2-822 Designation of officer or employee to exercise power or perform duty
Whenever it is not designated herein what officer or employee of the county shall exercise any power or perform any duty conferred upon or required ...

15.2-823 Departments and commissions of county government
The activities or functions of the county shall, with the exceptions herein provided, be distributed among the following general divisions or departments: 1. Department of ...

15.2-824 Appointment of members of certain boards, authorities and commissions
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 15.2-837, 15.2-855, 15.2-2212, 15.2-5113, 15.2-5703 and 36-11, the board may establish different terms of office for initial and subsequent ...

15.2-825 Committee for legislative audit and review
The board may establish a committee for the audit and review of county agencies and county-funded functions. The committee shall be composed of not more ...

15.2-826 Department of finance; director; general duties
The director of finance shall be the head of the department of finance and as such have charge of (i) the administration of the county's ...

15.2-827 Same; expenditures and accounts
No money shall be drawn from the county treasury, nor shall any obligation for the expenditure of money be incurred, except in pursuance of a ...

15.2-828 Same; powers of commissioners of revenue; real estate assessments
A. The director of finance shall exercise all the powers conferred and perform all the duties imposed by general law upon commissioners of the revenue, ...

15.2-829 Same; powers of county treasurer; deposit of moneys
A. The director of finance shall also exercise the powers conferred and perform all the duties imposed by general law upon county treasurers, and shall ...

15.2-830 Same; claims against counties; accounts
The director of finance shall audit all claims against the county for goods or services. He shall also (i) ascertain that such claims are in ...

15.2-831 Same; director as purchasing agent
The director of finance shall act as purchasing agent for the county, unless the board designates some other officer or employee for such purpose. The ...

15.2-832 Same; assistants
The director may have such deputies or assistants in the performance of his duties as the board allows. (Code 1950, § 15-384.53; 1960, c. 382; ...

15.2-833 Same; obligations of chief assessing officer
The chief assessing officer shall be subject to the obligations and penalties imposed by general law upon commissioners of the revenue. (Code 1950, § 15-384.53; ...

15.2-834 Department of public works
The director of public works shall be head of the department of public works. He shall have charge of the construction and maintenance of county ...

15.2-835 Department and board of social services
The superintendent of social services, who shall be head of the department of social services, shall be chosen from a list of eligibles furnished by ...

15.2-836 Department of law enforcement
The department of law enforcement shall consist of the attorney for the Commonwealth, chief of police, and sheriff, together with their assistants, police officers, deputies ...

15.2-837 Department of education
The department of education shall consist of the county school board, the division superintendent of schools and the officers and employees thereof. Except as herein ...

15.2-838 Department of records
The department of records shall be under the supervision and control of the county clerk. He shall be clerk of the circuit court of the ...

15.2-839 Department and board of health
The department of health shall consist of the county health officer, who shall be chosen from a list of eligibles furnished by the State Board ...

15.2-840 Department of assessments
A. The department of assessments, if and when established, shall be headed by a commissioner of the revenue or supervisor of assessments, who shall exercise ...

15.2-841 Department of farm and home demonstration
The department of farm and home demonstration shall consist of the county agricultural agent, who shall be head of the department, a home demonstration agent ...

15.2-842 Department of public safety
The department of public safety, if and when established, shall be under the supervision of a director of public safety. Such department may consist of ...

15.2-843 Department of public utilities
The department of public utilities, if and when established, shall be under the supervision of a director of public utilities. Such department shall be in ...

15.2-844 Examination and audit of books and accounts
The board shall require an annual audit of the books of every county officer who handles public funds to be made by a certified public ...

15.2-845 Schedule of compensation
The board shall establish a schedule of compensation for officers and employees which shall provide equitable compensation for officers and employees and which shall provide ...

15.2-846 Salaries and expenses of board members; administrative staff
The board shall establish the salaries and allowances of board members in accordance with the provisions of general law provided: 1. A public hearing shall ...

15.2-847 Budget; board to fix salaries and allowances
Each year at least two weeks before the board must prepare its proposed annual budget, the urban county executive shall prepare and submit to the ...

15.2-848 Compensation of officers and employees; fee system abolished
All county officers and employees shall be paid regular compensation and the fee system as a method of compensation in the county shall be abolished, ...

15.2-849 Establishing times and conditions of employment; personnel management, etc
A. A county may establish and prescribe for all county employees and, as necessary, for officers thereof, the following provisions: 1. Normal workdays and hours ...

15.2-850 Bonds of officers
The urban county executive shall give bond payable to the county in the amount of not less than $5,000. The director of finance shall give ...

15.2-851 Expedited land development review procedure
A. A county may establish, by ordinance, a separate processing procedure for the review of preliminary and final subdivision and site plans and other development ...

15.2-851.1 Optional provisions of a subdivision ordinance
A. As an alternative to the requirements of the first paragraph of subdivision 5 of § 15.2-2241, a subdivision ordinance may include reasonable regulations and ...

15.2-852 Disclosures in land use proceedings
A. Each individual member of the board of supervisors, the planning commission, and the board of zoning appeals in any proceeding before each such body ...

15.2-853 Commission on human rights; human rights ordinance
A county may enact an ordinance prohibiting discrimination in housing, real estate transactions, employment, public accommodations, credit and education on the basis of race, color, ...

15.2-854 Investigations
Whenever the commission on human rights has a reasonable cause to believe that any person has engaged in, or is engaging in, any violation of ...

15.2-855 Division of county into districts; functions of districts; appointees to planning commission and sc...
Within ninety days after the adoption of the urban county executive form of government, the board, after holding a public hearing thereon, shall divide the ...

15.2-856 Changes in boundaries of districts
After the publication of the official results of each United States decennial census, the board shall make such changes in district boundaries as are required ...

15.2-857 Judicial review; mandamus
Whenever the board changes the boundaries, or increases or diminishes the number of districts, or reapportions the representation in the board as prescribed hereinabove, such ...

15.2-858 Creation, enlargement, contraction, etc., of sanitary districts
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no court shall entertain any petition filed for the creation, enlargement, contraction, merger, consolidation or dissolution of a ...