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2006 SESSION
066560285Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-1127 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-1127. Vacant building registration; penalty.
The Town of Pulaski, in a conservation and
rehabilitation district of the town, andAny any
city, by ordinance, may require the owner or owners of buildings that have been
vacant for a continuous period of twelve 12 months
or more to register such buildings on an annual basis and may impose an annual
registration fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars $25
to defray the cost of processing such registration. The registration of
buildings shall be on forms designated by the city locality and filed with the agency designated by the city locality. Failure to register shall be a fifty-dollar $50
civil penalty; however, failure to register in conservation and rehabilitation
districts designated by the governing body, or in other areas designated as
blighted pursuant to § 36-49.1:1, shall be punishable by a civil penalty not
exceeding $250. Notice shall be mailed to the owner or owners, at the address
to which property tax notices are sent, at least 30 days prior to the
assessment of the civil penalty.