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2008 SESSION
086930636Be 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, and any city, by ordinance, may require the owner or
owners of buildings that have been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months
or more to register such buildings on an annual basis and may impose an annual
registration fee not to exceed $25 to defray the cost of processing such
registration. The registration of buildings shall be on forms designated by the
locality and filed with the agency designated by the locality. Failure to register
shall be punishable by a $50
civil penalty prescribed by the
locality, which shall not
exceed $500; 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 prescribed by the locality, which shall not
exceeding $250 exceed $2,500.
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.