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1995 SESSION
LD8528695Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.1-867 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.1-867. Abatement or removal of nuisances.
A municipal corporation may compel the abatement or removal of all nuisances,
including but not limited to the removal of weeds from private and public
property and snow from sidewalks; the covering or removal of offensive,
unwholesome, unsanitary or unhealthy substances allowed to accumulate in or
on any place or premises; the filling in to the street level, fencing or
protection by other means, of the portion of any lot adjacent to a street
where the difference in level between the lot and the street constitutes a
danger to life and limb; the raising or draining of grounds subject to be
covered by stagnant water; and the razing or repair of all unsafe,
dangerous or unsanitary public or private buildings, walls or structures
which constitute a menace to the health and safety of the occupants thereof
or the public; and any other dangerous or negligent act or situation
created by an individual or entity that endangers the public or damages
public or privately owned property or has the potential to endanger such
properties (in case of an emergency, the municipality shall have the
authority to eliminate the situation without notice in the interest of public
safety and still collect the costs thereof from the person, entity, owner or
occupant that created the situation). If after such reasonable notice
as the municipal corporation may prescribe the owner or owners, occupant or
occupants of the property or premises affected by the provisions of this
section shall fail to abate or obviate the condition or nuisance, the
municipal corporation may do so and charge and collect the cost thereof from
the owner or owners, occupant or occupants of the property affected in any
manner provided by law for the collection of state or local taxes.