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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 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. [ In the case of an emergency in a city with a population between
100,000 and 110,000, the governing body shall have the authority to abate or
to remove persons engaged in noisy, lewd, disorderly or disruptive conduct
outside of a business licensed to sell and serve alcoholic beverages
on-premises, without notice to the person, entity, owner or occupant of the
licensed business that created or resulted in such conduct, and to charge and
collect the cost thereof to such person, entity, owner or occupant of the
business. ]