§ 15.2-980 Civil penalties for violations of noise ordinances
Any locality may, by ordinance, adopt a uniform schedule of civil penalties for violations of that locality’s noise ordinance. This provision shall not apply to noise generated in connection with the business being performed on industrial property. Civil fines will not exceed $250 for the first offense and $500 for each subsequent offense. The locality may authorize the chief law-enforcement officer to enforce any civil penalties adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to railroads. No ordinance of any locality shall apply to sound emanating from any area permitted by the Virginia Department of Energy or any division thereof.
History
This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 501 and 788 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2017, chapter 649.
2010, cc. 501, 788; 2017, c. 649; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 532.