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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77237</law_id><section_number>15.2-922.1</section_number><catch_line>Regulating or prohibiting the making of fires</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">General Powers of Local Governments</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Public Health and Safety; Nuisances</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">city</span> or <span class="dictionary">town</span> may by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> regulate or prohibit the making of fires in streets, alleys, and other public places and regulate the making of fires on private property. <a id="paragraph-277070" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-922.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In addition to the authority provided under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Enforcement of Fire Prevention Code; appeals from decisions of local enforcing agencies; inspection of buildings" href="/27-98/">27-98</a>, any <span class="dictionary">county</span> may by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> regulate or prohibit the making of fires in streets, alleys, and other public places and, when a declared emergency exists, pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Declaration of local emergency" href="/44-146.21/">44-146.21</a>, regulate the making of fires on private property. <a id="paragraph-277071" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-922.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2007, c. 256.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
