                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GENERAL GRANT OF POWER; ENUMERATION OF POWERS NOT EXCLUSIVE; LIMITATIONS ON
EXERCISE OF POWER (§ 15.2-1102)

A municipal corporation shall have and may exercise all powers which it now has
or which may hereafter be conferred upon or delegated to it under the
Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth and all other powers pertinent to the
conduct of the affairs and functions of the municipal government, the exercise
of which is not expressly prohibited by the Constitution and the general laws of
the Commonwealth, and which are necessary or desirable to secure and promote the
general welfare of the inhabitants of the municipality and the safety, health,
peace, good order, comfort, convenience, morals, trade, commerce and industry of
the municipality and the inhabitants thereof, and the enumeration of specific
powers shall not be construed or held to be exclusive or as a limitation upon
any general grant of power, but shall be construed and held to be in addition to
any general grant of power. The exercise of the powers conferred under this
section is specifically limited to the area within the corporate limits of the
municipality, unless otherwise conferred in the applicable sections of the
Constitution and general laws, as amended, of the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-77.3; 1958, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-839; 1979,
c. 297; 1997, c. 587.