                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DANGEROUS, ETC., BUSINESS OR EMPLOYMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF OFFENSIVE SUBSTANCES;
EXPLOSIVE OR INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES; FIREWORKS (§ 15.2-1113)

A municipal corporation may regulate or prohibit the conduct of any dangerous,
offensive or unhealthful business, trade or employment; the transportation of
any offensive substance; the manufacture, storage, transportation, possession
and use of any explosive or inflammable substance; and the use and exhibition of
fireworks and the discharge of firearms. A municipal corporation may also
require the maintenance of safety devices on storage equipment for such
substances or items.
		Any municipal corporation that regulates or prohibits the discharge of
firearms shall provide an exemption for the killing of deer pursuant to §
29.1-529. Such exemption shall apply on land of at least five acres that is
zoned for agricultural use.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-77.29; 1958, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-865; 1982,
c. 17; 1992, c. 600; 1997, c. 587; 2000, c. 229.