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Section
15.2-1100

Powers conferred; exercised by council

Section
15.2-1101

Exercise of powers outside boundaries

Section
15.2-1102

General grant of power; enumeration of powers not exclusive; limitations on exercise of power

Section
15.2-1103

Charter provisions not affected; conflict between chapter and charter

Section
15.2-1104

Taxes and assessments

Section
15.2-1104.1

Tax on admissions to charitable events

Section
15.2-1105

Borrowing money and issuing evidence of indebtedness

Section
15.2-1106

Control and management of affairs; books, records, accounts, etc., of agencies

Section
15.2-1107

Departments, offices, boards, etc.

Section
15.2-1108

Gifts, donations, bequests or grants

Section
15.2-1109

Milk, food and food products

Section
15.2-1110

Swimming pools, lakes and other waters

Section
15.2-1111

Regulation of cemeteries and burials

Section
15.2-1112

Aid to military units

Section
15.2-1113

Dangerous, etc., business or employment; transportation of offensive substances; explosive or inflammable substances; fireworks

Section
15.2-1113.1

Prohibiting hunting in certain areas

Section
15.2-1114

Auctions; pawnshops; secondhand dealers; peddling; fraud and deceit in sales; weights and measures

Section
15.2-1115

Abatement or removal of nuisances

Section
15.2-1116

Smoke; fuel-burning equipment

Section
15.2-1117

Light, ventilation, sanitation and use and occupancy of buildings

Section
15.2-1118

Repealed

Section
15.2-1119

Hospitals, sanatoria, homes, clinics, etc.

Section
15.2-1120

Detentive, correctional and penal institutions

Section
15.2-1121

Cemeteries

Section
15.2-1122

Parking or storage of vehicles

Section
15.2-1123

Airports and facilities

Section
15.2-1123.1

Lynchburg Regional Airport police department

Section
15.2-1124

Police jurisdiction over lands, buildings and structures; jurisdiction of offenses; appeals; jurisdiction in certain public buildings with magistrate's offices

Section
15.2-1125

Licenses and permits; fees; bonds or insurance

Section
15.2-1126

Posting of bond not prerequisite to exercise of right by municipality

Section
15.2-1127

Vacant building registration; civil penalty

Section
15.2-1128

City of Norfolk authorized to exchange information regarding criminal history

Section
15.2-1129

Encouragement of use of city facilities in certain cities

Section
15.2-1129.1

Repealed

Section
15.2-1129.2

Creation of local economic revitalization zones

Section
15.2-1130

Liability for failure to provide adequate security or crowd control

Section
15.2-1131

Establishment of personnel system for city administrative officials and employees

Section
15.2-1132

Volunteer property maintenance and zoning inspectors in certain cities

Section
15.2-1133

Purchase of electric power and energy; duration of contracts; source of payments