Title
Ordinance to Amend and Reenact Section 24-37 of the City Code of the City of Hampton, Virginia, Entitled, "Unlawful Property Maintenance Conditions" Pertaining to Regulation of Clutter
Purpose
Background Statement:
This amendment is in response to additional authority granted localities by House Bill 1778 (2021), which amended section 15.2-901 of the Code of Virginia. As of July 1st, 2021, the City of Hampton is granted additional powers to regulate clutter. Approval of this amendment would make clutter unlawful when left public view for an extended period of time or when it is allowed to accumulate.
Recommendations:
Rec
Staff Recommendation:
Approve the ordinance.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Hampton, Virginia that Section 24-37 of the City Code of the City of Hampton, Virginia, be amended and re-enacted as follows:
CHAPTER 24 - OFFENSES-MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLE I. - IN GENERAL
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Sec. 24-37. - Unlawful property maintenance conditions.
(a) Accumulations of trash, garbage, refuse, litter, clutter, and other like substances. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any property, or any occupant or other person who is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of any property, occupied or vacant, including the area adjoining such property extending to the curb line or the paved portion of the roadway and the center line of an abutting alley, to permit the accumulation on such property of trash, garbage, refuse, litter (collectively, for purposes of this section, “debris”), clutter, and other like substances that might endanger the health of other residents of the locality, except as may be placed there for purposes of collection in accordance with chapter 32.1 of this Code. The following provisions shall further apply:
(1) Debris
In the event the owner, occupant or other person responsible for any property shall fail or refuse to remove any debris, or in the event the property upon which such d...
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