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.
Code 1950, § 15-77.3; 1958, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-839; 1979, c. 297; 1997, c. 587.
Notes of Decisions
City of Bristol, VA v. Earley, 145 F. Supp. 2d 741 (W.D. Va. 2001).
· cites it 4× “Va.Code Ann. § 15.2-1102 (Michie 1997). Furthermore, the statute specifies that these enumerated powers are not exclusive, but shall be construed to be in addition to a general grant of power.”
Covel v. Town of Vienna, 78 Va. Cir. 190 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 2009).
· cites it 5× “7-8), the power to invoke legislative privilege was implicitly made applicable to all cities and towns in Va. Code § 15.2-1102, which reads in pertinent part as follows: A municipal corporation shall have and may exercise all powers which it now has or which may hereafter be…”
Holland v. Commonwealth, 502 S.E.2d 145 (Va. Ct. App. 1998).
· cites it 2× “1-839 (superseded by Code § 15.2-1102, effective December 1, 1997).”
Gerald Jermaine Pearson v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 8× “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…”
Brooks v. Blueridge Gen., Inc., 67 Va. Cir. 274 (Portsmouth Cir. Ct. 2005).
· cites it 6× “The Norfolk City Charter provides, at § 2(5), that the city has the power to acquire property within the city “for any of the purposes of the city; to hold, improve .”
Kelly v. Town of Abingdon, Virginia (W.D. Va. 2021).
· cites it 2× “Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1102 . The General Assembly has specifically given local government entities the power to appoint officers and hire employees so long as that appointment is without a definite term.”
Ace Temporaries, Inc. v. City of Alexandria, 70 Va. Cir. 61 (Alexandria Cir. Ct. 2005).
· cites it 3× “In allowing Ace an additional thirty days to cease its operations, the City Council was merely exercising its inherent authority under Va. Code § 15.2-1102 “to secure and promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the municipality and the safety, health, peace, good…”
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