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No person shall spit, expectorate, or deposit any sputum, saliva, mucus, or any form of saliva or sputum upon the floor, stairways, or upon any part of any public building or place where the public assembles, or upon the floor of any part of any public conveyance, or upon any sidewalk abutting on any public street, alley, or lane of the town.
(1998 Code, § 38-117) Penalty, see § 133.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see VA Code § 18.2-322
(A) It shall be unlawful, except under the direction of a practitioner as defined in VA Code § 54.1-3401, for any person deliberately to smell or inhale any drugs or any other noxious chemical substances including, but not limited to, fingernail polish or model airplane glue, containing any ketones, aldehydes, organic acetates, ether, chlorinated hydrocarbons or vapors, with the intent to become intoxicated, inebriated, excited, stupefied, or to dull the brain or nervous system.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person, other than one duly licensed, deliberately to cause, invite, or induce any person to smell or inhale any drugs or any other noxious substances or chemicals containing any ketone, aldehydes, organic acetates, ether, chlorinated hydrocarbons, or vapors with the intent to intoxicate, inebriate, excite, stupefy, or to dull the brain or nervous system of such person.
(1998 Code, § 38-118) Penalty, see § 133.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see VA Code § 18.2-264
(A) It shall be unlawful and punished pursuant to § 133.99 for any person to burn, cause to be burned, or allow to be burned on any property in this town any rubber, rubber product, automobiles, trucks, or their parts, or any other product, material, or substance, the burning of which causes noxious or offensive odors, noxious or offensive fumes, or noxious or offensive smoke.
(B) No person shall kindle or ignite, or cause to be kindled or ignited, or maintain any open fire in any public or private place outside any building except under the following circumstances:
(1) Open fires may be set in performance of an official duty or by any public health or safety officer if the fire is necessary for one or more of the following reasons or purposes:
(a) For the prevention of a fire hazard that can be abated by no other means;
(b) For the instruction of public firefighters or industrial employees under the supervision of the Fire Marshal of the town; or
(c) For the protection of public health.
(2) Fires may be used for cooking of food, provided there is no smoke violation, and provided no other nuisance is created.
(3) Salamanders or other devices may be used for heating by construction and other workers, provided there is no smoke violation, and provided no other nuisance is created.
(1998 Code, § 38-119) Penalty, see § 133.99
Statutory reference:
Regulating or prohibiting the making of fires, see VA Code § 15.2-1118
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to discard, abandon, leave, or allow to remain in any place any icebox, refrigerator, or other container, device, or equipment of any kind with an interior storage area of more than two cubic feet of clear space that is airtight without first removing the doors or hinges from such icebox, refrigerator, container, device, or equipment.
(B) This section shall not apply to any icebox, refrigerator, container, device, or equipment that is being used for the purpose for which it was originally designed, or is being used for display purposes by any retail or wholesale merchant, or is crated, strapped, or locked to such an extent that it is impossible for a child to obtain access to any airtight compartment.
(1998 Code, § 38-120) Penalty, see § 133.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see VA Code § 18.2-319
(A) Any person who has caused to be dug on his or her own land or the land of another any well or pit shall fill such well or pit with earth so that the well or pit shall not be dangerous to human beings, animals, or fowls before such well or such pit is abandoned; and any person owning land whereon any such well or pit is located shall in the same manner fill with earth any such well or pit that has been abandoned, provided such person has knowledge of the existence of such well or pit.
(B) In the case of mining operations in lieu of filling the shaft or pit the owner or operator on ceasing operations in such shaft or pit shall securely fence the shaft or pit and keep the shaft or pit at all times thereafter securely fenced.
(1998 Code, § 38-121) Penalty, see § 133.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see VA Code § 18.2-316
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any noxious, unsanitary, or offensive matter, stagnant water, or other substance that is or might be injurious to the public health to be or remain on such person’s property or in such person’s possession or control.
(1998 Code, § 38-122) Penalty, see § 133.99
(A) No person shall throw or deposit or cause to be deposited upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nail, tack, wire, can, or any other substance likely to injure any person or animal, or damage any vehicle upon such highway; nor shall any person throw or deposit or cause to be deposited upon any highway any soil, sand, mud, gravel, or other substances so as to create a hazard to the traveling public. Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway any destructive, hazardous, or injurious material shall immediately remove the material or cause it to be removed. Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle. Any persons violating the provisions of this section shall be punished pursuant to § 133.99.
(B) This section shall not apply to the use, by a law enforcement officer while in the discharge of official duties, of any device designed to deflate tires.
(1998 Code, § 38-123) Penalty, see § 133.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see VA Code § 18.2-324
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