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§ 13 CHARTER OR CITY OP CHARLOTTESVILLE § 13
<br />make such ordinances, by-laws, orders and regulations as it may
<br />deem desirable to carry out the following powers which are here-
<br />by vested in them:
<br />First. To close, extend, widen, narrow, lay out, grade, improve
<br />and otherwise alter streets and public alleys in the said city, and
<br />have them properly lighted and kept in good order, and it may
<br />make or construct sewers or ducts through the streets or public
<br />grounds of the city, and through any place, or places whatsoever,
<br />when it may be deemed expedient by all the said [council] * coun-
<br />cils. The land included in any street that is closed shall revert to
<br />the abutting owners on either side of the same, each receiving one-
<br />half thereof. That is, the new line of each abutter shall be the
<br />middle of the former street. The said council may have over any
<br />street or alley in the street, which has been, or may be ceded to
<br />the city, like authority as over streets or alleys, and may prevent
<br />or remove any structure, obstruction or encroachment over, or un-
<br />der, or in a street or alley, or any sidewalk thereof.
<br />Second. To prevent the cumbering of the streets, avenues,
<br />walks, public squares, lanes, alleys, or bridges in any manner
<br />whatsoever; to compel the occupant or owner of buildings or
<br />grounds to remove snow, dirt or rubbish from the sidewalks in
<br />front thereof.
<br />Third. To extinguish and prevent fires, prevent property
<br />from being stolen, and to compel citizens to render assistance to
<br />the fire department in case of need, and to establish, regulate
<br />and control a fire department for said city; to regulate the size
<br />of materials, and construction of buildings hereafter erected, in
<br />such manner as the public safety and convenience may require;
<br />to remove, or require to be removed, any building, structure, or
<br />addition thereto which, by reason of dilapidation, defect of struc-
<br />ture, or other causes, may have, or shall, become dangerous to
<br />life or property, or which may be erected contrary to law; to es-
<br />tablish and designate from time to time fire limits, within which
<br />limits wooden buildings shall not be constructed, removed, added
<br />to or enlarged, and to direct that all future buildings within such
<br />*In the original act the word "councils" appears but it is obvious that
<br />the word "council" was intended.
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<br />now existing or hereafter amended, for condemnation of land
<br />thereunder so far as applicable shall apply to condemnation pro-
<br />ceedings by the city hereunder.
<br />The title to any land acquired by condemnation hereunder shall
<br />vest in the City of Charlottesville.
<br />Seventh. To establish a quarantine ground within or without
<br />the city limits, and such quarantine regulations against infectious
<br />and contagious diseases as the said [council]* councils may see fit,
<br />subject to the laws of the State, and of the United States.
<br />Eighth. To require and compel the abatement and removal, of
<br />all nuisances within the said city, or upon any property owned by
<br />said city, without its limits, at the expense of the person or per-
<br />sons causing the same, or the occupant or owner of the ground
<br />whereon the same may be; to prevent and regulate slaughter
<br />houses, and soap and candle factories within said city, or the ex-
<br />ercise of any dangerous, offensive or unhealthy business, trade or
<br />employment therein; to regulate the transportation of all articles
<br />through the streets of the city; to compel the abatement of smoke
<br />and dust; to regulate the location of stables, and the manner in
<br />which they shall be constructed and kept.
<br />Ninth. If any ground in the said city shall be subject to be
<br />covered by stagnant water, or if the owner or occupant thereon shall
<br />permit any offensive or unwholesome substance to remain or ac-
<br />cumulate thereon, the said [council] * councils may cause such
<br />' ground to be filled up, raised, or drained, or may cause such sub-
<br />stance to be covered or removed therefrom, and may collect the
<br />expense of so doing from the said owner or occupant by distress
<br />or sale, in the same manner in which taxes levied upon real estate
<br />for the benefit of said city are authorized to be collected; provided,
<br />that reasonable notice shall be first given to the said owner or
<br />occupant or his agent. In case of non-resident owners, who have
<br />no agent in said city, such notice may be given by publication for
<br />not less than ten days, in any newspaper published in said city,
<br />such publication to be at the expense of said owner, and cost there-
<br />of to be collected as a part of the expense hereinbefore provided for.
<br />Tenth. To direct the location of all buildings for storing gun -
<br />*In the original act the word "councils" appears but it is obvious
<br />that the word "council" was intended.
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<br />limits shall be constructed of stone, natural or artificial, concrete,
<br />brick or iron.
<br />Fourth. To regulate and prescribe the breadth of tires upon
<br />the wheels of wagons, carts, and vehicles of every kind and de-
<br />scription used upon the streets of said city.
<br />Fifth. To provide for the preservation of the general health
<br />of the inhabitants of said city, snake regulations to secure the
<br />same, prevent the introduction or spreading of contagious or in-
<br />fectious diseases, and prevent and suppress diseases generally; to
<br />provide and regulate hospitals within or without the city limits,
<br />and to enforce the removal of persons afflicted with contagious or
<br />infectious diseases to hospitals provided for them; to provide for
<br />the appointment and organization of a board of health or other
<br />board to have the powers of a board of health for said city, with
<br />the authority necessary for the prompt and efficient performance
<br />of its duties, with power to invest any or all the officials or em-
<br />ployees of such department of health with such powers as the po-
<br />lice officers of the city have; to regulate the burial, cremation, or
<br />disposition of the dead; to compel the return of births and deaths
<br />to be made to its health department, and the return of all burial
<br />permits to such department.
<br />Sixth. To acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise,
<br />either within or without the city, lands to be appropriated, im-
<br />proved and kept in order as places for the interment of the dead,
<br />and may charge for the use of the grounds in said places of inter-
<br />ment, and may regulate the same; to prevent the burial of the
<br />dead in the city, except in public burying grounds; to regulate
<br />burials in said grounds; to require the keeping and return of bills
<br />of mortality by the keepers (or owners) of all cemeteries, and
<br />shall have power within the city to acquire by purchase, condem-
<br />nation, or otherwise, such lands, and in such quantity as it may
<br />deem proper or necessary for the purpose of burying the dead;
<br />provided, however, that no part. of such cemeteries, when estab-
<br />lished or enlarged, shall be within one hundred feet of any resi-
<br />dence without the consent of the owner of the legal and equitable
<br />title of such residence, and provided further that the provisions of
<br />chapter one hundred and seventy-six of the Code of Virginia,* as
<br />*Sections 4360, et seq. of Michie's Virginia Code of 1942.
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<br />powder or other explosive or combustible substance; to regulate
<br />or prohibit the sale and use of dynamite, gunpowder, fire -crackers,
<br />kerosene oil, gasoline, nitro-glycerine, camphene, burning fluid,
<br />and all explosive or combustible materials, the exhibition of
<br />fireworks, the discharge of firearms, the use of candles and lights
<br />in barns, stables and other buildings, the making of bonfires and
<br />the carrying of concealed weapons.
<br />Eleventh. To prevent the running at large in said city of all
<br />animals and fowls, and to regulate and prohibit the keeping or
<br />raising of the same within said city, and to subject the same to
<br />such confiscation, levies, regulations and taxes as it may deem
<br />proper.
<br />Twelfth. Insofar as not prohibited by general law.* To pre-
<br />vent the riding or driving of animals at improper speed, to regu-
<br />late the speed and manner of use upon the streets of said city of
<br />all animals or vehicles; to prevent the flying of kites, throwing of
<br />stones, or the engaging in any employment or sport in the streets
<br />or public alleys, dangerous or annoying to the public, and to pro-
<br />hibit and punish the abuse of animals.
<br />Thirteenth. To restrain and punish drunkards, vagrants, medi-
<br />ca.nts and street beggars.
<br />Fourteenth. To prevent vice and immorality; to preserve pub-
<br />lic peace and good order, to prevent and quell riots, disturbances
<br />and disorderly assemblage; to suppress houses of ill -fame, and
<br />gaming houses; to prevent lewd, indecent or disorderly conduct
<br />or exhibitions in the city, and to expel from said city persons
<br />guilty of such conduct.
<br />Fifteenth. To prevent, prohibit or regulate the coming into
<br />the city from points either within, or beyond the limits of the
<br />State, of paupers or persons having no ostensible means of sup-
<br />port, or persons who may be dangerous to the peace or safety of
<br />the city; and for this purpose may require any railroad com-
<br />pany, or the owners of any conveyances bringing any such per-
<br />son to, or leaving him in said city, to enter into bond with satis-
<br />factory security, that such person shall not become chargeable
<br />to city within one year from the date of his arrival, or may
<br />*In the amendment of 1938 a period appears in the act at this point
<br />but obviously a comma was intended.
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