The Board of Supervisors of Northumberland County, pursuant to § 15.2-901
of the Code of Virginia, as amended, does hereby adopt the following article.
The owners of property within Northumberland County, Virginia, shall,
at such time or times as the Board of Supervisors of Northumberland County
may prescribe, remove therefrom any and all trash, garbage, refuse, litter
and other substances which might endanger the health or safety of other residents
of Northumberland County or may, whenever the Board of Supervisors of Northumberland
County deems it necessary, after reasonable notice, have such trash, garbage,
refuse, litter and other like substances which might endanger the health of
other residents of Northumberland County, Virginia, removed by its own agents
or employees, in which event the costs or expenses thereof shall be chargeable
to and paid by the owners of such property and may be collected by the county
as taxes and levies are collected.
The owners of vacant, developed or undeveloped property therein shall
cut the grass, weeds and other foreign growth on such property or any part
thereof at such time or times as the Board of Supervisors of Northumberland
County shall prescribe or the Board of Supervisors of Northumberland County,
whenever it deems it necessary, after reasonable notice, may have such grass,
weeds or such other foreign growth cut by agents or employees, in which event
the costs and expenses thereof shall be chargeable to and paid by the owner
of such property and may be collected by the county as taxes and levies are
collected.
Every charge authorized by this article with which the owner of any
such property shall have been assessed and which remains unpaid shall constitute
a lien against said property.
At a properly advertised public hearing held on February 10, 1994, the
Northumberland County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance to restrict
the use of the Northumberland County Solid Waste Disposal sites to Northumberland
County residents, property owners, businesses and guests.
Any persons entering the county solid waste disposal sites to dispose
of solid waste with a vehicle bearing Kilmarnock, Lancaster, Richmond or Westmoreland
County licenses is not to be considered a county resident, property owner,
business or guest unless they have a Northumberland County waste disposal
permit.
Upon request, annual permits will be issued to Northumberland County
residents or property owners that live in the Town of Kilmarnock and to property
owners who live in the Counties of Lancaster, Richmond or Westmoreland.
Any persons violating this article shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be prosecuted by a fine of not more than
$500.