§8-12-22. Foreclosure Actions Involving Abandoned Properties
(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Zombie Property Remediation Act of 2021. (b) No action may be brought pursuant to this section until the municipality has informed any and all mortgagees in writing and by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the mortgagee’s registered agent identified by the mortgagee […]
§8-12-23. Limitations on Municipalities, Political Subdivisions, and Local Governing Bodies Authority Over Energy Usage and Development
(a) As used in this section: “Energy source” means the method of generation, or the fuel source, used to provide or supply utility service to a customer. The term includes any nonrenewable or renewable energy source. “Governing body” shall mean the mayor and council together, the council, the board of directors, the commission, or other […]
§8-12-24. Dedication to or Naming Municipal Property for Office Holder Prohibited
Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, no municipalities or governing bodies of municipalities may cause or permit to be caused the dedication or naming of any municipal owned building or public structure for a public official who is holding office at the time of the proposed dedication or naming.
§8-12-25. Authorizing Certain Municipalities to Create a Pension Funding Program
In addition to all other powers and duties conferred by law upon municipalities, Class I, Class II and Class III municipalities are empowered and authorized to create pension funding programs as defined in 8-33-4a of this code.
§8-12-16. Ordinances Regulating the Repair, Alteration, Improvement, Closing, Demolition, etc., of Structures, Dwellings, or Buildings That Are Unsafe, Unsanitary, Dangerous, or Detrimental to the Public Safety or Welfare; Procedures
(a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Code enforcement agency” means either a code enforcement department as defined by 87 CSR 7-2, as may be amended, or an enforcement agency as permitted by subsection (c) of this section.
§8-12-16a. Registration of Uninhabitable Property
(a) The governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, establish a property registration for any real property improved by a structure that is uninhabitable and violates the applicable building code adopted by the municipality. An owner of real property subject to the registration shall be assessed a fee as provided by the ordinance. (b) […]
§8-12-16b. Special Litter Prevention Officers
(a) A municipality that has adopted an anti-littering ordinance pursuant to section five of this article may provide, by ordinance, for the appointment of special litter prevention officers to aid in the enforcement of the municipal anti-littering ordinance. (b) The ordinance enacted, pursuant to this section, must specify the duties to be performed by the […]
§8-12-16c. Registration of Vacant Buildings; Registration Fees; Procedures for Administration and Enforcement
(a) The governing body of a municipality shall have plenary power and authority to establish by ordinance a vacant building and property registration and maintenance program. (b) For purposes of this section: (1) "Owner" or "property owner" means a person who individually or jointly with others:
§8-12-16d. Additional Powers and Duties of Municipalities; Areas of Special or Unique Interest
A municipality may designate areas of special or unique interest, with sites, buildings and structures within those areas, which are of local, regional, statewide or national significance. An area that has been so designated does not limit the use of nor require any alteration of any privately owned property in the area for any purpose. […]
§8-12-17. Sale or Lease of Municipal Public Utility
NOTE: West Virginia Code 8-12-17 was amended by two bills passed during the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature. When two acts of the Legislature amend the same section of the Code without express recognition in the bill of the action of the other bill, the Legislative Manager makes no determination as to the appropriate, […]