[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Mathews
County 10-26-2010. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the authority of § 15.2-922.1 of the Code
of Virginia of 1950, as amended, the Mathews County Board of Supervisors
hereby adopts the following chapter regulating the making of fires.
The Board of Supervisors is authorized to regulate the making
of fires in streets, alleys, and public places, and when a declared
emergency or local emergency exists, the Board of Supervisors is also
authorized to regulate the making of fires on private property. The
making of fires in streets, alleys, and public places and upon private
property shall be prohibited when authorized by resolution of the
Board of Supervisors of Mathews County and when declared by the Director
of Emergency Management of said County and for the term set out in
said resolution.
A violation of any prohibition created under this chapter shall
be punishable as a Class 4 misdemeanor with a maximum fine of $250.
