[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Amelia County as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-20-2022 by Ord. No. 22-007]
Pursuant to § 15.2-1433, Code of Virginia, the ordinances of Amelia County of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Amelia County, as revised and codified and consisting of Chapters 1 through 350, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the Code of Amelia County, hereinafter referred to as the "Code." The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of the ordinances in force immediately prior to the enactment of the Code by this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and not as new enactments.
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In accordance with § 15.2-1433, Code of Virginia, a copy of the Code has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and made available for public inspection, and following adoption of this ordinance such copy shall be kept in the office of the Clerk and shall be available for public inspection during normal business hours.
B. 
Additions or amendments to the Code, when adopted in such form as to indicate the intent of the Board of Supervisors to make them a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the "Code of Amelia County" shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.
The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall cause notice of this ordinance to be given in the manner required by law. This notice coupled with the filing of the Code in the office of the Clerk as provided in § 1-2 shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
Each section of this ordinance and of the Code and every part of each section is an independent section or part of a section, and the holding of any section or a part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts thereof. If any provision of this Code or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this Code and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
A. 
Ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions contained in the Code adopted by this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be to the extent of such inconsistency, and any valid legislation of Amelia County which is not in conflict with the provisions of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect.
B. 
The following have been excluded from the Code and are specifically repealed:
(1) 
Ordinance regulating disposal of human wastes and excrements, adopted June 9, 1947.
(2) 
Ordinance establishing the hours for the sale of beer and wine on Sunday, adopted December 8, 1980.
(3) 
Ordinance levying tax on consumers of the local telephone service to pay for E-911 emergency telephone service, adopted April 9, 1990.
(4) 
Ordinance establishing a one-time fee for antique motor vehicle decal, adopted September 17, 1997.
(5) 
Ordinance providing for transfer of county decals issued to a privately owned vehicle, adopted October 15, 1997.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-5 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A. 
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to January 19, 2022.
B. 
Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative provision prior to the effective date of this ordinance or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
C. 
Any offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this ordinance in violation of any legislative provision or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
D. 
Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding pending or any judgment rendered prior to the effective date of this ordinance brought pursuant to any legislative provision.
E. 
Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred.
F. 
Any ordinance providing for the laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing grade, naming, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway, park or other public place or any portion thereof.
G. 
Any ordinance appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond or other instruments or evidence of the County's indebtedness.
H. 
Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property or any lawful contract or obligation.
I. 
The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
J. 
The annexation or dedication of property or approval of preliminary or final subdivision plats.
K. 
Ordinances providing for local improvements or assessing taxes or special assessments therefor.
L. 
All currently effective ordinances pertaining to the rate and manner of payment of salaries and compensation of officers and employees or establishing a pension plan or pension fund for County employees.
M. 
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing or amending water, sewer or other utility charges.
N. 
Any ordinances adopting or amending a zoning map or otherwise rezoning property.
O. 
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing or amending a specific fee amount for any license, permit or service obtained from the County.
A. 
In preparing the revision and codification of the ordinances, certain minor grammatical and nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said ordinances. It is the intention of the County Board of Supervisors that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances so changed had been formally amended to read as such.
B. 
In addition, the changes, amendments or revisions as set forth in Schedule A[1] attached hereto and made a part hereof are made herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance. (Chapter and section number references are to the ordinances as they have been renumbered and appear in the Code.)
[1]
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-7B, the chapters, articles and sections which were added, amended, adopted or repealed by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a history referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, histories indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, repealed) 4-20-2022 by Ord. No. 22-007." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the County offices.
C. 
Nomenclature changes and revisions.
(1) 
"Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation" is changed to "Virginia Department of Transportation."
A. 
Chapter and article titles, headings and titles of sections and other divisions of the Code are inserted in the Code and may be inserted in supplements to the Code for the convenience of persons using the Code and are not part of the legislation.
B. 
Editor's notes indicating sources of sections, giving other information or referring to the statutes or to other parts of the Code are inserted in the Code and may be inserted in supplements to the Code for the convenience of persons using the Code and are not part of the legislation.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to change, alter or tamper with the Code in any manner which will cause the laws of Amelia County to be misrepresented thereby. Violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 4 misdemeanor.
This ordinance shall take effect upon final passage as provided by law.