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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 106 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1383491,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349374,"identifier":"15.2-918","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/1\/15.2-918","url":"\/15.2-918\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-918\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/1\/15.2-918","dublin_core":{"Title":"Locality may prohibit or regulate use of air cannons","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-918","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> may by <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> prohibit or regulate the use within its <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> of certain devices, including air cannons, carbide cannons, or other loud explosive devices which are designed to produce high intensity sound percussions for the purpose of repelling birds.<\/p><p>Such <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> may prescribe the degree of sound or the decibel level produced by the cannon or device which is unacceptable in that <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span>.<\/p><p>In adopting an <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> pursuant to the provisions of this section, the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> may provide that any person who violates the provisions of such <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCALITY MAY PROHIBIT OR REGULATE USE OF AIR CANNONS (\u00a7 15.2-918)\n\nAny locality may by ordinance prohibit or regulate the use within its\njurisdiction of certain devices, including air cannons, carbide cannons, or\nother loud explosive devices which are designed to produce high intensity sound\npercussions for the purpose of repelling birds.\n\nSuch ordinance may prescribe the degree of sound or the decibel level produced\nby the cannon or device which is unacceptable in that jurisdiction.\n\nIn adopting an ordinance pursuant to the provisions of this section, the\ngoverning body may provide that any person who violates the provisions of such\nordinance shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 106, \u00a7 15.1-29.13; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}