Newport News enforces pool safety including barriers, drain covers, and maintenance standards. Pools must be maintained to prevent health hazards. Abandoned pools must be drained and secured.
Pools must comply with barrier fencing, VGB Act drain covers, proper chemical maintenance, and Virginia USBC standards. Stagnant water creating mosquito breeding is prohibited. Abandoned pools must be drained and secured. The city's Codes Compliance Department and Peninsula Health District may inspect pools.
Non-compliant pools face enforcement action. Unmaintained pools may be declared nuisances.
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Newport News prohibits oversized vehicles from parking on residential streets overnight. Vehicles exceeding 20 feet long, 8 feet wide, or 8 feet tall are ban...
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Newport News regulates retaining walls under Chapter 13 (Buildings and Building Regulations) and the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code. Retaining wall...
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Newport News regulates fence materials under Chapter 13, Article VI of the City Code. Certain hazardous materials are restricted or prohibited in residential...
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Newport News enforces the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code (SFPC), which requires property owners and occupants to cut and remove weeds, grass, vines,...
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Newport News defines "landscape" as living plants, natural features, or structural features under Chapter 45 (Zoning Ordinance). No express ban on artificial...
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Newport News Code Ch. 33.02 requires a landscaped green area as part of all site plans. The city officially encourages use of native and drought-tolerant pla...
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