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To provide for the removal of certain monuments on City-owned property and to provide for the disposition of such monuments, as authorized by Va. Code ? 15.2-1812.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to section 15.2-1812 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, localities within the Commonwealth of Virginia, "[n]otwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, . . . may remove, relocate, contextualize, or cover any . . . monument or memorial [for the veterans of any war or conflict] located on the locality's public property . . . regardless of when the monument or memorial was erected" after complying with certain provisions; and
WHEREAS, section 15.2-1812 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, further prescribes that, before any such monument or memorial that is publicly owned may be removed, relocated, contextualized, or covered, the local governing body "shall publish notice of such intent in a newspaper having general circulation in the locality," shall conduct a hearing at which interested persons may present their views "not less than 30 days after publication of the notice," and, if the local governing body votes to remove, relocate, contextualize, or cover any such monument or memorial after such public hearing, "shall first, for a period of 30 days, offer the monument or memorial for relocation and placement to any museum, historical society, government, or military battlefield;" and
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That, as required and pursuant to the authority granted by section 15.2-1812 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, and all other applicable law, and subject to the availability of funds, the Chief Administrative Officer is hereby authorized to cause the removal of the Monuments from their current locations in accordance with the following:
A. Definitions. For the purposes of this ordinance, the terms defined below shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this subsection ...
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