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Council adopts ordinance making many routine code violations civil infractions
Richmond City Council · December 2, 2025
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Summary
Council adopted ordinance 167 to change several routine municipal violations — including common animal and cemetery provisions and secondhand‑goods/garage‑sale rules — from 90‑day misdemeanors to civil infractions while retaining misdemeanors for cruelty and defacing markers.
Richmond’s City Council voted Dec. 1 to adopt ordinance 167, which reclassifies certain municipal violations from 90‑day misdemeanors to civil infractions.
City Manager explained the ordinance bundles changes to four code sections so that a single ordinance can convert…
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