Charleston, West Virginia Municipal Code

Charleston WV ordinances

1636 published ordinances from the Code of the City of Charleston, West Virginia (Supp. No. 56: codified through Bill No. 8069, enacted March 16, 2026). View the full index →

• 1-1 — How Code designated and cited.
• 1-2 — Definitions and rules of construction.
• 1-3 — Catchlines of sections; history notes; references.
• 1-4 — Effect of repeal of ordinances.
• 1-5 — Jurisdiction.
• 1-6 — Amendments to Code; effect of new ordinances; amendatory language.
• 1-7 — Supplementation of Code.
• 1-8 — General penalty; continuing violations.
• 1-9 — Severability.
• 1-10 — Code imposes no liability for acts or omissions pursuant thereto; when city solicitor to d
• 1-11 — Common seal of the city; custodian of seal.
• 1-12 — Datum line for grades of streets established.
• 1-13 — Filing fee for candidates for city offices.
• 1-14 — Appointment of select committee.
• 1-15 — Provisions deemed continuation of existing ordinances.
• 1-16 — Code does not affect prior offenses or rights.
• 1-17 — Certain ordinances not affected by Code.
• 2-61 — Regular and special meetings.
• 2-62 — Same—Annual tax estimate and levy.
• 2-63 — Quadrennial organizational.

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Source & provenance

Code of the City of Charleston, West Virginia (Supp. No. 56: codified through Bill No. 8069, enacted March 16, 2026): published from the City's codifier, Municode (library.municode.com).

Charter of the City of Charleston, West Virginia (Supp. No. 56: codified through Bill No. 8069, enacted March 16, 2026): published from the City's codifier, Municode (library.municode.com). Machine-readable campaign JSON · Canonical page