A proposed rental-inspection program in Chesterfield County died quietly today after stirring up property-rights concerns.
The Board of Supervisors declined to set a public hearing for the program, which would have charged owners of rental properties $100 for an interior and exterior inspection of selected homes. A fine would have been levied against those who chose not to participate.
Two weeks ago, the ACLU of Virginia sent a letter to the county saying that the program would infringe on the Fourth Amendment rights of owners and tenants.
With little discussion, the board voted unanimously against advancing the idea.
In other business, supervisors set a Nov. 18 public hearing for an ordinance change that would prohibit shooting arrows within 600 feet of a home, business, public building or gathering. That's the same distance from which discharge of a firearm is prohibited.
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