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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 374 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81631,"section_number":"33.2-340","catch_line":"Maintenance, etc., by Commissioner of Highways when no request for allocation","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-340\/"}],"permalink":{"id":205939,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80346,"identifier":"33.2-347","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/4\/33.2-347","url":"\/33.2-347\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-347\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/4\/33.2-347","dublin_core":{"Title":"Minimum street and highway standards for certain towns","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-347","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 33.2-340<\/a>, any town in which 70 percent or more of developable land within its boundaries has a natural grade of 20 percent or more may by ordinance<\/span> provide for streets or highways<\/span> established on or after July 1, 1980, with an unrestricted right-of-way width of not less than 40 feet and a hard-surface width of not less than 18 feet, provided that no such requirement of any such town shall be less stringent than that of the county in which the town is located. Streets and highways<\/span> so established and constructed shall be eligible for payment in accordance with \u00a7 33.2-340<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMINIMUM STREET AND HIGHWAY STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN TOWNS (\u00a7 33.2-347)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 33.2-340, any town in which 70 percent or\nmore of developable land within its boundaries has a natural grade of 20 percent\nor more may by ordinance provide for streets or highways established on or after\nJuly 1, 1980, with an unrestricted right-of-way width of not less than 40 feet\nand a hard-surface width of not less than 18 feet, provided that no such\nrequirement of any such town shall be less stringent than that of the county in\nwhich the town is located. Streets and highways so established and constructed\nshall be eligible for payment in accordance with \u00a7 33.2-340.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 374, \u00a7 33.1-43.2; 2014, c. 805.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}