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Such authority, however, shall not extend to any railroad crossings or to any highways under the jurisdiction of the Virginia Department of Transportation. Such ordinance may provide that:\n\n1\n\nNo person, firm, partnership or corporation shall enter into any repair, alteration, construction, or reconstruction of any type whatever, other than emergency repairs to or maintenance of public utility facilities within the right-of-way lines of any public highway without first having obtained a permit for such work from the agency or officer designated by such ordinance.2\n\nSuch permit may require the notification of all emergency services likely to be affected by such repair, alteration, construction or reconstruction; the types of traffic control devices necessary to properly warn the motoring public and provide for reinspection by the appropriate authority from time to time and at the conclusion of such repair, alteration, construction, or reconstruction.3\n\nThe owner or owners of any such firm, partnership or corporation shall be subject to arrest for a violation of this section or his representative on the site, if the owner is not present.4\n\nThe person, firm, partnership, or corporation requesting such permit shall be responsible for furnishing and maintaining the required traffic control devices in accord with the Virginia Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways.5\n\nThe penalty for violation of such ordinance shall be a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100 for the first offense and not less than $100 nor more than $500 for the second and subsequent offenses.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":247101,"text":"The governing body of any county, city, or town having jurisdiction over and responsibility for the construction and maintenance of public roadways within its boundaries may by ordinance authorize an officer or agency of such political subdivision to issue a permit prior to the performance by any person, firm, partnership or corporation of construction and repair work within the right-of-way lines of any public highways under the jurisdiction of the political subdivision. 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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 105 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 1972 \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 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230049,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68303,"identifier":"46.2-1303","token":"46.2\/III\/13\/46.2-1303","url":"\/46.2-1303\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1303\/","token":"46.2\/III\/13\/46.2-1303","dublin_core":{"Title":"Issuance of permits to perform construction or repair work within right-of-way lines of public roadways","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1303","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body<\/span> of any county, city, or town having jurisdiction<\/span> over and responsibility for the construction and maintenance of public roadways<\/span> within its boundaries may by ordinance<\/span> authorize an officer or agency of such political subdivision to issue<\/span> a permit prior to the performance by any person, firm, partnership or corporation of construction and repair work within the right-of-way lines of any public highways<\/span><\/span> under the jurisdiction<\/span> of the political subdivision. Such authority, however, shall not extend to any railroad crossings or to any highways<\/span><\/span> under the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Virginia Department<\/span> of Transportation. Such ordinance<\/span> may provide that:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall enter into any repair, alteration, construction, or reconstruction of any type whatever, other than emergency repairs to or maintenance of public utility facilities within the right-of-way lines of any public highway<\/span> without first having obtained a permit for such work from the agency or officer designated by such ordinance<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Such permit may require the notification of all emergency services likely to be affected by such repair, alteration, construction or reconstruction; the types of traffic control devices<\/span> necessary to properly warn the motoring public and provide for reinspection by the appropriate authority from time to time and at the conclusion of such repair, alteration, construction, or reconstruction. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The owner<\/span> or owners<\/span> of any such firm, partnership or corporation shall be subject to arrest<\/span> for a violation of this section or his representative on the site, if the owner<\/span> is not present. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The person, firm, partnership, or corporation requesting such permit shall be responsible for furnishing and maintaining the required traffic control devices<\/span> in accord with the Virginia Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices<\/span> for Streets and Highways<\/span><\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> The penalty<\/span> for violation of such ordinance<\/span> shall be a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100 for the first offense<\/span> and not less than $100 nor more than $500 for the second and subsequent offenses<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nISSUANCE OF PERMITS TO PERFORM CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR WORK WITHIN RIGHT-OF-WAY\nLINES OF PUBLIC ROADWAYS (\u00a7 46.2-1303)\n\nThe governing body of any county, city, or town having jurisdiction over and\nresponsibility for the construction and maintenance of public roadways within\nits boundaries may by ordinance authorize an officer or agency of such political\nsubdivision to issue a permit prior to the performance by any person, firm,\npartnership or corporation of construction and repair work within the\nright-of-way lines of any public highways under the jurisdiction of the\npolitical subdivision. Such authority, however, shall not extend to any railroad\ncrossings or to any highways under the jurisdiction of the Virginia Department\nof Transportation. Such ordinance may provide that:\n\n1. No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall enter into any repair,\nalteration, construction, or reconstruction of any type whatever, other than\nemergency repairs to or maintenance of public utility facilities within the\nright-of-way lines of any public highway without first having obtained a permit\nfor such work from the agency or officer designated by such ordinance.\n\n2. Such permit may require the notification of all emergency services likely to\nbe affected by such repair, alteration, construction or reconstruction; the\ntypes of traffic control devices necessary to properly warn the motoring public\nand provide for reinspection by the appropriate authority from time to time and\nat the conclusion of such repair, alteration, construction, or reconstruction.\n\n3. The owner or owners of any such firm, partnership or corporation shall be\nsubject to arrest for a violation of this section or his representative on the\nsite, if the owner is not present.\n\n4. The person, firm, partnership, or corporation requesting such permit shall be\nresponsible for furnishing and maintaining the required traffic control devices\nin accord with the Virginia Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for\nStreets and Highways.\n\n5. The penalty for violation of such ordinance shall be a fine of not less than\n$25 nor more than $100 for the first offense and not less than $100 nor more\nthan $500 for the second and subsequent offenses.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 105, \u00a7 46.1-180.3; 1989, c. 727.","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}}