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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 471 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 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1989, chapter 727; in 2003, chapter 418<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67218,"section_number":"15.2-2200","catch_line":"Declaration of legislative intent","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2200\/"}],"permalink":{"id":230061,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68253,"identifier":"46.2-1305","token":"46.2\/III\/13\/46.2-1305","url":"\/46.2-1305\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1305\/","token":"46.2\/III\/13\/46.2-1305","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic on roadways and parking areas in residential subdivisions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1305","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body<\/span> of any county, city, or town which has adopted ordinances<\/span> under the provisions of Chapter 22 (\u00a7 15.2-2200<\/a> et seq.) of Title 15.2, may require as a part of such land use regulations for residential subdivisions employing roadways<\/span> and parking areas not in public ownership, the posting and maintenance of signs or other appropriate markings regulating the operation and parking of motor vehicles<\/span> and pedestrian traffic, and may adopt ordinances<\/span> applying the regulations to existing and future residential subdivisions.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION OF VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ON ROADWAYS AND PARKING AREAS IN\nRESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS (\u00a7 46.2-1305)\n\nThe governing body of any county, city, or town which has adopted ordinances\nunder the provisions of Chapter 22 (\u00a7 15.2-2200 et seq.) of Title 15.2, may\nrequire as a part of such land use regulations for residential subdivisions\nemploying roadways and parking areas not in public ownership, the posting and\nmaintenance of signs or other appropriate markings regulating the operation and\nparking of motor vehicles and pedestrian traffic, and may adopt ordinances\napplying the regulations to existing and future residential subdivisions.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 471, \u00a7 46.1-181.2; 1989, c. 727; 2003, c. 418.","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}}