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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0249\">249<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85772,"section_number":"56-265.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":230205,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76700,"identifier":"46.2-800.3","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/1\/46.2-800.3","url":"\/46.2-800.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-800.3\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/1\/46.2-800.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Driving in flooded areas prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-800.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> of any locality may by <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> prohibit any person from operating a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> or watercraft on a flooded <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span>, street, alley, or parking lot, regardless of whether such <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span>, street, alley, or parking lot is publicly or privately owned in such a manner as to increase the level of floodwaters to a level that causes or could reasonably be expected to cause damage to any real or personal property.\n\t\tSuch <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> shall not apply to any <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span>, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel engaged in the performance of his duties nor to the <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> of any vehicle owned or controlled by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Transportation or a public utility company as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/56-265.1\/\">56-265.1<\/a>. 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Any\nlocality adopting such an ordinance shall provide for adequate notice, including\nsigns that, at a minimum, warn operators of motor vehicles and watercraft of the\nprohibition and penalties.\n\t\tA violation of such ordinance shall constitute a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 249.","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}}