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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 835<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":250101,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76629,"identifier":"56-484.27","token":"56\/15.1\/56-484.27","url":"\/56-484.27\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-484.27\/","token":"56\/15.1\/56-484.27","dublin_core":{"Title":"Access to the public rights-of-way by wireless services providers and wireless infrastructure providers; generally","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-484.27","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No locality or the Department<\/span> shall impose on wireless services providers<\/span> or wireless infrastructure providers<\/span> any restrictions or requirements concerning the use of the public rights-of-way, including the permitting process, the zoning process, notice, time and location of excavations and repair work, enforcement of the statewide building code, and inspections, that are unfair, unreasonable, or discriminatory. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No locality or the Department<\/span> shall require a wireless services provider<\/span> or wireless infrastructure provider<\/span> to provide in-kind services or physical assets<\/span> as a condition of consent to use public rights-of-way or easements. This shall not limit the ability of localities, their authorities or commissions<\/span> that provide utility services, or the Department<\/span> to enter into voluntary pole attachment<\/span>, tower occupancy, conduit occupancy, or conduit construction agreements with wireless services providers<\/span> or wireless infrastructure providers<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> No locality or the Department<\/span> shall adopt a moratorium on considering requests for access to the public rights-of-way from wireless services providers<\/span> or wireless infrastructure providers<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACCESS TO THE PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY BY WIRELESS SERVICES PROVIDERS AND WIRELESS\nINFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS; GENERALLY (\u00a7 56-484.27)\n\nA. No locality or the Department shall impose on wireless services providers or\nwireless infrastructure providers any restrictions or requirements concerning\nthe use of the public rights-of-way, including the permitting process, the\nzoning process, notice, time and location of excavations and repair work,\nenforcement of the statewide building code, and inspections, that are unfair,\nunreasonable, or discriminatory.\n\nB. No locality or the Department shall require a wireless services provider or\nwireless infrastructure provider to provide in-kind services or physical assets\nas a condition of consent to use public rights-of-way or easements. This shall\nnot limit the ability of localities, their authorities or commissions that\nprovide utility services, or the Department to enter into voluntary pole\nattachment, tower occupancy, conduit occupancy, or conduit construction\nagreements with wireless services providers or wireless infrastructure\nproviders.\n\nC. No locality or the Department shall adopt a moratorium on considering\nrequests for access to the public rights-of-way from wireless services providers\nor wireless infrastructure providers.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 835.","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}}