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The consent required under \u00a7 56-615<\/a>, when given, shall be by ordinance<\/span> regularly adopted by the council or other governing body of the city or town or by resolution regularly adopted and spread upon the minutes by the board of supervisors or other governing authority of the county in which such line is to be located, or, if such permission is to be given by the Commissioner of Highways or his designee, through the issuance of a land use permit. Such use of the public roads, turnpikes, streets, avenues, and alleys in any of the cities or towns or counties of the Commonwealth shall be subject to such terms, regulations, and restrictions as may be imposed by the corporate authorities of any such city or town, or the board of supervisors or other governing authority of any such county, except that if the road or street is in the primary or secondary state highway system, as now or hereafter established, any occupation and use thereof under the provisions of this chapter, whether by consent heretofore or hereafter obtained, shall be subject to such terms, regulations, and restrictions as may be imposed by the Commonwealth Transportation Board not in conflict in incorporated cities and towns with any vested contractual rights of such company<\/span> with such city or town.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n HOW CONSENT OF APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES OBTAINED; TERMS OF USE (\u00a7 56-620)\n\nThe consent required under \u00a7 56-615, when given, shall be by ordinance\nregularly adopted by the council or other governing body of the city or town or\nby resolution regularly adopted and spread upon the minutes by the board of\nsupervisors or other governing authority of the county in which such line is to\nbe located, or, if such permission is to be given by the Commissioner of\nHighways or his designee, through the issuance of a land use permit. Such use of\nthe public roads, turnpikes, streets, avenues, and alleys in any of the cities\nor towns or counties of the Commonwealth shall be subject to such terms,\nregulations, and restrictions as may be imposed by the corporate authorities of\nany such city or town, or the board of supervisors or other governing authority\nof any such county, except that if the road or street is in the primary or\nsecondary state highway system, as now or hereafter established, any occupation\nand use thereof under the provisions of this chapter, whether by consent\nheretofore or hereafter obtained, shall be subject to such terms, regulations,\nand restrictions as may be imposed by the Commonwealth Transportation Board not\nin conflict in incorporated cities and towns with any vested contractual rights\nof such company with such city or town.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, c. 807, \u00a7 67-1106; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","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}}