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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87470</law_id><section_number>15.2-2009.1</section_number><catch_line>Dangerous roadside vegetation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2011</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="20">Streets and Alleys</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Encroachments on Rights-of-Way, etc</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="State highway systems excepted; town streets" href="/15.2-2000/">15.2-2000</a>, any <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may, by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, provide that the owner of any property adjacent to the right-of-way of any street, highway, road, alley, bridge, viaduct, subway, underpass, or other public right-of-way or place shall, at such time or times as the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> may prescribe, remove therefrom any and all trees, tree limbs, shrubs, high grass, or other substance that might dangerously obstruct the line of sight of a driver, be involved in a collision with a vehicle, or interfere with the safe operation of a vehicle or may, whenever the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> deems it necessary, after reasonable notice as defined in subdivision 2 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures" href="/15.2-906/">15.2-906</a>, have such trees, shrubs, high grass, and other like substances removed by its own agents or employees.</p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 962, 963.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
