                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY BY WIRELESS SERVICES PROVIDERS AND WIRELESS
INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS; GENERALLY (§ 56-484.27)

A. No locality or the Department shall impose on wireless services providers or
wireless infrastructure providers 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.

B. No locality or the Department shall require a wireless services provider or
wireless infrastructure provider to provide in-kind services or physical assets
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 that
provide utility services, or the Department to enter into voluntary pole
attachment, tower occupancy, conduit occupancy, or conduit construction
agreements with wireless services providers or wireless infrastructure
providers.

C. No locality or the Department shall adopt a moratorium on considering
requests for access to the public rights-of-way from wireless services providers
or wireless infrastructure providers.

HISTORY: 2017, c. 835.