                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLIC UTILITIES NOT TO USE STREETS WITHOUT CONSENT (§ 15.2-2017)

No street railway, gas, water, steam or electric heating, electric light or
power, cold storage, compressed air, viaduct, conduit, telephone or bridge
company, nor any corporation, association, person, or partnership engaged in
these or like enterprises, shall be permitted to use the streets, alleys or
public grounds of a city or town, without the previous consent of the corporate
authorities of such city or town.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-774; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-375; 1997, c. 587.