                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

USE OF CERTAIN PUBLIC PROPERTY WITHOUT CONSENT OR FRANCHISE (§ 15.2-2018)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of § 15.2-2000, any person or
corporation, except a public service corporation, that occupies or uses any
streets, avenues, parks, bridges or any other public places or public property
or any public easement of a county, in a manner not permitted to the general
public, without having first obtained the consent of the governing body of such
county or a franchise therefor, shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. Each
day&#8217;s continuance thereof shall be a separate offense. Such occupancy or
use shall be deemed a nuisance. The court trying the case may cause the nuisance
to be abated and commit the offenders and all their agents and employees engaged
in such offenses to jail until the order of the court is obeyed.

HISTORY: 1983, c. 613, § 15.1-512.1; 1997, c. 587.