                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN CERTAIN RESIDENCE DISTRICTS OF COUNTIES, CITIES, AND
TOWNS; PENALTY (§ 46.2-878.2)

Operation of any motor vehicle in excess of a maximum speed limit established
for a highway in a residence district of a county, city, or town, when indicated
by appropriately placed signs displaying the maximum speed limit and the penalty
for violations, shall be unlawful and constitute a traffic infraction punishable
by a fine of $200, in addition to other penalties provided by law. No portion of
the fine shall be suspended unless the court orders 20 hours of community
service. The Commissioner of Highways or any local governing body having
jurisdiction over highways shall develop criteria for the overall applicability
for the installation of signs. Such criteria shall not exclude highways,
functionally classified as minor arterials, serving areas that either (i) were
built as residential developments or (ii) have grown to resemble residential
developments, provided, in either case, (a) such highways are experiencing
documented speeding problems and (b) the local governing body requests the
application of this section to such highway. Such signs may be installed in any
town and shall not require the approval of the county within which such town is
located. Any such signs installed in any town shall be paid for by the town
requesting the installation of the signs, or out of the county&#8217;s secondary
system construction allocation.

HISTORY: 1996, c. 172; 1999, c. 87; 2002, c. 882; 2004, c. 350; 2006, c. 547;
2013, cc. 585, 646.