                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 PERMITS TO PLACE POLES, WIRES, ETC., IN ROADS AND STREETS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES;
CHARGE THEREFOR (§ 56-15)

A. The governing body of Albemarle County, Chesterfield County, Henrico County,
Prince William County, or York County, may adopt an ordinance requiring any
person, firm or corporation to obtain a permit from the county engineer or such
other officer as may be designated in such ordinance before placing any pole or
subsurface structures under, along or in any county road or street in such
county which is not included within the primary state highway system or
secondary system of state highways, or any lines or wires that cross any such
road or street, whether or not such road or street be actually opened, and may
provide in such ordinance reasonable charges for the issuance of such a permit
and penalties for violations of the terms of such ordinance to be imposed by the
court, judge or justice trying the case.

B. In the event the county engineer or such other officer as may be designated
fails or refuses to issue any such permit requested within thirty days after
application therefor, or attaches to such permit conditions to which such
person, firm or corporation is unwilling to consent, then such person, firm or
corporation may proceed to make such crossing pursuant and subject to the
provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; 56-23 to 56-32, as if the application had been made
to the board of supervisors or other governing body of the county.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply with regard to the occupancy
and use of any public roads, works, turnpikes, streets, avenues, and alleys by a
renewable generator that has acquired the authority to locate distribution
facilities therein pursuant to Chapter 29 (&#xA7; 56-614 et seq.) of Title 56.

HISTORY: 1942, p. 222; Michie Code 1942, § 3885a; 2007, c. 813; 2009, c. 807.