                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LOCATION OF POSTS, POLES, CABLES AND CONDUITS; HEIGHT OF WIRES, ETC (§ 56-466)

All posts, poles, wires, cables and conduits which shall be erected by any
authority in the preceding sections of this chapter conferred shall be so
located as in no way to obstruct or interfere with public travel or the ordinary
use of, or the safety and convenience of persons traveling through, on, or over,
the public parks, roads, turnpikes, streets, avenues, alleys, railroads, or
waters in or upon which the same may be erected, and all wires fastened upon
posts or poles erected as aforesaid shall be placed at a height of not less than
eighteen feet above all road crossings, and twenty-three feet above railroad
crossings, and no conduits shall be laid nor posts or poles erected upon the
soil or property of any person without first obtaining the consent of the owner
thereof, nor shall any such wires or cables be strung across the soil, property,
or premises of any person, or attached to or connected with any shade or
ornamental tree, or any private building, without the consent of the owner
thereof.
		Such poles, wires, cables and conduits shall not in anywise damage private
property without compensation therefor, nor in any way obstruct the navigation
of any stream, or impair or endanger the use thereof by the public, or by any
person or corporation entitled to the use of the same. Such conduits shall be
laid at such distance below the surface of any public park, road, turnpike,
street, avenue, or alley, and at such distance from the outside of any gas or
water main or other conduit already laid under such public park, road, turnpike,
street, avenue, or alley, as may be prescribed by the proper municipal, county,
or state authorities.

HISTORY: Code 1919, §§ 4035, 4038; 1926, pp. 908, 909; 1976, c. 268.