2006 Code of Virginia § 15.2-2015 - Use of streets, etc., for transportation and utilities; removal and alteration of facilities and eq...

15.2-2015. Use of streets, etc., for transportation and utilities; removaland alteration of facilities and equipment; permits and charges.

Any city or town may provide for the issuance of permits, under such termsand conditions as they may impose, for the use of streets, highways, roads,alleys, bridges, viaducts, subways and underpasses and other publicrights-of-way and places by railroads, buses, taxicabs and other vehicles forhire; may prescribe the location in, under or over and provide for theissuance of permits for the use of such public rights-of-way and places forthe installation, maintenance and operation of tracks, poles, wires, cables,pipes, conduits, bridges, viaducts, subways, vaults, areas and cellars; mayrequire tracks, poles, wires, cables, pipes, conduits, bridges, viaducts,subways and underpasses to be altered, removed or relocated eitherpermanently or temporarily; may charge and collect compensation for theprivileges so granted; and may prohibit such use of such public rights-of-wayand places except as otherwise provided by law. No such use shall be made ofthe streets, highways, roads, alleys, bridges, viaducts, subways andunderpasses without the consent of the city or town.

(Code 1950, 15-77.56; 1958, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, 15.1-892; 1997, c. 587.)