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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 91 - SUBDIVISION STREET REQUIREMENTS › Part II - Specific Provisions › Section 24VAC30-91-120 - Right-of-way width, spite strips, and encroachments

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A. Right-of-way width. A clear and
				  unencumbered right-of-way shall be dedicated to public use for any subdivision
				  street proposed for addition to the secondary system of state highways
				  maintained by the department. However, in certain, rare extenuating
				  circumstances involving a party beyond the influence of the developer, an
				  easement for transportation purposes may be approved by the resident engineer
				  in lieu of dedicated right-of-way. In all other cases, any easement that might
				  interfere with the public's unencumbered use of the street shall be quitclaimed
				  in exchange for a land use permit, as outlined in
				  24VAC30-91-110 M 5 (Design and
				  agreement requirements-Utilities).
The width of right-of-way shall be as indicated in the
					 Subdivision Street Design Guide
					 24VAC30-91-160 ) and shall be
					 sufficient to include all essential elements of the roadway intended to be
					 maintained by the department, including pedestrian, bicycle, or shared use path
					 facilities and clear zone. However, supplemental easements may be used to
					 accommodate sight distance requirements and slopes for cuts and fills. The
					 right-of-way requirements are defined in the Subdivision Street Design Guide
					 (24VAC30-91-160 ).
When an existing state maintained road is widened, the
					 additional right-of-way should be dedicated as follows:
1. If the existing right-of-way consists of a
				  prescriptive easement, to the degree that the developer controls the land, the
				  right-of-way shall be dedicated to public use from the centerline of the
				  alignment.
2. If the existing
				  right-of-way is dedicated to public use, the additional right-of-way shall be
				  dedicated to public use.
3. If the
				  existing right-of-way is titled in the name of the department or the
				  Commonwealth, the additional right-of-way shall be deeded to the department or
				  to the Commonwealth, consistent with the title of the existing
				  right-of-way.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 91 - SUBDIVISION STREET REQUIREMENTS › Part II - Specific Provisions › Section 24VAC30-91-130 - Neotraditional developments

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Streets maintained with public transportation funds should
					 be able to safely accommodate the effective and efficient movement of those
					 expected to use those streets. Consequently, the design of streets intended for
					 maintenance by the department within neotraditional or other unique
					 developments also must comply with all applicable provisions of these
					 requirements and the department's applicable design criteria.
The Subdivision Street Design Guide (24VAC30-91-160 ) offers additional
					 guidance on neotraditional developments and acceptable unique features
					 typically seen in these types of developments. The utilization of many
					 neotraditional concepts and traffic calming features can normally be
					 accomplished within the flexibility available within VDOT's subdivision street
					 design criteria, and specific requests for exceptions when requests cannot be
					 accommodated should be in writing to the resident engineer.
Statutory Authority
§§ 33.1-12, 33.1-69, 33.1-198, and 33.1-229 of
						the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 91 - SUBDIVISION STREET REQUIREMENTS › Part III - Reference Section › Section 24VAC30-91-150 - Subdivision street development, plan review, and acceptance

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A. The county-state
				  partnership governing VDOT acceptance of new streets for maintenance. Section
				  33.2-705 of the Code of Virginia (a Byrd Act provision) creates the authority
				  under which local governments establish new roads as part of the secondary
				  system of state highways. Sections 15.2-2240 and 15.2-2241 of the Code of
				  Virginia establish the authority of local subdivision ordinances and the
				  authority of counties to set the standards for new streets within their
				  territories.
VDOT's participation in the development and acceptance of
					 subdivision streets for maintenance is a cooperative commitment of the
					 Commonwealth Transportation Board.
VDOT's concurrence with or approval of a construction plan
					 represents VDOT's commitment to accept the streets shown on the plan when
					 satisfactorily constructed and all other requirements governing the
					 department's acceptance of streets are satisfied, including the governing
					 body's request for the acceptance of or transfer of the maintenance and
					 operational jurisdiction over the street, as outlined in these
					 requirements.
Pursuant to these principles:
1. Local government controls land development
				  activity and establishes new streets, the relocation of existing streets, and
				  the criteria governing the development of such streets.
2. VDOT establishes the minimum standards
				  that must be satisfied for new subdivision streets to be considered for
				  maintenance by the department as part of the secondary system of state highways
				  under its jurisdiction.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 91 - SUBDIVISION STREET REQUIREMENTS › Part III - Reference Section › Section 24VAC30-91-160 - Listing of documents (publications) incorporated by reference

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Information pertaining to the availability and cost of any
					 of these publications should be directed to the address indicated below the
					 specific document. Requests for documents available from the department may be
					 submitted to VDOT; however, department documents may be available over the
					 Internet at
www.vdot.virginia.gov
.
1. Drainage Manual, effective April 2002.
VDOT
1401 E. Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
2. Land Use Permit Regulations, 24VAC30-151,
				  effective March 17, 2010.
VDOT
1401 E. Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
3. Pavement Design Guide for Subdivision and
				  Secondary Roads in Virginia, effective August 1, 2000.
VDOT
1401 E. Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
4. Road and Bridge Specifications, effective
				  2002.
VDOT
1401 E. Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
5. Road Design Manual, effective January 1,
				  2005.
VDOT
1401 E. Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
6. Subdivision Street Design Guide (Appendix
				  B: Road Design Manual, effective January 1, 2005)
VDOT
1401 E. Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
7. Road and Bridge Standards, effective
				  February 1, 2001.
VDOT
1401 E. Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
8. Standard Specifications for Highway
				  Bridges, effective 1996.
American Association of State Highway and Transportation
					 Officials
North Capital Street, Suite 225
Washington, DC 20001
VDOT Modifications to document above
VDOT
1401 E. Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
9. Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control
				  Handbook, effective 1992.
Division of Soil and Water Conservation with The Virginia
					 Erosion and Sediment Control Law and Regulations
Division of Soil and Water Conservation
Governor Street, Suite 206
Richmond, Virginia 23219
10. Highway Capacity Manual, effective 2000.
Transportation Research Board
Keck Center of the National Academies
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Attn: TRB Publications Sales & Affiliate
					 Services
11. VDOT Erosion
				  and Sediment Control and Stormwater Management Program Specifications Manual
				  (effective March 1, 2004).
VDOT
1401 E. Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
12. Policy for Integrating Bicycle and
				  Pedestrian Accommodations-Commonwealth Transportation Board (effective March
				  18, 2004.) Note: This policy reference is included in the regulation only for
				  informational purposes and is not considered a regulatory provision. Applicable
				  elements of this policy are stated in the regulation itself.
Statutory Authority: §§ 33.2-210, 33.2-241,
						33.2-326, and 33.2-705 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 92 - SECONDARY STREET ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 24VAC30-92-30 - Local subdivision ordinances

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Exemptions or variances in local ordinances. Any requirements
				  of ordinances adopted by the governing body that are not in conflict with these
				  provisions shall become the department's requirements in that locality and
				  govern. Any street proposed for addition to the secondary system of state
				  highways maintained by the department shall comply with applicable requirements
				  as herein provided or the local ordinance, when such provisions are not in
				  conflict with this chapter.
Statutory Authority
§ 33.1-70.3 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
The
				  amended version of this section by
				  Virginia
				  Register Volume 40, Issue 19, eff.
				  5/6/2024 is not yet
				  available.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 92 - SECONDARY STREET ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 24VAC30-92-40 - Continuity of public street system

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The continuity of a publicly maintained street system is a
				  prerequisite to the addition of any street or network addition into the
				  secondary system of state highways.
A street or network addition may only be accepted into the
				  secondary system of state highways for state maintenance if it is the
				  continuation of the network of public streets whose maintenance has been
				  officially accepted by the department or, if appropriate, a city, town or
				  county, and such street or network addition meets the requirements of this
				  chapter.
Statutory Authority
§ 33.1-70.3 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
The
				  amended version of this section by
				  Virginia
				  Register Volume 40, Issue 19, eff.
				  5/6/2024 is not yet
				  available.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 92 - SECONDARY STREET ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 24VAC30-92-50

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The
				  amended version of this section by
				  Virginia
				  Register Volume 40, Issue 19, eff.
				  5/6/2024 is not yet
				  available.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 92 - SECONDARY STREET ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 24VAC30-92-60 - Public benefit requirements

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A. Public benefit. A street or network
				addition may only be accepted by the department for maintenance as part of the
				secondary system of state highways if it provides sufficient public benefit to
				justify perpetual public maintenance as defined by this chapter. A street shall
				be considered to provide sufficient public benefit if it meets or exceeds the
				public service, pedestrian accommodation, and connectivity requirements of this
				chapter.
B. Public service
				requirements. In the event the governing body requests the addition of a street
				or network addition before it meets these public service provisions, the
				district administrator will review each request on an individual case basis and
				determine if the acceptance of a street prior to normal service requirements is
				justified, provided the street or network addition meets all other applicable
				requirements including the connectivity requirements of this chapter. At the
				request of the local governing body, subject to approval by the district
				administrator, the public service requirements may be reduced for individual
				streets serving state or local economic development projects.
1. Individual streets. For the purpose of
				these requirements, public service may include, but is not necessarily limited
				to, streets meeting one or more of the following situations:
a. Serves three or more occupied units with a
				unit being a single-family residence, owner-occupied apartment, owner-occupied
				residence in a qualifying manufactured home park, a stand-alone business, or
				single business entity occupying an individual building, or other similar
				facility. Also, streets serving manufactured home parks may only be considered
				when the land occupied by the manufactured home is in fee simple ownership by
				the residents of such manufactured home.
b. Constitutes a connecting segment between
				other streets that qualify from the point of public service.
c. Such street is a stub out.
d. Serves as access to schools, churches,
				public sanitary landfills, transfer stations, public recreational facilities,
				or similar facilities open to public use.
e. Serves at least 100 vehicles per day
				generated by an office building, industrial site, or other similar
				nonresidential land use in advance of the occupancy of three or more such units
				of varied proprietorship. Any addition under this provision shall be limited to
				the segment of a street that serves this minimum projected traffic and has been
				developed in compliance with these requirements.
f. Constitutes a part of the network of
				streets envisioned in the transportation plan or element of a locality's
				comprehensive plan that, at the time of acceptance, serves an active traffic
				volume of at least 100 vehicles per day.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 92 - SECONDARY STREET ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 24VAC30-92-70 - Administrative procedure

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A.
				Conceptual sketch. A conceptual sketch of the development that shows sufficient
				information for the department to review and concur with the proposed
				functional classification for each street in the development shall be provided
				to the district administrator's designee by the local official prior to
				preparing detailed construction plans for review. Any preliminary or conceptual
				plat, plan or sketch that conforms to the locality's zoning requirements or
				subdivision ordinance is acceptable if the information required by this
				subsection is shown. The submittal should include:
1. The general location and configuration,
				including the terminus, of each street, and the traffic volume anticipated when
				the land served is fully developed in accordance with the land uses
				anticipated.
2. The location, area,
				and density or floor area ratio (FAR) of each type of proposed land use within
				the development.
3. The location of
				any proposed transportation facility including any public transportation
				facilities as well as bicycle and pedestrian accommodations within the
				development's boundaries included in the comprehensive plan of the governing
				body.
4. The proposed functional
				classification for each street in the development.
5. The connectivity of the network addition
				as proposed, if applicable.
6. The
				location of stub outs on adjoining property and the existing land use of such
				adjacent property, if applicable, and the location of any proposed stub outs
				within the network addition, if applicable.
7. Any waiver or modification of the
				connectivity requirements or pending requests therefore pursuant to
				24VAC30-92-60 C.
8. General preliminary information on the
				type of any storm sewer system, such as BMP, outfalls, or conveyance channels,
				that is proposed to be located within the right-of-way as described in
				24VAC30-92-120 L 2 and if the
				project is located in a MS4 regulated area or a TMDL watershed.
9. Other available information pertinent to
				the intended development, including but not limited to any proposed phased
				development of streets pursuant to
				24VAC30-92-80.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 92 - SECONDARY STREET ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 24VAC30-92-80 - Phased development of streets

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A. Policy. Certain streets that require four
				or more travel lanes to accommodate the projected traffic may be accepted by
				the department for maintenance after completion of the first two lanes to an
				acceptable, initial phase of construction, upon the request of the governing
				body. It is recognized that there is a distinction between those streets that
				benefit the regional transportation network and those that primarily serve the
				development of land and local traffic, and, therefore, the criteria for phased
				construction for each situation differs as described in subsection B of this
				section.
However, in all cases, the right-of-way required for the road
				  at its complete stage of construction shall be dedicated and accepted as part
				  of the initial street acceptance. In addition, the initial phase of
				  construction shall be designed and constructed to facilitate construction of
				  the remaining phase in a manner that will avoid the need to reconstruct the
				  initial two lanes.
Consideration for the acceptance of any street under the
				  provisions of this section shall be limited to the phased development of only
				  the street's roadway. All other applicable requirements, e.g., public benefit,
				  drainage easements, and administrative procedures, shall apply.
B. Criteria.
1. For streets included in the transportation
				plan of the locality's comprehensive plan that serve diverse areas of the
				region or locally, no special agreement or acknowledgement is needed as a
				prerequisite to acceptance, provided:
a. The
				street is part of a transportation corridor that was formally adopted as a part
				of the locality's comprehensive transportation plan prior to the local
				governing body's approval of the plat or plan for the development of the
				adjacent land.
b. The
				transportation corridor is a major thoroughfare planned primarily to move
				through traffic.
c. When fully
				developed the street must satisfy the department's functional classification
				criteria as a major collector or higher.
d. The street has a projected traffic volume
				of 8,000 vehicles per day or less for a period of 10 years following the date
				of the acceptance for maintenance by the department.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 92 - SECONDARY STREET ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 24VAC30-92-90 - Connections to or work within streets maintained by the department

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A. Connections to
				streets maintained by the department. A land use permit issued by the
				department is required for new connections of any kind to existing streets
				maintained by the department. Due to the wide variation in prevailing
				conditions, each location shall be evaluated individually to determine exact
				requirements. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the developer or his designee to
				apply for a land use permit at the appropriate time to ensure the desired
				completion of the development. Such application shall be made to the district
				administrator's designee and shall be consistent with the approved plats or
				plans for the subdivision or the document reviewed for the connection of a
				street that is to remain privately maintained. In no instance where the
				proposed connection to the existing streets maintained by the department
				involves a stub out shall a land use permit be unreasonably withheld.
B. Relocations, adjustments, and improvement
				of streets maintained by the department. All work performed within the existing
				right-of-way of streets maintained by the department, including pavement
				widening, the addition of turn lanes, realignments and relocations of existing
				streets, shall be coordinated with and approved by the department as follows:
1. All such work shall be accomplished
				pursuant to a land use permit issued by the department after the required
				right-of-way has been dedicated to public use or as otherwise required by the
				department.
2. All work, including
				the relocation, adjustment, and improvement of existing streets under VDOT
				jurisdiction shall be subject to the department's direction rather than these
				requirements. Such work should include overlaying and restriping the old and
				new portions of the roadway as may be required by the district administrator's
				designee.
3. The relocation of
				streets maintained by the department shall only be accomplished with the
				consent of the local governing body.
4. Traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian,
				should be maintained on streets under the department's jurisdiction until the
				new portion has been accepted by the department for maintenance unless the
				department authorizes a closure of the road to traffic.
5. No street or roadway maintained by the
				department and actively used by the public shall be abandoned or vacated unless
				a new street serving the same citizens has been constructed and accepted for
				maintenance by the department.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 92 - SECONDARY STREET ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 24VAC30-92-100 - Discretionary authority

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The district administrator's designees are authorized
				  considerable discretionary authority regarding the design of secondary streets
				  functionally classified as "local." The department's district administrators
				  are authorized considerable discretion regarding the design of secondary
				  streets functionally classified as "collector" or above and the acceptance of
				  streets into the secondary system of state highways.
Statutory Authority
§ 33.1-70.3 of the Code of Virginia; Chapter 870 of
					 the 2011 Acts of Assembly.
The
				  amended version of this section by
				  Virginia
				  Register Volume 40, Issue 19, eff.
				  5/6/2024 is not yet
				  available.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 92 - SECONDARY STREET ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 24VAC30-92-110 - Appeal

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The district administrator is authorized to consider and
				  render a ruling on unresolved differences of opinion between the developer and
				  the district administrator's designee that pertain to the interpretation and
				  application of these requirements.
To obtain this review, the developer shall provide the
				  district administrator, the district administrator's designee, and the local
				  official a written request for such action, describing any unresolved issue.
				  After reviewing all pertinent information, the district administrator will
				  advise the developer in writing regarding the decision of the appeal, and
				  provide a copy of the decision to the local official and the district
				  administrator's designee. All correspondence requesting an appeal should
				  include copies of all prior correspondence with the local official and
				  department representatives regarding the issue or issues. The district
				  administrator shall advise the developer of the decision on the appeal within
				  30 calendar days.
The developer may request a meeting with the district
				  administrator concerning the appeal, and the district administrator shall
				  respond within 10 business days and provide to the developer a date, time, and
				  location for such meeting. After reviewing all pertinent information, the
				  district administrator shall advise the developer in writing regarding the
				  decision on the appeal, and provide a copy of the decision to the district
				  administrator's designee and the local official.
The developer may further appeal the district administrator's
				  decision to the commissioner. All correspondence requesting an appeal should
				  include copies of all prior correspondence with the local official and
				  department representatives regarding the issue or issues. The commissioner
				  shall advise the developer of the decision on the appeal within 30 calendar
				  days.
Statutory Authority
§ 33.1-70.3 of the Code of Virginia; Chapter 870 of
					 the 2011 Acts of Assembly.
The
				  amended version of this section by
				  Virginia
				  Register Volume 40, Issue 19, eff.
				  5/6/2024 is not yet
				  available.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 92 - SECONDARY STREET ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 24VAC30-92-130 - Right-of-way width, spite strips, and encroachments

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A. Right-of-way width. A clear and
				unencumbered right-of-way shall be dedicated to public use for any street
				proposed for addition to the secondary system of state highways maintained by
				the department. However, in certain rare extenuating circumstances involving a
				party beyond the influence of the developer, an easement for transportation
				purposes may be approved by the district administrator's designee in lieu of
				dedicated right-of-way. In all other cases, any easement that might interfere
				with the public's unencumbered use of the street shall be quitclaimed in
				exchange for a land use permit as outlined in
				24VAC30-92-120 M 5.
The width of right-of-way shall be as indicated in the
				  Subdivision Street Design Guide (Appendix B (1) of the Road Design Manual, 2011
				  (VDOT)) and the Road Design Manual, 2011 (VDOT) and shall be sufficient to
				  include all essential elements of the roadway intended to be maintained by the
				  department, including pedestrian, multiuse trail, bicycle, or shared use path
				  facilities and clear zone. However, supplemental easements may be used to
				  accommodate sight distance requirements and slopes for cuts and fills. The
				  right-of-way requirements are defined in the Subdivision Street Design Guide
				  (Appendix B (1) of the Road Design Manual, 2011 (VDOT)) and the Road Design
				  Manual, 2011 (VDOT).
When an existing state maintained road is widened, the
				  additional right-of-way should be dedicated as follows:
1. If the existing right-of-way consists of a
				prescriptive easement, to the degree that the developer controls the land, the
				right-of-way shall be dedicated to public use from the centerline of the
				alignment.
2. If the existing
				right-of-way is dedicated to public use, the additional right-of-way shall be
				dedicated to public use.
3. If the
				existing right-of-way is titled in the name of the department or the
				Commonwealth, the additional right-of-way shall be deeded to the department or
				to the Commonwealth, consistent with the title of the existing
				right-of-way.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 92 - SECONDARY STREET ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 24VAC30-92-150

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The
				  repealed version of this section by
				  Virginia
				  Register Volume 40, Issue 19, eff.
				  5/6/2024 is not yet
				  available.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 92 - SECONDARY STREET ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section - DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (24VAC30-92)

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Information pertaining to the availability and cost of any of
				  these publications should be directed to the address indicated for the specific
				  document. Requests for documents of the Virginia Department of Transportation
				  (VDOT) may be obtained from the department at 1401 E. Broad St., Richmond,
				  Virginia 23219; however, department documents may be available over the
				  Internet at www.virginiadot.org.
VDOT Drainage Manual, 2002.
VDOT Guidance Document for the Commonwealth Transportation
				  Board's Secondary Street Acceptance Requirements, 2011.
Highway
				  Capacity Manual, 2010, Transportation Research Board, 500 Fifth Street, NW,
				  Washington, DC 20001
.
VDOT
				  Materials Division Manual of Instructions, 2011
.
VDOT
				  Pavement Design Guide for Subdivision and Secondary Roads in Virginia,
				  2009
.
VDOT
				  Policy for Integrating Bicycle and Pedestrian Accommodations,
				  2004
.
VDOT Road and Bridge Specifications, 2007, revised
				  2011.
VDOT
				  Road and Bridge Standards, 2008, revised 2011
.
VDOT
				  Road Design Manual, 2011
.
VDOT
				  Erosion and Sediment Control and Stormwater Management Program Standards and
				  Specifications, 2010
.
VDOT
				  MS4 Program Plan, 2008, Location and Design Division
.
VDOT
				  MS4 Stormwater Outfall Inventory Manual, 2011, Maintenance
				  Division
.
Virginia Stormwater Management Handbook, First Edition, 1999,
				  Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Soil and Water
				  Conservation, Stormwater Management, 203 Governor Street, Suite 206, Richmond,
				  VA 23219-2094.
The
				  amended version of this section by
				  Virginia
				  Register Volume 40, Issue 19, eff.
				  5/6/2024 is not yet
				  available.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 100 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF PARKING LOTS AND ENVIRONS › Section 24VAC30-100-10 - Parking lots and environs

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A. While in this area all persons shall be
				subject to such regulations as the commissioner may designate by posted signs
				or public notice posted within the area.
B. No vehicle shall be parked in such a
				manner as to occupy more than one parking space.
C. No person shall paste, attach or place on
				any vehicle parked in this lot any bill, advertisement or inscription
				whatsoever.
D. No bottles, broken
				glass, ashes, waste paper, or other rubbish shall be left within this area
				except in such receptacles as may be provided for the same.
E. No person shall pick any flowers, foliage,
				or fruit; or cut, break, dig up or in any way mutilate or injure any tree,
				shrub, plant, grass, turf, fence, structure, or anything within this area; or
				cut, carve, paint, mark, paste, or in any way attach on any tree, stone fence,
				wall, building, or other object therein, any bill, advertisement, or
				inscription whatsoever.
F. No
				person shall disturb or injure any bird, birds' nest or eggs, or any squirrel
				or other animal within this area.
G. No threatening, abusive, boisterous,
				insulting or indecent language, or gesture shall be used within this area;
				furthermore, no oration or other public demonstration be made, except by permit
				from the commissioner.
H. No person
				shall offer any article or thing for sale within this area except by permission
				of the commissioner.
I. Mobile food
				vending.
1. Mobile food vending shall be
				allowed within commuter lots in Planning District 8 except lots that meet at
				least one of the following conditions:
a.
				Commuter lots or the portions thereof determined to be part of the interstate
				system.
b. Commuter lots that, as
				of last Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) survey, had occupancy
				rates of 98% or higher, except that mobile food vending may be permitted in
				such lots (i) if a paved area, the use of which does not include one or more
				parking spaces or block one or more parking spaces, is available within the
				lot; (ii) if vending is from a nonmotorized cart on sidewalks, provided that
				the vehicle used to transport the cart is not parked within the commuter lot;
				or (iii) on weekends.
c. Commuter
				lots that have been requested by the locality to not be made available for
				mobile food vending.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 120 - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONTROLLING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONAL AND OTHER SIGNS AND NOTICES › Part I - Outdoor Advertising in Zoned and Unzoned Commercial and Industrial Areas › Section 24VAC30-120-10 - Definitions

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For the purposes of this chapter, the following
					 definitions shall apply:
"Commercial or industrial activities" means those
					 activities generally recognized as commercial or industrial by zoning
					 authorities in this Commonwealth, except that none of the following activities
					 shall be considered commercial or industrial:
1. Outdoor advertising structures.
2. Agricultural, forestry, grazing, farming,
				  and related activities including, but not limited to, wayside fresh produce
				  stands.
3. Transient or temporary
				  activities.
4. Activities not
				  visible from the main-traveled way.
5. Activities more than 300 feet from the
				  nearest edge of the right of way.
6. Activities conducted in a building
				  principally used as a residence.
7.
				  Railroad tracks and minor sidings.
"National highway system" means the federal-aid highway
					 system described in subsection (b) of § 103 of Title 23, United States
					 Code, and regulations adopted pursuant to that law, or as defined in §
					 33.2-1200 of the Code of Virginia.
"Unzoned commercial or industrial areas" means those areas
					 on which there is located one or more permanent structures devoted to a
					 business on industrial activity or on which a commercial or industrial activity
					 is actually conducted, whether or not a permanent structure is located thereon,
					 and the area along the highway extending outward 500 feet from and beyond the
					 edge of such activity. Each side of the highway will be considered separately
					 in applying this definition.
"Zoned commercial or industrial areas" means those areas
					 which are reserved for business, commerce, or trade pursuant to a comprehensive
					 state or local zoning ordinance or regulation. All measurements shall be from
					 the outer edges of the regularly used buildings, parking lots, storage or
					 processing areas of the activities, not from the property lines of the
					 activities, and shall be along or parallel to the edge or pavement of the
					 highway.
Statutory Authority: § 33.2-210 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 120 - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONTROLLING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONAL AND OTHER SIGNS AND NOTICES › Part I - Outdoor Advertising in Zoned and Unzoned Commercial and Industrial Areas › Section 24VAC30-120-20 - Zoning requirements

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A. In
				  zoned commercial and industrial areas where the locality has regulations
				  governing the size, spacing and lighting of signs, such regulations shall
				  control and govern when so certified to the appropriate federal authority by
				  the commissioner.
B. In all other
				  zoned and unzoned commercial and industrial areas, the criteria set forth in
				  this part shall apply.
Statutory Authority
§§ 33.1-12, 33.1-351, 33.1-370 and 33.1-371 of
						the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 120 - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONTROLLING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONAL AND OTHER SIGNS AND NOTICES › Part I - Outdoor Advertising in Zoned and Unzoned Commercial and Industrial Areas › Section 24VAC30-120-30 - Size of signs

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A.
				  The maximum area for any advertisement shall be 1,200 square feet with a
				  maximum height of 25 feet and maximum length of 60 feet, inclusive of any
				  border and trim but excluding ornamental base or apron supports and other
				  structural members.
B. The area
				  shall be measured by the smallest square, rectangle, triangle, circle, or
				  combination thereof which will encompass the entire advertisement.
C. A sign structure may contain one or two
				  advertisements per facing, not to exceed the maximum area.
D. Double-faced structures will be permitted
				  with the maximum area being allowed for each facing.
Statutory Authority
§§ 33.1-12, 33.1-351, 33.1-370 and 33.1-371 of
						the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 120 - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONTROLLING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONAL AND OTHER SIGNS AND NOTICES › Part I - Outdoor Advertising in Zoned and Unzoned Commercial and Industrial Areas › Section 24VAC30-120-40 - Spacing of signs

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A.
				  Interstate highway and freeways on the national highway or federal-aid primary
				  systems.
1. No two structures shall be spaced
				  less than 500 feet apart.
2. No
				  structure may be located within 500 feet of an interchange, or intersection at
				  grade, or rest area (measured along the interstate or freeway from the sign to
				  the nearest point of the beginning or ending of pavement widening at the exit
				  from or entrance to the main traveled way).
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 120 - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONTROLLING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONAL AND OTHER SIGNS AND NOTICES › Part I - Outdoor Advertising in Zoned and Unzoned Commercial and Industrial Areas › Section 24VAC30-120-50 - Lighting

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Signs may be illuminated, subject to the following
					 restrictions:
1. Signs which contain,
				  include, or are illuminated by any flashing intermittent, or moving light or
				  lights are prohibited, except those giving public service information such as
				  time, date, temperature, weather, or similar information.
2. Signs which are not effectively shielded
				  as to prevent beams or rays of light from being directed at any portion of the
				  traveled ways of the interstate or primary highway and which are of such
				  intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or to impair the vision of the driver
				  of any motor vehicle, or which otherwise interfere with any driver's operation
				  of a motor vehicle are prohibited.
3. No sign shall be so illuminated that it
				  interferes with the effectiveness of, or obscures an official traffic sign,
				  device, or signal.
4. All such
				  lighting shall be subject to any other provisions relating to lighting of signs
				  presently applicable to all highways under the jurisdiction of the
				  Commonwealth.
Statutory Authority
§§ 33.1-12, 33.1-351, 33.1-370 and 33.1-371 of
						the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 120 - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONTROLLING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONAL AND OTHER SIGNS AND NOTICES › Part I - Outdoor Advertising in Zoned and Unzoned Commercial and Industrial Areas › Section 24VAC30-120-60 - Zoning requirements; interstate highways

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Notwithstanding
					 24VAC30-120-20 A and
					 24VAC30-120-20 B, no signs,
					 advertisements or advertising structures may be erected, maintained or
					 displayed adjacent to interstate highways except:
1. In zoned commercial or industrial areas
				  within the boundaries of incorporated municipalities as such boundaries existed
				  on September 21, 1959.
2. In other
				  areas zoned commercial or industrial as of September 21, 1959.
Statutory Authority
§§ 33.1-12, 33.1-351, 33.1-370 and 33.1-371 of
						the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 120 - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONTROLLING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONAL AND OTHER SIGNS AND NOTICES › Part I - Outdoor Advertising in Zoned and Unzoned Commercial and Industrial Areas › Section 24VAC30-120-70 - Certification of comprehensive zoning

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At any time that a locality adopts a comprehensive zoning
					 ordinance which also controls outdoor advertising including size, lighting and
					 spacing controls in zoned commercial and industrial areas, the regulation of
					 signs under these rules and regulations shall be transferred from
					 24VAC30-120-20 B to
					 24VAC30-120-20 A when so certified
					 to the appropriate federal authority by the commissioner. Upon the written
					 request of such locality or any other interested party, the commissioner will
					 review such certification request for compliance with this section.
At such time as the commissioner determines that such
					 locality no longer has a comprehensive zoning ordinance which also controls
					 outdoor advertising including size, lighting and spacing controls in zoned
					 commercial and industrial areas, such certification shall be withdrawn and the
					 regulation of signs under these rules and regulations shall be retransferred
					 from 24VAC30-120-20 A to
					 24VAC30-120-20
					 B.
Statutory Authority
§§ 33.1-12, 33.1-351, 33.1-370 and 33.1-371 of
						the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 120 - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONTROLLING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONAL AND OTHER SIGNS AND NOTICES › Part II - Directional and Other Official Signs and Notices (Located Off Highway Right of Way) › Section 24VAC30-120-90 - Prohibited signs

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The following signs are prohibited:
1. Signs advertising activities that are
				  illegal under federal or state laws or regulations in effect at the location of
				  those signs or at the location of those activities.
2. Signs located in such a manner as to
				  obscure or otherwise interfere with the effectiveness of an official traffic
				  sign, signal, or device, or obstruction or interfere with the driver's view of
				  approaching, merging, or intersecting traffic.
3. Signs which are erected or maintained upon
				  trees or painted or drawn upon rocks or other natural features.
4. Obsolete signs.
5. Signs which are structurally unsafe or in
				  disrepair.
6. Signs which move or
				  have any animated or moving parts.
7. Signs located in rest area, parklands or
				  scenic areas.
8. Signs that
				  identify ancillary sites, areas, features or activities.
Statutory Authority
§§ 33.1-12, 33.1-351, 33.1-370 and 33.1-371 of
						the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 120 - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONTROLLING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONAL AND OTHER SIGNS AND NOTICES › Part II - Directional and Other Official Signs and Notices (Located Off Highway Right of Way) › Section 24VAC30-120-100 - Size

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A. No sign shall
				  exceed the following limits:
1. Maximum area
				  -- 150 square feet
2. Maximum
				  height -- 20 feet.
3. Maximum
				  length -- 20 feet.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 120 - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONTROLLING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONAL AND OTHER SIGNS AND NOTICES › Part II - Directional and Other Official Signs and Notices (Located Off Highway Right of Way) › Section 24VAC30-120-110 - Lighting

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Signs may be illuminated, subject to the following:
1. Signs which contain, include, or are
				  illuminated by any flashing, intermittent, or moving light or lights are
				  prohibited.
2. Signs which are not
				  effectively shielded so as to prevent beams or rays of light from being
				  directed at any portion of the traveled way of an interstate or primary highway
				  or which are of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or to impair the
				  vision of the driver of any motor vehicle, or which otherwise interfere with
				  any driver's operation of a motor vehicle are prohibited.
3. No sign may be so illuminated as to
				  interfere with the effectiveness of or obscure an official traffic sign,
				  device, or signal.
Statutory Authority
§§ 33.1-12, 33.1-351, 33.1-370 and 33.1-371 of
						the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 120 - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONTROLLING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONAL AND OTHER SIGNS AND NOTICES › Part II - Directional and Other Official Signs and Notices (Located Off Highway Right of Way) › Section 24VAC30-120-120 - Spacing

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A. Each location of
				  a sign must be approved by the state Department of Transportation.
B. No sign may be located within 2,000 feet
				  of an interchange, or intersection at grade along the interstate system or
				  other freeways (measured along the interstate or freeway from the nearest point
				  of the beginning or ending or pavement widening at the exit from or entrance to
				  the main-traveled way).
C. No sign
				  may be located within 2,000 feet of a rest area, parkland, or scenic
				  area.
D.
1. No two signs facing the same direction of
				  travel shall be spaced less than one mile apart;
2. Not more than three signs pertaining to
				  the same activity and facing the same direction of travel may be erected along
				  a single route approaching the activity;
3. Signs located adjacent to the interstate
				  system shall be within 75 air miles of the activity; and
4. Signs located adjacent to the primary
				  system shall be within 50 air miles of the activity.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 120 - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONTROLLING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONAL AND OTHER SIGNS AND NOTICES › Part II - Directional and Other Official Signs and Notices (Located Off Highway Right of Way) › Section 24VAC30-120-130 - Message content

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The message on signs shall be limited to the
					 identification of the approved site, feature, area or activity and directional
					 information useful to the traveler in locating the site, area, feature, or
					 activity, such as mileage, route number or exit numbers. Descriptive words or
					 phrases, and pictorial or photographic representations of the activity or its
					 environs are prohibited.
Statutory Authority
§§ 33.1-12, 33.1-351, 33.1-370 and 33.1-371 of
						the Code of Virginia.