Code of Virginia § 15.2-2018. Use of certain public property without consent or franchise.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of § 15.2-2000 , any person or corporation, except a public service corporation, that occupies or uses any streets, avenues, parks, bridges or any other public places or public property or any public easement of a county, in a manner not permitted to the general public, without having first obtained the consent of the governing body of such county or a franchise therefor, shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. Each day's continuance thereof shall be a separate offense.
Such occupancy or use shall be deemed a nuisance. The court trying the case may cause the nuisance to be abated and commit the offenders and all their agents and employees engaged in such offenses to jail until the order of the court is obeyed.
1983, c. 613, § 15.1-512.1; 1997, c. 587.