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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 24. Transportation And Motor Vehicles
Agency 30. Department of Transportation
Chapter 151. Land Use Permit Regulations
11/25/2025

24VAC30-151-670. Prohibited use of right-of-way.

The following uses of the right-of-way are prohibited and no permit shall be issued for the following uses of the right-of-way:

1. Signs. Signs not otherwise allowed in this chapter or by law, including temporary signs, banners, inflatable and air-blown signs, and decorations, shall not be placed, located, or displayed on the right-of-way or overhang the right-of-way.

2. Vendors on right-of-way. Vendor activities and the operation of business within the rights-of-way, except that a permit may be issued for the following activities:

a. As may be allowed for waysides and rest areas under the Rules and Regulations for the Administration of Waysides and Rest Areas (24VAC30-50) and the Rules and Regulations for the Administration of Parking Lots and Environs (24VAC30-100).

b. Commercial vendors of newspapers and written materials may place or operate services within rights-of-way, provided services neither impede traffic nor impact the safety of the traveling public. Newspaper vending machine size, placement, and location shall be as directed by the district administrator's designee.

c. Localities may administer mobile food vending on nonlimited access highways, where the vending operations are regulated by local ordinances, operated consistent with such ordinances, and in accordance with the Commonwealth Transportation Board's regulations and policies.

d. Bike share or other micromobility system operators for placement of stations.

e. Electric vehicle charging stations as allowed by law.

3. Dwellings. No private dwellings, garages, or similar structures shall be placed or constructed within the right-of-way, except support buildings as may be allowed under 24VAC30-151-350 in connection with wireless communication facilities.

Statutory Authority

§§ 33.2-118 and 33.2-210 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 12, eff. March 17, 2010; amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 2, eff. October 21, 2015; Volume 34, Issue 25, eff. September 5, 2018; Volume 42, Issue 5, eff. November 19, 2025.

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