§ 33.2-1229. Penalties for violation
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person, firm, or corporation that violates any provision of this article or applicable regulations that fails to take corrective action within 30 days as specified in a written notice from the Commissioner of Highways shall be subject to any or all of the following penalties: 1. A […]
§ 33.2-1230. Adjustment or relocation of certain billboard signs
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, whenever land is acquired due to the widening, construction, or reconstruction of any highway by purchase or by use of the power of eminent domain by any condemnor and upon such land is situated a lawfully erected billboard sign or whenever a lawfully erected billboard […]
§ 33.2-1231. Construction of article
This article shall be liberally construed with a view to the effective accomplishment of its purposes. 2013, cc. 603, 611, § 33.1-378; 2014, c. 805.
§ 33.2-1226. Harmony of regulations
No zoning board or commission or any other public officer or agency shall permit any sign, advertisement, or advertising structure that is prohibited under the provisions of this article, nor shall the Commissioner of Highways permit any sign, advertisement, or advertising structure that is prohibited by any other public board, officer, or agency in the […]
§ 33.2-1227. Violation a nuisance; abatement
Any sign, advertisement, or advertising structure that is erected, used, maintained, operated, posted, or displayed for which no permit has been obtained where such is required, or after revocation or more than 30 days after expiration of a permit, is hereby declared to be a public and private nuisance and may be forthwith removed, obliterated, […]
§ 33.2-1228. Disposition of fees
All moneys received by the Commissioner of Highways under the provisions of this article shall be paid by him into the state treasury, except as provided in §§ 33.2-1224 and 33.2-1229, and allocated to the Board for use in the regulation and control of outdoor advertising and landscaping of highways. Code 1950, § 33-322; 1964, […]
§ 33.2-1223. Pasting advertisements prohibited in certain instances
No advertisement shall be pasted or glued on any building, fence, wall, tree, rock, or other similar structure or object unless the same structure or object is an advertising structure for which a permit has been issued and is in effect. Code 1950, § 33-318; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-372; 2014, c. 805.
§ 33.2-1224. Signs or advertising on rocks, poles, etc., within limits of highway; civil penalty
Any person who in any manner (i) paints, prints, places, puts, or affixes any sign or advertisement upon or to any rock, stone, tree, fence, stump, pole, mile-board, milestone, danger-sign, guide-sign, guidepost, highway sign, historical marker, building, or other object lawfully within the limits of any highway or (ii) erects, paints, prints, places, puts, or […]
§ 33.2-1225. Commissioner of Highways may enter into certain agreements; civil penalties
A. The Commissioner of Highways may enter into agreements with the local governing body of Fairfax County authorizing local law-enforcement agencies or other local governmental entities to act as agents of the Commissioner of Highways for the purpose of (i) enforcing the provisions of § 33.2-1224 and (ii) collecting the civil penalties and costs provided […]
§ 33.2-1220. Regulations and agreements with United States implementing § 33.2-1217
The Board may issue regulations and is authorized to enter into agreements with the United States as provided in 23 U.S.C. § 131 with respect to the regulation and control of signs, advertisements, and advertising structures in conformity with § 33.2-1217, provided that such agreements shall not prevent the General Assembly of Virginia from amending […]