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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 555 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1432953,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360321,"identifier":"33.2-350","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/4\/33.2-350","url":"\/33.2-350\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-350\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/4\/33.2-350","dublin_core":{"Title":"Landscape studies for urban highway construction projects","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-350","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Prior to final design of any urban highway funded in part by any municipality, such municipality may hire a competent authority to conduct a landscape study that shall assess the effect such proposed highway construction<\/span> may have on existing trees, shrubbery, and other flora and shall make recommendations as to modifications to such project that would minimize damage to existing flora. The Department<\/span> shall consider such recommendations and modify such highway construction<\/span> plans to protect trees, shrubbery, and other flora if determined by the Department<\/span> to be reasonable and practicable. The cost of such landscape study shall be payable by the municipality that initiates such study.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLANDSCAPE STUDIES FOR URBAN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (\u00a7 33.2-350)\n\nPrior to final design of any urban highway funded in part by any municipality,\nsuch municipality may hire a competent authority to conduct a landscape study\nthat shall assess the effect such proposed highway construction may have on\nexisting trees, shrubbery, and other flora and shall make recommendations as to\nmodifications to such project that would minimize damage to existing flora. The\nDepartment shall consider such recommendations and modify such highway\nconstruction plans to protect trees, shrubbery, and other flora if determined by\nthe Department to be reasonable and practicable. The cost of such landscape\nstudy shall be payable by the municipality that initiates such study.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 555, \u00a7 33.1-47.1; 2014, c. 805.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}