                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COUNTY BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS VESTED WITH POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF COUNCILS OF
CITIES AND TOWNS; EXCEPTIONS (§ 15.2-1201)

The boards of supervisors of counties are hereby vested with the same powers and
authority as the councils of cities and towns by virtue of the Constitution of
the Commonwealth of Virginia or the acts of the General Assembly passed in
pursuance thereof. However, with the exception of ordinances expressly
authorized under Chapter 13 of Title 46.2, no ordinance shall be enacted under
authority of this section regulating the equipment, operation, lighting or speed
of motor-propelled vehicles operated on the public highways of a county unless
it is uniform with the general laws of the Commonwealth regulating such
equipment, operation, lighting or speed and with the regulations of the
Commonwealth Transportation Board adopted pursuant to such laws. Nothing in this
section shall be construed to give the boards of supervisors any power to
control or exercise supervision over signs, signals, marking or traffic lights
on any roads constructed and maintained by the Commonwealth Transportation
Board. No powers or authority conferred upon the boards of supervisors of
counties solely by this section shall be exercised within the corporate limits
of any incorporated town except by agreement with the town council.

In the County of Fairfax an ordinance may be adopted by the board of supervisors
under this section after notice of intention to propose the same for passage has
been published in accordance with § 15.2-1427. After the enactment of such
ordinance by the board of supervisors, no publication of the ordinance shall be
required and such ordinance shall become effective upon adoption or upon a date
fixed by the board of supervisors.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-10; 1950, p. 113; 1958, c. 190; 1962, c. 623, §
15.1-522; 1966, cc. 405, 495; 1975, c. 575; 1997, c. 587; 2024, cc. 225, 242.