46.2-1307 - Designation of private roads as highways for law-enforcement purposes.

§ 46.2-1307. Designation of private roads as highways for law-enforcementpurposes.

The governing body of any county, city, or town may adopt ordinancesdesignating the private roads, within any residential development containing100 or more lots or residential dwelling units, as highways forlaw-enforcement purposes. Such ordinance may also provide for certificationof road signs and speed limits by private licensed professional engineersusing criteria developed by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner,and, for law-enforcement purposes, such certification shall have the sameeffect as if certified by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner.

(1979, c. 100, § 46.1-181.5; 1987, c. 152; 1989, c. 727; 2007, cc. 74, 187,310.)