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2020 SESSION

20104947D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1714
Offered January 17, 2020
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 33.2-269.1, relating to Department of Transportation design standards; modifications.
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Patron-- Wyatt (By Request)
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Referred to Committee on Transportation
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 33.2-269.1 as follows:

§ 33.2-269.1. Application of design standards; modification.

Any resident administrator of the Department, or his designee, shall have the authority to approve modifications to the Department's design standards when applying such standards where appropriate to encourage economic development, address an identified safety concern, account for local topographic constraints, or address off-site impacts of development as negotiated through the rezoning process.