ARTICLE II. GENERAL REGULATIONS

DIVISION 5. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY 

Sec. 24.1-253. Roadway and traffic safety management.

(a) Any development proposal, including without limitation site plans, planned development detailed plans, and subdivision development plans, submitted for consideration shall provide details, plans or notations as may be appropriate, relating to traffic safety and traffic and roadway maintenance during and after the development process. Such details, plans or notations shall include the location, size and type of all necessary traffic signals, pavement markings and regulatory, warning and guide signs, both permanent and temporary, as well as the routes and shall indicate how traffic, including motor vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians, will be accommodated and controlled along adjacent existing roadways during construction activities.

(b) The developer or subdivider shall be responsible for the installation of all traffic signals, pavement markings and regulatory, warning and guide signage indicated in the details, plans or notations in subsection (a) above or as otherwise determined to be necessary by the zoning administrator in consultation with the Virginia Department of Transportation.

(c) Proper installation of required traffic signals, pavement markings and regulatory, warning and guide signs shall be accomplished prior to the issuance of any certificate of occupancy for any structure within any development wherein such signals, markings or signage are, in accordance with subsection (b) above, necessary. The zoning administrator, in consultation with the Virginia Department of Transportation, may modify this requirement, including requiring the proper installation of certain regulatory and warning signs at intersections with existing roadways prior to the issuance of any building permit within the development.

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