The owner or occupier of a dam shall raise or lower the floodgates on such dam when there is an impending flood in order to reduce the level of the water in the pond, and when it comes to the attention of the Commissioner of Highways that this has not been done, or that the owner is unable to reach the spillway in order to do so, the Commissioner of Highways may perform this duty.
Code 1950, § 33-92; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-178; 2014, c. 805.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems
Chapter 4 - Limited Access Highways, Scenic Highways and Virginia Byways, and Highways over Dams
§ 33.2-403. Business enterprises restricted on limited access highway right-of-way
§ 33.2-404. Service roads parallel to limited access highways; standards for access, service, etc.
§ 33.2-405. Designation of scenic highways and Virginia byways
§ 33.2-406. Selecting Virginia byways
§ 33.2-407. Signage of scenic highways and Virginia byways
§ 33.2-408. Acquisition of adjacent land
§ 33.2-409. Duty of owner or occupier of dam over which state highway passes; penalty
§ 33.2-410. Duties of Commissioner of Highways related to dams over which a state highway passes
§ 33.2-411. Raising or lowering floodgates
§ 33.2-412. Reconstruction if dam is washed out