Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules in Chesterfield County, VA (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Chesterfield County, Virginia.
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Obstruction Rules
Chesterfield County Code § 11-32(c) bars any owner from letting a hedge, shrub, tree or other vegetation overhang, extend or protrude into a street, sidewalk or public alley far enough to obstruct or impede safe movement of people or vehicles, or from leaving dead limbs likely to fall into the right-of-way. Because Chesterfield has no incorporated towns, this single county rule governs every sidewalk from Midlothian to Chester.
Chesterfield County Sidewalk Obstruction Rules
Some RestrictionsChesterfield County, VA, Code of Ordinances § 11-32(c)
No owner of any lot or parcel of land shall permit to grow or remain thereon any hedge, shrub, tree or other vegetation, the limbs, branches or other parts of which overhang, extend or protrude into any street, sidewalk or public alley in a manner which obstructs or impedes the safe and orderly movement of persons or vehicles thereon, or, in the case of trees, when the dead limbs or branches th...
Encroachment Permits
No one may do any work in a Chesterfield County street, highway, right-of-way, easement or other public-use area without first getting written approval from the county administrator or a designee. An aggrieved applicant can appeal a denial to the board of supervisors within 30 days.
Chesterfield Right-of-Way Work Approval Permit
Some RestrictionsChesterfield County, VA, Code of Ordinances § 16-2
No person shall do work of any kind in any street, highway, public right-of-way, easement or other area dedicated to public use within the county, without having first made application, accompanied by a plan or sketch, to the county administrator or his designee, and having received from the county administrator or his designee approval to do the work and use the area... A person making an appl...
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