For purposes of this article, the following
words and phrases are defined as follows:
DAMAGE OR CAUSE DETERIORATION
Damage, wear and tear or deterioration beyond a reasonable
amount ordinarily and necessarily caused by a person using roads and
streets in motor vehicles of not more than two axles and not more
than 16,000 pounds gross weight at a speed not exceeding the applicable
speed limit.
PERSON
The owner of the vehicle causing damage or deterioration
or, if the owner of the vehicle is an agent of or independent contractor
acting on behalf of another person, firm, corporation or association,
then "person" shall include such person, firm, corporation or association.
ROAD OR STREET
Any public highway, street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane,
alley or any other public way shown on any subdivision plat recorded
in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Warren County,
Virginia, which caused the creation of a public right of passage over
the same pursuant to Code Section 15.1-478 of the Code of Virginia,
1950, as amended, or its successor statute. "Roads" or "streets" to
which this article applies are limited to roads and streets shown
on subdivision plats which have been admitted to record pursuant to
the Warren County Subdivision Ordinance, and roads and streets shown on recorded subdivision plats
which have been dedicated to the public and such dedication has been
accepted by the Board of Supervisors of Warren County, Virginia.
SUBDIVISION
A division of land into lots, which lots are represented
by a plat which has been admitted to public record in the Clerk's
office of the Circuit Court of Warren County, Virginia.