Virginia Code 62.1-44.15:68: Definitions
For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 62.1-44.15:68
- Board: means the State Water Control Board. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.3
- City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
- Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.3
- Director: means the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.3
“Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area” means an area delineated by a local government in accordance with criteria established pursuant to § 62.1-44.15:72.
“Criteria” means criteria developed by the Board pursuant to § 62.1-44.15:72 for the purpose of determining the ecological and geographic extent of Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas and for use by local governments in permitting, denying, or modifying requests to rezone, subdivide, or use and develop land in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas.
“Daylighted stream” means a stream that had been previously diverted into an underground drainage system, has been redirected into an aboveground channel using natural channel design concepts as defined in § 62.1-44.15:51, and would meet the criteria for being designated as a Resource Protection Area (RPA) as defined by the Board under this article.
“Department” means the Department of Environmental Quality.
“Director” means the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality.
“Secretary” means the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources.
“Tidewater Virginia” means the following jurisdictions:
The Counties of Accomack, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Fairfax, Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northampton, Northumberland, Prince George, Prince William, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, Westmoreland, and York, and the Cities of Alexandria, Chesapeake, Colonial Heights, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Hopewell, Newport News, Norfolk, Petersburg, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Richmond, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg.
1988, cc. 608, 891, § 10.1-2101; 2005, c. 41; 2012, cc. 785, 819; 2013, cc. 756, 793; 2015, c. 674; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 401.