Virginia Code 10.1-705: Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 10.1-705
- Board: means the Board of Conservation and Recreation. See Virginia Code 10.1-705
- 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 Conservation and Recreation. See Virginia Code 10.1-100
- development: means the replenishment and restoration of existing public beaches. See Virginia Code 10.1-705
- Erosion: means the process of destruction by the action of wind, water, or ice of the land bordering the tidal waters of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 10.1-705
- Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
- Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
- Public beach: means a sandy beach located on a tidal shoreline suitable for bathing in a county, city or town and open to indefinite public use. See Virginia Code 10.1-705
- Town: means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July 1, 1971, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-254
- United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255
“Agency of this Commonwealth” includes the government of this Commonwealth and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the government of this Commonwealth.
“Board” means the Board of Conservation and Recreation.
“Develop” or “development” means the replenishment and restoration of existing public beaches.
“Erosion” means the process of destruction by the action of wind, water, or ice of the land bordering the tidal waters of the Commonwealth.
“Government” or “governmental” includes the government of this Commonwealth, the government of the United States, and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them.
“Locality” means a county, city or town.
“Program” means the provisions of the Public Beach Conservation and Development Act.
“Public beach” means a sandy beach located on a tidal shoreline suitable for bathing in a county, city or town and open to indefinite public use.
“Reach” means a shoreline segment wherein there is mutual interaction of the forces of erosion, sediment transport and accretion.
“United States” or “agencies of the United States” includes the United States of America, the United States Department of Agriculture, and any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.
1980, c. 428, § 10-217; 1984, c. 750; 1985, c. 448; 1988, c. 891; 2003, cc. 79, 89.