Virginia Code 15.2-4302: Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 15.2-4302
- Advisory committee: means the agricultural and forestal districts advisory committee. See Virginia Code 15.2-4302
- District: means an agricultural, forestal, or agricultural and forestal district. See Virginia Code 15.2-4302
- farm: means any person that obtains at least 51 percent of its annual gross income from agricultural operations and produces the agricultural waste used as feedstock for the waste-to-energy technology, (ii) "agricultural waste" means biomass waste materials capable of decomposition that are produced from the raising of plants and animals during agricultural operations, including animal manures, bedding, plant stalks, hulls, and vegetable matter, and (iii) "waste-to-energy technology" means any technology, including but not limited to a methane digester, that converts agricultural waste into gas, steam, or heat that is used to generate electricity on-site. See Virginia Code 1-222.1
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- Forestal production: means the production for commercial purposes of forestal products and includes the processing or retail sales, by the producer, of forestal products which are produced on the parcel or in the district. See Virginia Code 15.2-4302
- Forestal products: includes , but is not limited to, saw timber, pulpwood, posts, firewood, Christmas trees and other tree and wood products for sale or for farm use. See Virginia Code 15.2-4302
- Governing body: means the board of supervisors of a county, council of a city, or council of a town, as the context may require. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
- Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
“Advisory committee” means the agricultural and forestal districts advisory committee.
“Agricultural products” means crops, livestock and livestock products, including but not limited to: field crops, fruits, vegetables, horticultural specialties, cattle, sheep, hogs, goats, horses, poultry, furbearing animals, milk, eggs and furs.
“Agricultural production” means the production for commercial purposes of crops, livestock and livestock products, and includes the processing or retail sales by the producer of crops, livestock or livestock products which are produced on the parcel or in the district.
“Agriculturally and forestally significant land” means land that has recently or historically produced agricultural and forestal products, is suitable for agricultural or forestal production or is considered appropriate to be retained for agricultural and forestal production as determined by such factors as soil quality, topography, climate, markets, farm structures, and other relevant factors.
“Application” means the set of items a landowner or landowners must submit to the local governing body when applying for the creation of a district or an addition to an existing district.
“District” means an agricultural, forestal, or agricultural and forestal district.
“Forestal production” means the production for commercial purposes of forestal products and includes the processing or retail sales, by the producer, of forestal products which are produced on the parcel or in the district. “Forestal products” includes, but is not limited to, saw timber, pulpwood, posts, firewood, Christmas trees and other tree and wood products for sale or for farm use.
“Landowner” or “owner of land” means any person holding a fee simple interest in property but does not mean the holder of an easement.
“Program administrator” means the local governing body or local official appointed by the local governing body to administer the agricultural and forestal districts program.
1977, c. 681, § 15.1-1508; 1979, c. 377; 1981, c. 54; 1987, c. 552; 1997, c. 587; 2011, cc. 344, 355.