10.1-2101 - Definitions.
§ 10.1-2101. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meaningsrespectively ascribed to them:
"Board" means Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Board.
"Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area" means an area delineated by a localgovernment in accordance with criteria established pursuant to § 10.1-2107.
"Criteria" means criteria developed by the Board pursuant to § 10.1-2107 ofthis chapter for the purpose of determining the ecological and geographicextent of Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas and for use by local governmentsin permitting, denying, or modifying requests to rezone, subdivide, or to useand develop land in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas.
"Department" means the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Conservation andRecreation.
"Person" means any corporation, association, or partnership, one or moreindividuals, or any unit of government or agency thereof.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of Natural Resources.
"State waters" means all waters, on the surface or under the ground, whollyor partially within or bordering the Commonwealth or within its jurisdiction.
"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, KingGeorge, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, NewKent, Northampton, Northumberland, Prince George, Prince William, Richmond,Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, Westmoreland, and York, and the Cities ofAlexandria, 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; 2005, c. 41.)