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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 809<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83264,"section_number":"28.2-101","catch_line":"Jurisdiction of Commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-101\/"}],"permalink":{"id":153901,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59289,"identifier":"15.2-1725.1","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1725.1","url":"\/15.2-1725.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1725.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1725.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Concurrent jurisdiction; limitations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1725.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purposes of local public safety regulatory authority and enforcement, the territorial limits of the City<\/span> of Virginia Beach shall extend from its coastal shorelines, the coastal shorelines of Camp Pendleton, the coastal shorelines of First Landing State Park, and the coastal shorelines of False Cape State Park in a perpendicular direction for three miles into the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay waters. This territorial jurisdiction<\/span> shall be concurrent with the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Commonwealth. No ordinance<\/span> enacted under this authority shall conflict with the laws<\/span> or regulations promulgated by the Commonwealth or any of its agencies. This authority shall not extend to the regulatory authority held by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission as provided in \u00a7 28.2-101<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONCURRENT JURISDICTION; LIMITATIONS (\u00a7 15.2-1725.1)\n\nFor the purposes of local public safety regulatory authority and enforcement,\nthe territorial limits of the City of Virginia Beach shall extend from its\ncoastal shorelines, the coastal shorelines of Camp Pendleton, the coastal\nshorelines of First Landing State Park, and the coastal shorelines of False Cape\nState Park in a perpendicular direction for three miles into the Atlantic Ocean\nand Chesapeake Bay waters. This territorial jurisdiction shall be concurrent\nwith the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth. No ordinance enacted under this\nauthority shall conflict with the laws or regulations promulgated by the\nCommonwealth or any of its agencies. This authority shall not extend to the\nregulatory authority held by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission as\nprovided in \u00a7 28.2-101.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, c. 809.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}