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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55958</law_id><section_number>8.01-226.13</section_number><catch_line>Limited standing to seek injunctive relief against manufacturing companies</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="21">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> As used in this section:
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Manufacturing company</span>&#x201D; means a domestic or foreign corporation primarily engaged in activities that, in accordance with the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS), United States Manual, United States Office of Management and Budget, 2012 Edition, would be included in Sector 31, 32, or 33.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Public greenway</span>&#x201D; means any system of hiking, biking, or horseback riding trails established by a locality or political subdivision.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Public park, recreational facility, or playground</span>&#x201D; means any such facility established by a locality pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Parks, recreation facilities, playgrounds, etc" href="/15.2-1806/">15.2-1806</a>. <a id="paragraph-204984" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-226.13/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary">action</span> shall be initiated or maintained to enjoin the continued use and operation of a <span class="dictionary">manufacturing company</span> solely on the basis of the claimant&#x2019;s use of a <span class="dictionary">public park, recreational facility, or playground</span> or <span class="dictionary">public greenway</span>, when such <span class="dictionary">manufacturing company</span> existed prior to the creation of such <span class="dictionary">public park, recreational facility, or playground</span>, or <span class="dictionary">public greenway</span>. <a id="paragraph-204985" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-226.13/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> This section shall not limit <span class="dictionary">actions</span> brought by the Commonwealth, a locality, or an entity designated pursuant to subdivision A 3 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Parks, recreation facilities, playgrounds, etc" href="/15.2-1806/">15.2-1806</a>. <a id="paragraph-204986" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-226.13/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2016, c. 669.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
