                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ERECTION OF CERTAIN STRUCTURES (§ 5.1-25.1)

It shall be unlawful for any person to erect any structure, any part of which
penetrates into or through any licensed airport&#8217;s or United States
government or military air facility&#8217;s clear zone, approach zone, imaginary
surface, obstruction clearance surface, obstruction clearance zone, or surface
or zone as described in regulations of the Department of Aviation or the Federal
Aviation Administration, without securing a permit for its erection from the
Board. This section shall not apply to any structure to be erected in a county,
city or town which has an ordinance regulating the height of such structures to
prevent the penetration of zones and surfaces provided for in Federal Aviation
Regulation Part 77 and Rule 19 of the Department of Aviation.
		For the purpose of this section, &#8220;structure&#8221; shall mean any
object, including a mobile object, constructed or erected by man, including but
not limited to buildings, towers, cranes, smokestacks, earth formations,
overhead transmission lines, flag poles, and ship masts.

HISTORY: 1968, c. 744; 1979, c. 272; 1981, c. 326; 1989, cc. 202, 255; 1990, c.
384.