                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 62.1-44.15:68)

For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them:
		&#8220;Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area&#8221; means an area delineated by a
local government in accordance with criteria established pursuant to §
62.1-44.15:72.
		&#8220;Criteria&#8221; means criteria developed by the Board pursuant to §
62.1-44.15:72 for the purpose of determining the ecological and geographic
extent of Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas and for use by local governments in
permitting, denying, or modifying requests to rezone, subdivide, or use and
develop land in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas.
		&#8220;Daylighted stream&#8221; means a stream that had been previously
diverted into an underground drainage system, has been redirected into an
aboveground channel using natural channel design concepts as defined in §
62.1-44.15:51, and would meet the criteria for being designated as a Resource
Protection Area (RPA) as defined by the Board under this article.
		&#8220;Department&#8221; means the Department of Environmental Quality.
		&#8220;Director&#8221; means the Director of the Department of Environmental
Quality.
		&#8220;Secretary&#8221; means the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources.
		&#8220;Tidewater Virginia&#8221; means the following jurisdictions:
		The Counties of Accomack, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield,
Essex, Fairfax, Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, King
and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent,
Northampton, Northumberland, Prince George, Prince William, Richmond,
Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, Westmoreland, and York, and the Cities of
Alexandria, Chesapeake, Colonial Heights, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg,
Hampton, Hopewell, Newport News, Norfolk, Petersburg, Poquoson, Portsmouth,
Richmond, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg.

HISTORY: 1988, cc. 608, 891, § 10.1-2101; 2005, c. 41; 2012, cc. 785, 819;
2013, cc. 756, 793; 2015, c. 674; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 401.