2006 Code of Virginia § 28.2-1300 - Definitions

28.2-1300. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

"Back Bay and its tributaries" means the following, as shown on the UnitedStates Geological Survey Quadrangle Sheets for Virginia Beach, North Bay, andKnotts Island: Back Bay north of the Virginia-North Carolina state line;Capsies Creek north of the Virginia-North Carolina state line; Deal Creek;Devil Creek; Nawney Creek; Redhead Bay, Sand Bay, Shipps Bay, North Bay, andthe waters connecting them; Beggars Bridge Creek; Muddy Creek; AshvilleBridge Creek; Hells Point Creek; Black Gut; and all coves, ponds and naturalwaterways adjacent to or connecting with the above-named bodies of water.

"County, city, or town" means the governing body of the county, city, ortown.

"Governmental activity" means any of the services provided by theCommonwealth or a county, city, or town to its citizens for the purpose ofmaintaining public facilities, including but not limited to, such services asconstructing, repairing and maintaining roads; providing street lights andsewage facilities; supplying and treating water; and constructing publicbuildings.

"Nonvegetated wetlands" means unvegetated lands lying contiguous to meanlow water and between mean low water and mean high water, including thoseunvegetated areas of Back Bay and its tributaries and the North Landing Riverand its tributaries subject to flooding by normal and wind tides but nothurricane or tropical storm tides.

"North Landing River and its tributaries" means the following, as shown onthe United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Sheets for Pleasant Ridge,Creeds, and Fentress: the North Landing River from the Virginia-NorthCarolina line to Virginia Highway 165 at North Landing Bridge; the Chesapeakeand Albemarle Canal from Virginia Highway 165 at North Landing Bridge to thelocks at Great Bridge; and all named and unnamed streams, creeks and riversflowing into the North Landing River and the Chesapeake and Albemarle Canalexcept West Neck Creek north of Indian River Road, Pocaty River west ofBlackwater Road, Blackwater River west of its forks located at a pointapproximately 6400 feet due west of the point where Blackwater Road crossesthe Blackwater River at the village of Blackwater, and Millbank Creek west ofBlackwater Road.

"Vegetated wetlands" means lands lying between and contiguous to mean lowwater and an elevation above mean low water equal to the factor one andone-half times the mean tide range at the site of the proposed project in thecounty, city, or town in question, and upon which is growing any of thefollowing species: saltmarsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora), saltmeadowhay (Spartina patens), saltgrass (Distichlis spicata), black needlerush(Juncus roemerianus), saltwort (Salicornia spp.), sea lavender (Limoniumspp.), marsh elder (Iva frutescens), groundsel bush (Baccharis halimifolia),wax myrtle (Myrica sp.), sea oxeye (Borrichia frutescens), arrow arum(Peltandra virginica), pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata), big cordgrass(Spartina cynosuroides), rice cutgrass (Leersia oryzoides), wildrice (Zizaniaaquatica), bulrush (Scirpus validus), spikerush (Eleocharis sp.), sea rocket(Cakile edentula), southern wildrice (Zizaniopsis miliacea), cattail (Typhaspp.), three-square (Scirpus spp.), buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis),bald cypress (Taxodium distichum), black gum (Nyssa sylvatica), tupelo (Nyssaaquatica), dock (Rumex spp.), yellow pond lily (Nuphar sp.), marsh fleabane(Pluchea purpurascens), royal fern (Osmunda regalis), marsh hibiscus(Hibiscus moscheutos), beggar's tick (Bidens sp.), smartweed (Polygonum sp.),arrowhead (Sagittaria spp.), sweet flag (Acorus calamus), water hemp(Amaranthus cannabinus), reed grass (Phragmites communis), or switch grass(Panicum virgatum).

"Vegetated wetlands of Back Bay and its tributaries" or "vegetatedwetlands of the North Landing River and its tributaries" means all marshessubject to flooding by normal and wind tides, but not hurricane or tropicalstorm tides, and upon which is growing any of the following species:saltmarsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora), saltmeadow hay (Spartinapatens), black needlerush (Juncus roemerianus), marsh elder (Iva frutescens),groundsel bush (Baccharis halimifolia), wax myrtle (Myrica sp.), arrow arum(Peltandra virginica), pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata), big cordgrass(Spartina cynosuroides), rice cutgrass (Leersia oryzoides), wildrice (Zizaniaaquatica), bulrush (Scirpus validus), spikerush (Eleocharis sp.), cattail(Typha spp.), three-square (Scirpus spp.), dock (Rumex sp.), smartweed(Polygonum sp.), yellow pond lily (Nuphar sp.), royal fern (Osmunda regalis),marsh hibiscus (Hibiscus moscheutos), beggar's tick (Bidens sp.), arrowhead(Sagittaria sp.), water hemp (Amaranthus cannabinus), reed grass (Phragmitescommunis), or switch grass (Panicum virgatum).

"Wetlands" means both vegetated and nonvegetated wetlands.

"Wetlands board" or "board" means a board created pursuant to 28.2-1303.

"Wetlands zoning ordinance" means the ordinance set forth in 28.2-1302.

(1972, c. 711, 62.1-13.2; 1973, c. 388; 1974, c. 297; 1975, c. 268; 1979,c. 524; 1982, c. 300; 1992, c. 836.)