Code of Virginia - Title 28.2 Fisheries And Habitat Of The Tidal Waters - Chapter 13 Wetlands

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 United ...

28.2-1301 Powers and duties of the Commission
A. The Commission may receive gifts, grants, bequests, and devises of wetlands and money which shall be held for the uses prescribed by the donor, ...

28.2-1302 Adoption of wetlands zoning ordinance; terms of ordinance
Any county, city or town may adopt the following ordinance, which, after October 1, 1992, shall serve as the only wetlands zoning ordinance under which ...

28.2-1303 Appointment, terms, compensation, etc., of local wetlands boards; jurisdiction of county wetlands b...
A. Every county, city, or town that enacts a wetlands zoning ordinance pursuant to this chapter shall create a wetlands board, consisting of five or ...

28.2-1304 Officers, meetings, rules, etc., of wetlands boards; records and reports
The board shall annually elect from its membership a chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary for terms of one year. For the ...

28.2-1305 Local governing body to supply meeting space and services for wetlands board
Every county, city, or town creating a wetlands board shall supply the board with reasonable meeting space and necessary secretarial, clerical, legal, and consulting services. ...

28.2-1306 Permits required for certain activities; issuance of permits by Commission
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct any activity which would require a permit under a wetlands zoning ordinance without such a ...

28.2-1307 Expedited permits; administrative procedures
A. The Commission may, in conjunction with local wetlands boards and other affected state and federal agencies, develop administrative procedures to expedite the processing of ...

28.2-1308 Standards for use and development of wetlands; utilization of guidelines
A. The following standards shall apply to the use and development of wetlands and shall be considered in the determination of whether any permit required ...

28.2-1309 Description unavailable
Not set out. (1992, c. 836.) ...

28.2-1310 Commissioner to review all decisions of wetlands boards
The Commissioner shall review all decisions of wetlands boards and request the Commission to review a decision only when he believes the board failed to ...

28.2-1311 When Commission to review decision of wetlands board
A. The Commission shall review a decision of a wetlands board when any of the following events occur: 1. An appeal is taken from the ...

28.2-1312 Procedure for review; notice of decision
A. The Commissioner shall cause notice of the review or appeal to be given to the board, the applicant, the county, city, or town where ...

28.2-1313 When Commission to modify, remand, or reverse decision of wetlands board
The Commission shall modify, remand, or reverse the decision of the wetlands board if: 1. The wetlands board, in reaching its decision, failed to fulfill ...

28.2-1314 Time for issuance of permit
No permit shall be issued until the period within which a request for review or an appeal to the Commission may be made has expired. ...

28.2-1315 Judicial review
An appeal from any Commission decision granting or denying a permit or from any Commission decision on the review of or appeal from a board ...

28.2-1316 Investigations and prosecutions
The Commission may investigate all projects, whether proposed or ongoing, which alter wetlands. The Commission may prosecute all violations of any order, rule, or regulation ...

28.2-1317 Monitoring, inspections, compliance, and restoration
A. The Commissioner or board chairman may require a permittee to implement monitoring and reporting procedures they believe are reasonably necessary to ensure compliance with ...

28.2-1318 Violations; penalty
Any person who knowingly, intentionally, or negligently violates any order, rule, or regulation of the Commission or of a wetlands board established pursuant to this ...

28.2-1319 Injunctions
Upon the petition of the Commission or a wetlands board to the circuit court of the county or city where any act is done or ...

28.2-1320 Penalties
A. Without limiting the remedies which may be obtained under this chapter, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or who violates or ...