Virginia Code 15.2-4402: Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 15.2-4402
- Advisory committee: means the agricultural and forestal advisory committee. See Virginia Code 15.2-4402
- City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
- Clerk: means the clerk of the local circuit court or the clerk of the local governing body. See Virginia Code 15.2-4402
- farm: means any person that obtains at least 51 percent of its annual gross income from agricultural operations and produces the agricultural waste used as feedstock for the waste-to-energy technology, (ii) "agricultural waste" means biomass waste materials capable of decomposition that are produced from the raising of plants and animals during agricultural operations, including animal manures, bedding, plant stalks, hulls, and vegetable matter, and (iii) "waste-to-energy technology" means any technology, including but not limited to a methane digester, that converts agricultural waste into gas, steam, or heat that is used to generate electricity on-site. See Virginia Code 1-222.1
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- Forestal products: includes , but is not limited to, lumber, pulpwood, posts, firewood, Christmas trees and other wood products for sale or for farm use. See Virginia Code 15.2-4402
- Governing body: means the board of supervisors of a county, council of a city, or council of a town, as the context may require. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
- Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
- Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
“Advisory committee” means the agricultural and forestal advisory committee.
“Agricultural products” means crops, livestock and livestock products, including but not limited to field crops, fruits, vegetables, horticultural specialties, cattle, sheep, hogs, goats, horses, poultry, furbearing animals, milk, eggs and furs.
“Agricultural production” means the production for commercial purposes of crops, livestock and livestock products, but not processing or retail merchandising of crops, livestock or livestock products.
“Agriculturally and forestally significant land” means land that has historically produced agricultural and forestal products, or land that an advisory committee considers good agricultural and forestal land based upon such factors as soil quality, topography, climate, markets, farm improvements, agricultural and forestry economics and technology, and other relevant factors.
“Clerk” means the clerk of the local circuit court or the clerk of the local governing body.
“Forestal products” includes, but is not limited to, lumber, pulpwood, posts, firewood, Christmas trees and other wood products for sale or for farm use.
“Landowner” or “owner of land” means any person holding a fee simple interest in property but does not mean the holder of an easement.
“Participating locality” means the Counties of Albemarle, Augusta, Fairfax, Hanover, James City, Loudoun, Prince William, Roanoke, and Rockingham.
1982, c. 374, § 15.1-1513.3; 1991, c. 67; 1992, c. 344; 1997, c. 587; 2007, c. 813; 2012, c. 419.