Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 32.1 > Chapter 6 > Article 5 - Public Gathering Places.

• 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
• Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
• Public gathering places: includes , but is not limited to:

  (a) Historic shrines;

  (b) Terminals of public transportation companies;

  (c) Festivals, fairs, races and other places where 100 or more people congregate at one time. See Virginia Code 32.1-198

• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
• Town: means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July 1, 1971, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-254