Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 200 - VEGETATION CONTROL REGULATIONS ON STATE RIGHTS-OF-WAY › Section 24VAC30-200-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Agent" means the person, firm, or corporation representing
				  the permittee.
"Board" means the Commonwealth Transportation Board as
				  defined in § 33.2-200 of the Code of Virginia.
"Certified arborist" means an individual who has taken and
				  passed the certification examination sponsored by the International Society of
				  Arboriculture and who maintains a valid certification status.
"Cutting" means to completely remove at ground level.
"Daylighting" means to prune or remove vegetation to improve
				  the motorists' view of an outdoor advertising structure or business.
"Department" means the Virginia Department of Transportation
				  (VDOT) and its employees.
"Federal-aid primary highway" means any highway as defined
				  in § 33.2-1200 of the Code of Virginia.
"Inspector" means any employee designated by the
				  Commissioner of Highways or local government official, to review and approve or
				  deny the permit application and landscape plan, inspect the work performed
				  under authority of this chapter, and make a final approval concerning the work
				  performed.
"Interstate system" means any highway as defined in §
				  33.2-100 of the Code of Virginia.
"Land Use Permit Regulations" means the regulations
				  (24VAC30-151) promulgated by the board for the purpose of authorizing
				  activities within the limits of state rights-of-way.
"Limited access highway" means any highway as defined in
				  § 33.2-400 of the Code of Virginia.
"Local beautification project" means any project in a
				  locality that includes installation of plant materials, using public or other
				  funds, in any public right-of-way within a city or town, or on a highway or
				  street in a county with the county manager form of government.
"Local government official" means an employee of a local
				  government delegated authority by the city or town council or county board of
				  supervisors where the public right-of-way is within the jurisdictional limits
				  of a city or town on a highway or street not within the jurisdiction of the
				  Commissioner of Highways under § 33.2-1202 of the Code of Virginia, or on
				  a highway or street in a county with the county manager form of
				  government.
"Permittee" means the person, firm, or corporation owning
				  the outdoor advertising sign, advertisement, or advertising structure or the
				  business for whom the vegetation control work is being performed.
"Pruning" means to remove branches from healthy vegetation
				  in a manner that is acceptable using the natural method under the standards and
				  guidelines listed in
				  24VAC30-200-40 published by the
				  American National Standards Institute, the American Association of Nurserymen,
				  and the International Society of Arboriculture.
"Specifications" means the current Virginia Department of
				  Transportation's Road and Bridge Specifications (effective January
				  2002).
"Unsightly" means vegetation to be selectively removed at
				  VDOT's or the local government official's discretion.
Statutory Authority: § 33.2-210 of the Code of
					 Virginia.