28.2-1406 - Permits required for certain activities; issuance of permits by Commission. - Virginia Statutes

§ 28.2-1406. Permits required for certain activities; issuance of permits byCommission.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct any activity which wouldrequire a permit under a coastal primary sand dune zoning ordinance withoutsuch a permit. Until the county, city or town in which a person proposes toconduct an activity which would require a permit under the ordinance adoptsthe ordinance, such person shall apply for a permit directly to theCommission. Permit applicants desiring to use or develop dunes or beachesowned by the Commonwealth shall also apply directly to the Commission.

B. The Commission shall process permit applications in accordance with theprovisions of the Coastal Primary Sand Dune Zoning Ordinance and theCommissioner, or his authorized representative, shall sign any permitgranted; however, the Commission may designate one or more hearing officerswho may, in lieu of the Commission, conduct public hearings as required under§ 28.2-1403 and thereafter report their findings and recommendations to theCommission.

(1972, c. 711, § 62.1-13.9; 1980, c. 660, § 62.1-13.26; 1992, c. 836; 1994,cc. 112, 125.)