5.1-25.1 - Permit required for erection of certain structures. - Virginia Statutes

§ 5.1-25.1. Permit required for erection of certain structures.

It shall be unlawful for any person to erect any structure, any part of whichpenetrates into or through any licensed airport's or United States governmentor military air facility's clear zone, approach zone, imaginary surface,obstruction clearance surface, obstruction clearance zone, or surface or zoneas described in regulations of the Department of Aviation or the FederalAviation Administration, without securing a permit for its erection from theBoard. This section shall not apply to any structure to be erected in acounty, city or town which has an ordinance regulating the height of suchstructures to prevent the penetration of zones and surfaces provided for inFederal Aviation Regulation Part 77 and Rule 19 of the Department of Aviation.

For the purpose of this section, "structure" shall mean any object,including a mobile object, constructed or erected by man, including but notlimited to buildings, towers, cranes, smokestacks, earth formations, overheadtransmission lines, flag poles, and ship masts.

(1968, c. 744; 1979, c. 272; 1981, c. 326; 1989, cc. 202, 255; 1990, c. 384.)