Code of Virginia (Last Updated:July 28, 2020) |
TITLE 10.1. Conservation |
SUBTITLE I. Activities Administered By the Department of Conservation and Recreation |
CHAPTER 6. Flood Protection and Dam Safety |
ARTICLE 2. Dam Safety Act |
SECTION 10.1-609.2. Prohibited vegetation |
Dam owners shall not permit the growth of trees and other woody vegetation and shall remove any such vegetation from the slopes and crest of embankments and the emergency spillway area, and within a distance of 25 feet from the toe of the embankment and abutments of the dam. Owners failing to maintain their dam in accordance with this section shall be subject to enforcement pursuant to § 10.1-613 . 2006, c. 10.1-613 . |