CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORIZATION FOR AND PLACING OF MARKERS IN WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH USED FOR
PUBLIC SWIMMING AREAS; NO MOTORBOATING, WATERSKIING IN MARKED AREA (§ 29.1-734)

A. Any owner of real estate which touches any of the waters of this Commonwealth
or the agent of the owner may petition the Board to authorize the placing of
markers approved by the Board around a public swimming or bathing area.

B. The Department, upon receiving the petition and sufficient proof that the
water adjacent to the real estate is used in whole or in part as a public
swimming or bathing area, may authorize the placement of the markers to
designate the area as a swimming or bathing area.

C. The cost of the purchase and placement of the markers shall be borne by the
party requesting the placement of the markers.

D. No person shall operate a motorboat or manipulate skis within the area of the
waters of the Commonwealth marked under this section. Persons violating this
subsection shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1964, c. 654, § 62-174.5:1; 1968, c. 659, § 62.1-171; 1983, c. 475;
1987, c. 488.