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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>345849</law_id><section_number>10.1-205</section_number><catch_line>Management of False Cape State Park</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="38" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Activities Administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Parks and Recreation</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">State Parks</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall adopt measures to safeguard the environment of False Cape State Park. These shall include, but not be limited to, the following: <a id="paragraph-1289513" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-205/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Provisions to ensure that adequate drinking water and environmentally sound sewage disposal are provided for visitors to the Park; <a id="paragraph-1289514" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-205/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Adequate measures to protect the dunes, wildlife, and sensitive areas of the Park; <a id="paragraph-1289515" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-205/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Adequate measures to protect, wherever practicable, nesting areas of sea turtles, beach nesting birds, peregrine falcons, and other endangered species. <a id="paragraph-1289516" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-205/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall be responsible for providing that <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement, fire and rescue services are available for the Park. <a id="paragraph-1289517" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-205/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall consider limiting visitors into the Park to less than 2,000 per day if such a lower limit is necessary to preserve the Park environment. <a id="paragraph-1289518" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-205/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall consider further limiting visitors into the Park during certain portions of the year if such a limitation is necessary to preserve the environment of the Park and of the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. <a id="paragraph-1289519" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-205/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> No motor powered vehicle of any kind shall be permitted upon the land of False Cape State Park except as follows: <a id="paragraph-1289520" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-205/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A public transportation system operated by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, or its licensee or designee, to transport not more than 2,000 persons per day into and out of the Park; <a id="paragraph-1289521" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-205/#E1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Official vehicles of the Commonwealth and of the City of Virginia Beach; <a id="paragraph-1289522" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-205/#E2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Vehicles engaged in the construction and maintenance of improvements within the Park authorized by the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-1289523" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-205/#E3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Police and emergency vehicles; <a id="paragraph-1289524" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-205/#E4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Vehicles for which the operators thereof have been issued permits (i) by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Interior, prior to July 1, 1984, pursuant to Public <span class="dictionary">Law</span> 96-315 to travel through the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge and (ii) by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> to travel through the Park. <a id="paragraph-1289525" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-205/#E5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1984, c. 706, &#xA7; 10-21.3:2; 1988, c. 891.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
