Definitions.
Richmond, Va., City Code § 28-1
in effectSec. 28-1. - Definitions.
The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Approval authority means the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
Authorized agent means any employee or contractor of the City designated by the Director to perform inspections, repairs, or enforcement actions under this chapter.
Authorized representative of the industrial user means as follows:
(1) If the industrial user is a corporation, an authorized representative means:
a. The president, secretary, treasurer, or a vice-president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy-making or decision-making functions for the corporation; or
b. The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operation facilities employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25,000,000.00, in second-quarter 1980 dollars, if authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
(2) If the industrial user is a partnership, association, or sole proprietorship, an authorized representative means a general partner or the proprietor.
(3) If the industrial user is representing Federal, State, or local governments or an agent thereof, an authorized representative means the Director or highest official appointed or designated to oversee the operation and performance of the activities of the government facility.
The individuals described in Subsections (1) through (3) of this definition may designate another authorized representative if the authorization is in writing; specifies the individual or position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company; and is submitted to the City.
Base charge means the annual stormwater service management charge charged on each 1,000 square feet or a percentage of 1,000 square feet of impervious surface area. Such base charges shall be calculated by the Director and adopted by the City Council by ordinance.
Best management practices means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, including both a structural or nonstructural practice, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of surface water and groundwater systems from the impacts of land disturbing activities. Best management practices also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw material storage.
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) means the quantity of oxygen utilized during a specific incubation period (under standard laboratory procedure, five days, at 20 degrees Celsius) for the biochemical degradation of organic material and the oxygen used to oxidize inorganic material such as sulfides and ferrous iron, the result expressed in terms of mass and concentration (milligrams per liter (mg/L)), measured by the test procedure specified in 40 CFR 136.
Building sewer means the pipe which receives sanitary sewage from inside the walls of a building and which carries the wastes through the walls to the service connection.
Capacity charge means a charge assessed a new customer, which charge allows the new customer to pay costs associated with existing major wastewater utility assets. The capacity charge is calculated using the rate base of major wastewater utility assets that provide customers with capacity service divided by the dry weather flow capacity of the wastewater treatment plant.
Categorical pretreatment standards means any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act that applies to a specific category of users and that appears in 40 CFR 425—471.
CFR means Code of Federal Regulations.
Chemical oxygen demand (COD) means a measure of the oxygen equivalent of the organic matter content of a sample that is susceptible to oxidation by a strong chemical oxidant, expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/L).
Chief Administrative Officer means the Chief Administrative Officer or the Chief Officer or the Chief Administrative Officer's designees.
Clean Water Act (CWA) means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 USC 1251 et seq.
Combined sewer means a sewer designed to carry both sanitary sewage and stormwater.
Combined sewer connection means a pipe wholly within the public right-of-way or easement conveying either sanitary sewage from a building or facility or stormwater to a combined sewer, not including the physical connection between the pipe within the right-of-way or easement and the pipe on private property.
Combined sewer extension means the construction of a combined sewer main, to be used for the conveyance of both stormwater and sanitary sewage.
Composite sample means a sample resulting from the combination of individual wastewater samples taken at selected intervals based on an increment of either flow or time.
Consumer means the person who benefits from water service, wastewater service, stormwater service, or gas service, or any combination used or wasted on any premises within or without the corporate City limits, or means a customer.
Control authority means the City.
Cooling water means the water discharged from any use, such as air conditioning, cooling, or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is heat.
Corporation cock means a valve installed at the point where a service line connects to a main, used to control the flow of water or gas.
Customer means the person legally or equitably responsible for the payment of charges for stormwater, water, gas, or wastewater service, or any combination used or wasted on any premises within or without the corporate City limits.
Cutoff valve means a valve used to shut off the supply of water, gas, or wastewater to a premises.
Department means the Department of Public Utilities.
Developed means that manmade changes have been made to a property, which changes may include, but are not limited to, buildings or other structures for which a building permit must be obtained under the requirements of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code and this Code, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, or the storage of equipment or materials.
Director means the Director of Public Utilities or the Director's designee.
Discharge means any release, spill, leak, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, disposing, or dumping into the municipal wastewater system.
Dwelling unit means a room in which kitchen facilities are provided, located in a building or structure, used or intended to be used by a family or household as a home, residence, or sleeping place of the family or household.
EPA means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Fire hydrant means a device connected to a water main, providing water for firefighting purposes.
Gain means the location of an electrical wire on an electrical streetlight pole.
Gas service connection means facilities and equipment in a street connected to a main or sub-main used to supply gas to any premises.
Gate valve means a valve used to start or stop the flow of water, gas, or wastewater in a pipeline.
General prohibition means any pollutant which causes pass through or interference. These prohibitions apply to any user introducing pollutants into the publicly owned treatment works.
Grab sample means a sample which is taken from a wastestream on a one-time basis without regard to flow in the wastestream and without consideration of time.
Half-life means the period in which the rate of radioactive emission by a pure sample falls by a factor of two among known radioactive isotopes. Half-lives range from about ten to seven seconds to 1,016 years.
Hazardous materials means any material, including any substance, waste, or combination thereof, which, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, safety, property, or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
Hazardous substance means any substance classified as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 USC 9601 et seq., and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
Hazardous waste means any waste identified in 40 CFR 261 or 9VAC20-60-261.
Household hazardous materials means products used and disposed of by single-family or non-single-family residential consumers as opposed to industrial consumers, including, but not limited to, paints, stains, varnishes, solvents, pesticides, and other materials or products containing volatile chemicals that can catch fire, react or explode, or that are corrosive or toxic.
Household waste means the discharge from any fixture, appliance, or appurtenance in connection with a plumbing system.
Illicit connection means either:
(1) Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, which allows an illegal discharge to enter the storm drain system, including, but not limited to, any conveyances which allow any non-stormwater discharge including sewage, process wastewater, and wash water to enter the storm drain system and any connections to the storm drain system from indoor drains and sinks, regardless of whether said drain or connection had been previously allowed, permitted, or approved by an authorized enforcement agency; or
(2) Any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial or industrial land use to the storm drain system which has not been documented in plans, maps, or equivalent records and approved by an authorized enforcement agency.
Illicit discharge means any discharge to a municipal separate storm sewer system that is not comprised entirely of stormwater, except discharges pursuant to a Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System or Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program permit (other than the Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program permit for discharges from the municipal separate storm system), discharges resulting from firefighting activities, and discharges identified by and in compliance with 9VAC25-890-20(C)(2).
Impervious surface means a surface composed of any material that significantly impedes or prevents natural infiltration of water into the soil. Impervious cover includes, but is not limited to, roofs, buildings, streets, parking areas, and any concrete, asphalt or compacted gravel surface.
Interference means a discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge from other sources, both:
(1) Inhibits or disrupts the publicly owned treatment works, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes, uses, or disposal; and therefore
(2) Is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the City's VPDES permit, including any increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation, or of the prevention of sludge disposal in compliance with the applicable State or Federal laws or regulations.
Local limits means technically based limits established by the City to implement general and specific prohibited standards and to protect against pass through and interference.
Locality means a city, town, or county as defined by Code of Virginia, § 15.2-102, including any authorities, political subdivisions, and special districts, located within the State.
Main means the pipe in a street extending parallel or nearly parallel to the line of property abutting thereon through which gas or water is conveyed or distributed.
Medical wastes means isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes, dialysis wastes, embalming fluids, or other waste materials associated with the medical profession.
Meter means a device used to measure the quantity of water, gas, or electricity supplied to a premises.
Multiple of 1,000 square feet means the quotient of the total impervious surface area divided by 1,000 square feet.
Municipal separate storm sewer means a conveyance or system of conveyances otherwise known as a municipal separate storm sewer system or "MS4," including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catchbasins, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade channels, or storm drains owned by the City that discharges to surface waters and that are designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater; that are not part of a combined sewer; and that are not part of a publicly owned treatment works.
New source means a facility from which there is or could be a discharge of pollutants, construction of which began after the publication of the proposed pretreatment standards pursuant to Section 307(c) of the Clean Water Act which will apply to the facility if the standards are promulgated.
Noncontact cooling water means water used for cooling which does not come into direct contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product, or finished product.
Nonresidential property means property which does not serve the primary purpose of providing permanent dwelling units. Such property shall include, but not be limited to, commercial properties, industrial properties, parking lots, recreational and cultural facilities, hotels, offices, churches, schools, hospitals, universities, cemeteries, Federal, State and local government properties.
Non-single-family residential property means a building or other shelter that has been divided into separate units to house more than one family or household living independently of each other.
Non-stormwater discharge means any discharge to the storm drain system that is not composed entirely of stormwater.
Occupant means a person who is in control or actual possession of or actually occupies a dwelling unit.
Operator means an owner, occupant, or agent having charge, care, management, or control of real property or of a facility located on real property discharging to the wastewater system.
Owner means a person who holds legal title to real property or a dwelling unit or an agent having charge, care, management, or control of real property or a dwelling unit.
Pass through means a discharge which exits the City's publicly owned treatment works into waters of the United States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the publicly owned treatment works VPDES permit, including any increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
Peak low means the highest instantaneous flow reading for a given time period.
Permit means a permit or renewal permit issued by the Director to a wireless services provider in accordance with Article III, Division 5, Article VIII, and Article X, Division 7 of this Chapter.
Permittee means any wireless services provider that holds a permit issued in accordance with Article III, Division 5, Article VIII, and Article X, Division 7 of this Chapter.
Person means any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity, or any other legal entity; or their legal representatives, agents, or assigns. The term "person" includes all Federal, State, and local government entities.
pH means the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, expressed in standard units with 7.0 being neutral, measured by the test procedure specified in 40 CFR 136.
Plumbing fixtures means facilities as defined in the plumbing fixture schedule adopted by the City Council.
Point of delivery means the point at which utility service is transferred from the City's system to the customer's premises.
Pollutant means anything which causes or contributes to pollution. Pollutants may include, but are not limited to, paints, varnishes, and solvents; oil and other automotive fluids; non-hazardous liquid and solid wastes and yard wastes; refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter, or other discarded or abandoned objects, ordinances, and accumulations, so that same may cause or contribute to pollution; floatables; pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; hazardous substances and wastes; sewage, fecal coliform and pathogens; dissolved and particulate metals; animal wastes; wastes and residues that result from constructing a building or structure; and noxious or offensive matter of any kind.
Premises means land, building, or other structure and appurtenances thereto, in addition to the separate units of any building or other structure and appurtenances thereto, which receive gas, water, wastewater, stormwater, or any other utility services, or any combination thereof, whether metered or unmetered, and which is assigned a unique account number by the Department of Public Utilities.
Pretreatment means the reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater prior to or in lieu of introducing such pollutants into the publicly owned treatment works. This reduction or alteration can be obtained by:
(1) Physical, chemical, or biological processes;
(2) Process changes;
(3) Waste minimization;
(4) Pollution prevention; or
(5) Other means, except by diluting the concentration of the pollutants unless allowed by an applicable pretreatment standard.
Pretreatment standard means any requirement pursuant to this chapter; regulations of the Department; or pretreatment permits, categorical standards, and local units.
Private fire protection system means water mains, pipes, hydrants, sprinklers, and other facilities on private premises within or without the corporate City limits.
Prohibited discharge means the discharge into the publicly owned treatment works of a prohibited substance, as defined in this section.
Prohibited substance means any of the following:
(1) Material which creates or may create a fire or explosion hazard at any point in the City's wastewater system, including, but not limited to, wastestreams with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 140 degrees Fahrenheit or 60 degrees Celsius, using test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21.
(2) Material which has a pH below 5.0, unless specifically approved by the Director based on a finding that the publicly owned treatment works will accommodate such material, or which would or will cause corrosive structural damage to any part of the wastewater system.
(3) Solid or viscous matter, including, but not limited to, oil and grease, in an amount which may cause obstruction or interference in the wastewater system.
(4) Material, including oxygen demanding matter, that, by its constituents, character, volume, strength, or any combination thereof, may cause or contribute to an interference with the normal operation of the City's wastewater system.
(5) Heat in an amount that would inhibit biological activity or cause wastewater treatment plant influent temperature to exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
(6) Petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil origin in an amount that would cause or could cause interference or pass through.
(7) Matter that would or could result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes at any point in the wastewater system in a quantity or concentration that could cause worker health and safety problems.
(8) Radioactive waste or isotopes of such half-life or concentration that does not comply with regulations or permits issued by the appropriate authority having control over their use or which may cause damage or hazard to the wastewater system or personnel operation of the wastewater system or pass through the system into the environment.
(9) Trucked or hauled matter, except at discharge points designated by the Director.
Property means real property defined to mean land and generally whatever is erected or growing upon or affixed to land.
Public fire protection system means water mains, pipes, hydrants, and other facilities in a street used in whole or in part for the protection of premises from fire.
Publicly owned treatment works means a treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the CWA (33 USC 1292), which is owned by the City's wastewater system.
Radioactive materials means materials that possess by some elements, such as uranium, or isotopes, such as carbon 14, the characteristic of spontaneously emitting energetic particles (electrons or alpha particles) by the disintegration of their atomic nuclei.
Rate stabilization fund means a financial reserve established to mitigate rate fluctuations and ensure financial stability of utility operations.
Renewal permit means a permit that is renewed in accordance with this Chapter.
Sanitary sewage means all waste, refuse, liquids, and other material entering a sanitary sewer or combined sewer, exclusive of stormwater.
Sanitary sewer means a pipe designed to receive and convey sanitary sewage, exclusively.
Sanitary sewer connection means a pipe wholly within a public right-of-way or easement conveying waste, refuse, liquids, and other materials from a building to a sanitary or combined sewer main, but not including the physical connection between the pipe within the right-of-way or easement and the pipe on private property.
Sanitary sewer extension means the construction of a sanitary sewer main, to be used for the conveyance of sanitary sewage exclusively.
Self-monitoring means any sampling, analytical testing, readings, etc., conducted by a user subject to a wastewater discharge permit.
Service charge means the monthly charge billed to a customer, regardless of consumption, which charge shall recover customer service, sewer main maintenance, and combined sewer improvement costs.
Service installation charge means a charge assessed a new customer, which charge recovers the City's costs associated with a plan review, connection to the water main system, installation of a water service line, water meter, inspection, restoration of street paving and sidewalk and setting up a new customer account.
Service line means the pipe or conduit extending from a main to the point of delivery on a premises.
Sewage means refuse liquids or waste matter carried off by sewers; wastewater.
Sewage disposal system means all City facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
Sewer means facilities designed to carry sewage.
Sewer main means the pipe in a street extending parallel or nearly parallel to the line of property abutting thereon through which wastewater is conveyed for treatment.
Sewer service means the collection, transportation, pumping, treatment, and disposal of sewage, as evidenced by any sanitary sewage or wastewater connection from any premises to the sewer system of the City; wastewater system.
Sewer system means the systems owned, maintained, or operated by the City for the purpose of collecting and conveying sanitary sewage, or stormwater, or any combination thereof; wastewater system.
Sewerage means the removal and disposal of sewage by sewers.
Significant industrial user (SIU) means:
(1) A user that is subject to categorical pretreatment standards; or
(2) A user that:
a. Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per day (gpd) or more of process wastewater, excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling water, and boiler blowdown wastewater;
b. Contributes a process wastestream making up five percent or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the publicly owned treatment works treatment plant; or
c. Is designated as such by the City on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the publicly owned treatment works' operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
However, upon finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection (2) of this definition has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the publicly owned treatment works' operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the City may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from the user and in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
Significant noncompliance (SNC) means a pretreatment permit or other noncompliance as defined 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(vii) or 9VAC2531800.F.2.g.
Single-family residential property means a single-family detached residential property, rowhouse, or townhouse regardless of the size of the parcel or the improvements located thereon.
Slug load and slug loading mean any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of this article or the Department's pretreatment rules and regulations.
Small cell facility means a wireless facility that meets both of the following qualifications: (i) each antenna is located inside an enclosure of no more than six cubic feet in volume, or, in the case of an antenna that has exposed elements, the antenna and all of its exposed elements could fit within an imaginary enclosure of no more than six cubic feet and (ii) all other wireless equipment associated with the facility has a cumulative volume of no more than 28 cubic feet, or such higher limit as is established by the Federal Communications Commission. The following types of associated equipment are not included in the calculation of equipment volume: electric meter, concealment, telecommunications demarcation boxes, ground-based enclosures, back-up power systems, grounding equipment, power transfer switches, cut-off switches, and vertical cable runs for the connection of power and other services.
Soluble biochemical oxygen demand (SBOD) means the result measured by the BOD test procedure specified in 40 CFR 136 after the sample is filtered (vacuum of 25 mmHg) through a 0.45 μm pore size filter.
Standard industrial classification (SIC) code means a classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
Storm sewer means a pipe designed to receive and convey stormwater, surface water, and subsurface water, exclusively.
Storm sewer connection means a pipe wholly within a public right-of-way or easement conveying stormwater from real property to a storm or combined sewer, not including the physical connection between the pipe within the right-of-way or easement and the pipe on private property.
Stormwater means naturally occurring precipitation, surface water, subsurface water, or any combination thereof.
Stormwater facilities means all conveyances, pipes, and treatment works which are a part of the municipal separate storm sewer and which are used to convey stormwater. The term "stormwater facilities" excludes facilities on private property unless the City has agreed in writing to operate or maintain those facilities on a non-emergency basis.
Stormwater service means facilities and equipment required to collect and, in certain cases, treat stormwater and the billing of services provided to the property owner.
Street means every way or place of whatever nature, whether within or without the corporate City limits, open to the use of the public, including streets, alleys, highways, parks, or other roads, and all other public places.
Strong wastewater and strong sewage mean wastes containing more than 275 milligrams per liter of suspended solids or more than 250 milligrams per liter of BOD or other characteristics in concentrations not normally found in sanitary sewage.
Suspended solids (SS) means the total suspended matter that floats on the surface of or is suspended in water, wastewater, or other liquid and which is removable by laboratory filtering, measured by the test procedure specified in 40 CFR 136.
Tapping sleeve and valve means a device used to connect a service line to an existing main without interrupting service.
Total annual charge means the annual amount to be billed and paid by each owner of developed property in the City.
Underground district means an area in the City where no overhead streetlights or wires or poles are allowed installed above the grade line.
Undeveloped land means any land that is undeveloped or, if previously developed, land that has been allowed to return naturally to an undeveloped state.
User means the owner or operator of any of the following:
(1) Any source, within or without the City's corporate limits, that discharges material directly or indirectly to the sewer system.
(2) Any source that discharges hauled material to the sewer system through receiving facilities designated by the Director.
(3) Any source that discharges material to the wastewater treatment plant through a dedicated pipe.
UST means underground storage tank.
Utility pole means a wooden or ornamental electric utility pole, including streetlights, owned by the City and maintained and operated by the Department as part of the City's electric utility.
Violation means any violation of any section of this Chapter, any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this Chapter, any order issued pursuant to this Chapter, or any provision of a pretreatment permit issued pursuant to this Chapter.
Volume charge means the charge assessed a customer to recover all costs associated with the wastewater utility that are not recovered in the service charge.
Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) permit means a document issued by the permit-issuing authority State Water Control Board pursuant to the State Water Control Law authorizing, under prescribed conditions, the potential or actual discharge of pollutants from a point source to surface waters and the use or disposal of sewage sludge.
Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program permit means a document issued by the permit-issuing authority pursuant to the Virginia Stormwater Management Act authorizing, under prescribed conditions, the potential or actual discharge of pollutants from a point source to surface waters. Under the approved State program, a Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program permit is equivalent to a NPDES permit.
Wastewater means all water-carried and liquid wastes carried from residences, commercial establishments, institutions, industrial establishments, and other premises, together with such stormwaters as may be present.
Wastewater service means facilities and equipment required to collect and treat wastewater from the premises and the billing for services provided through the facilities and equipment to the consumer.
Wastewater service connection means facilities and equipment in the street area between the main and the property line used to collect and transport wastewater from any premises.
Wastewater system means the systems owned, maintained, or operated by the City for the purpose of collecting and conveying sanitary sewage or stormwater.
Water service means the meter, facilities, and equipment required to furnish water service from the meter to the premises and the billing for services supplied through the meter to the consumer.
Water service connection means facilities and equipment in the street area between the main and the property line used to supply water to any premises.
Waters of the State means all waters on the surface and underground wholly or partially within the Commonwealth or within its jurisdiction.
Wireless facility means equipment, excluding cameras, at a fixed location that enables wireless services between user equipment and a communications network, including equipment associated with wireless services, such as private, broadcast, and public safety services, as well as unlicensed wireless services and fixed wireless services, such as microwave backhaul, and radio transceivers, small cell facilities, antennas, coaxial, or fiber-optic cable, regular and backup power supplies, and comparable equipment, regardless of technological configuration.
Wireless infrastructure means transmission equipment, wireless facilities, or wireless support structures.
Wireless services means:
(1) "Personal wireless services" as defined in 47 USC 332(c)(7)(C)(i);
(2) "Personal wireless service facilities" as defined in 47 USC 332(c)(7)(C)(ii), including commercial mobile services as defined in 47 USC 332(d), provided to personal mobile communication devices through wireless facilities; and
(3) Any other fixed or mobile wireless service, using licensed or unlicensed spectrum, provided using wireless facilities.
Wireless services provider means a provider of wireless services that owns, operates, or maintains wireless infrastructure.
Wireless support structure means a freestanding structure, such as a monopole, tower, either guyed or self-supporting, or suitable existing structure or alternative structure designed to support or capable of supporting wireless facilities.
(Code 1993, § 29-16; Code 2004, § 106-1; Code 2015, § 28-1; Code 2020, § 28-1; Ord. No. 2004-360-330, § 1, 12-13-2004; Ord. No. 2008-98-126, § 2, 5-27-2008; Ord. No. 2008-99-127, § 3, 5-27-2008; Ord. No. 2009-60-83, § 2, 5-26-2009; Ord. No. 2013-139-136, § 2, 7-22-2013)
Source: City of Richmond, Virginia, Code (2026 recodification) and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/richmond/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH28UT_ARTIINGE_S28-1DEFetched: 11/8/2026