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Va. Code § 15.2-1725.1: Concurrent jurisdiction; limitations

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  1. Title 15.2. COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS
  2. Subtitle II. POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  3. Chapter 17. POLICE AND PUBLIC ORDER
  4. Article 2. INTERJURISDICTIONAL LAW-ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY AND AGREEMENTS

For the purposes of local public safety regulatory authority and enforcement, the territorial limits of the City of Virginia Beach shall extend from its coastal shorelines, the coastal shorelines of Camp Pendleton, the coastal shorelines of First Landing State Park, and the coastal shorelines of False Cape State Park in a perpendicular direction for three miles into the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay waters. This territorial jurisdiction shall be concurrent with the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth. No ordinance enacted under this authority shall conflict with the laws or regulations promulgated by the Commonwealth or any of its agencies. This authority shall not extend to the regulatory authority held by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission as provided in § 28.2-101.2012, c. 809.

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