For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
BRIDGE
Any type of structure crossing a river or stream.
DAM
Any structure that impounds water or is capable of impounding water
on a river or stream.
RIVER OR STREAM
The Shenandoah River; North Fork of the Shenandoah River; South Fork
of the Shenandoah River.
It shall be unlawful to construct or to maintain or to use any dam or
bridge on or over a river or stream on private or public land, heretofore
or hereafter constructed, until such a permit for such purpose has been granted
by the Board of Supervisors.
Permission is hereby granted for the maintenance and use of all dams
or bridges constructed on or before the effective date of this chapter, provided
that all such dams or bridges and the maintenance and use thereof shall be
subject to all the provisions of this chapter relating to dams and bridges,
and upon the refusal or failure of a proprietor or lessee of any such dam
or bridge to comply with this chapter, the county administrator shall order
such dam or bridge closed and the river or stream placed on its original condition,
and if such order is not complied within 60 days, the county
administrator shall have the same done and bill the owner for the work. Upon
the owner's failure to pay such bill by tax billing time, such bill shall
be placed upon the tax bill of the owner(s) so delinquent and collected as
taxes are collected.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as set forth in Chapter
1, §
1-11, of the Warren County Code.