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Any integral body of territory within which are situated rivers, creeks or other watercourses or streams, not affected by ebb and flow of the tide, and none of which are embraced within any other sanitation district<\/span> may, under the conditions and upon the taking and completion of the proceedings provided in this article, be created a sanitation district<\/span>. Every part of the boundary of such a sanitation district<\/span> shall either (1) coincide with the boundary of a county<\/span>, city or town<\/span> or (2) bisect a county<\/span>, city or town<\/span>, or (3) be located within one mile of the boundary of a county<\/span>, city or town<\/span>, or (4) consist of a straight line connecting two points each of which lies upon a boundary of one of the three types hereinabove described.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTERRITORY WHICH MAY BE EMBRACED IN DISTRICT (\u00a7 21-228)\n\nAny integral body of territory within which are situated rivers, creeks or other\nwatercourses or streams, not affected by ebb and flow of the tide, and none of\nwhich are embraced within any other sanitation district may, under the\nconditions and upon the taking and completion of the proceedings provided in\nthis article, be created a sanitation district. Every part of the boundary of\nsuch a sanitation district shall either (1) coincide with the boundary of a\ncounty, city or town or (2) bisect a county, city or town, or (3) be located\nwithin one mile of the boundary of a county, city or town, or (4) consist of a\nstraight line connecting two points each of which lies upon a boundary of one of\nthe three types hereinabove described.\n\nHISTORY: 1946, p. 348; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 1560iii3.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}