The Downtown Riverfront Canal Area, for purposes of this article, shall refer to that
certain property owned by the City in the vicinity of the Downtown Riverfront Canal
System and leased to the Richmond Riverfront Corporation for its maintenance and operation
and shall also include the bed, waters and walls of the Haxall Canal and the James
River and Kanawha Canal, as to which the City maintains exclusive control. The Downtown
Riverfront Canal Area is generally described as the area encompassing Brown's Island;
the restored canal segments and adjoining walkway areas, exclusive of public right-of-way,
from the vicinity of Sixth Street on the west to the vicinity of 18th Street on the
east; and the canal segment between the floodwall opening and the Great Shiplock.
The Downtown Riverfront Canal Area is more particularly designated as the property
shown shaded on Department of Public Works drawing No. P-23226, dated December 2,
1997, and entitled: "Controlled Public Access Area for Canal & Related Uses," along
with the Haxall Canal and James River and Kanawha Canal segments referred to in this
section, referred to as "the canals."
(Code 1993, § 8-280; Code 2004, § 26-561)
