[Amended 3-10-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-01; 4-14-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-02]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park,
or any owner to permit the parking of, any truck, tractor-truck, semitrailer,
trailer or other type vehicle larger than a pickup truck on Mineral
Avenue for longer than a period of one hour; provided that such vehicles
may be parked by permission of the Mayor or Town Manager not to exceed
four hours in alleys within the Town if the vehicles are parked so
as to leave at least 10 feet of clear space so as to permit passage
through any such alley.
[Added 6-12-2000]
A.
Pursuant to Virginia Code § 15.2-904, it
shall be unlawful for any person to keep, except within a fully enclosed
building or structure or otherwise shielded or screened from view,
on any property located within the Town of Mineral any motor vehicle,
trailer or semitrailer, as such are defined in Virginia Code § 46.2-100,
which is inoperable. Further, it shall be unlawful for any person
to keep outside of a fully enclosed building or structure, but shielded
or screened from view by covers, more than one inoperable motor vehicle.
As used in this section, "inoperable motor vehicle" means any motor
vehicle which is not in operating condition or which for a period
of 60 days or longer has been partially or totally disassembled by
the removal of tires and wheels, the engine, or other essential parts
required for operation of the vehicle or on which there are displayed
neither valid license plates nor a valid inspection decal. However,
the provisions of this section shall not apply to a licensed business
which on June 26, 1970, is regularly engaged in business as an automobile
dealer, salvage dealer or scrap processor.
B.
The owners of property located within the Town of
Mineral shall, at such time or times as the Town prescribes, remove
therefrom any such inoperable motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers
that are not kept within a fully enclosed building or structure. The
Town through its own agents or employees may remove any such inoperable
motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers whenever the owner of the
premises, after reasonable notice, has failed to do so. In the event
that the Town, through its own agents or employees, removes any such
motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers, after having given such
reasonable notice, the Town may dispose of such motor vehicles, trailers
or semitrailers after giving additional notice to the owner of the
vehicle. The cost of any such removal and disposal shall be chargeable
to the owner of the vehicle or premises and collected by the Town
as taxes are collected, and every cost authorized by this section
with which the owner of the premises has been assessed shall constitute
a lien against the property from which the vehicle was removed, the
lien to continue until actual payment of such costs has been made
to the Town.
No person shall wash, polish, grease, service,
or make repairs or alteration to a motor vehicle upon the highway
(including alleys) or sidewalk, nor shall the owner of a vehicle permit
it to be washed, polished, greased, serviced, repaired or altered
upon a highway (including alleys) or a sidewalk, except that where
a breakdown occurs while travelling on such highway, then temporary
repairs, provided that such repairs can be safely made, may be made
to enable the operator to remove the vehicle off of the highway.
