[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Hillsville 10-11-1978 as Sec. 11-3 of the 1978 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 11-11-1996; 3-25-2013]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to keep on any commercial, residential or agricultural
property any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, as defined in
§ 46.2-100, Code of Virginia, which is unlicensed or otherwise
inoperative and not within a fully enclosed building or structure
or otherwise shielded or screened from view. If a vehicle cover method
is used, the cover must be of a type that is manufactured for that
purpose and covers the entire vehicle.
This chapter shall not apply to the following
vehicles and owners thereof:
The Town may remove any such inoperative motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer not exempted under § 160-2 of this chapter at any time after the expiration of 30 days after the owner of the premises is given notice of his noncompliance with this chapter. The Town may dispose of any such vehicle so removed after the expiration of another 30 days after giving the owner notice of the Town's intent to dispose of the vehicle. The cost of any such removal and disposal shall be chargeable to the owner of the vehicle or premises and may be collected by the Town as taxes and other levies are collected and shall constitute a lien against the property from which the vehicle was removed; the lien to continue until actual payment of such costs shall have been made to the Town.[1]