No person shall park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places:
A. 
On a sidewalk.
B. 
In front of a public or private driveway.
C. 
Within an intersection.
D. 
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
E. 
On a crosswalk.
F. 
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; provided, however, that where there is no crosswalk at an intersection, no person shall so park a vehicle within 20 feet from the intersection of curblines or, if none, then within 15 feet of the intersection of property lines.
G. 
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway.
H. 
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by official signs or markings.
I. 
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad grade crossing.
J. 
Within 15 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance when properly signposted.
K. 
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such parking would obstruct traffic.
L. 
On the roadway side of any vehicle parked at the edge or curb of a street.
M. 
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street or within a tunnel.
N. 
At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
No person other than a police officer shall move a vehicle into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful, or start or cause to be started the motor of any motor vehicle, or shift, change or move the levers, brake, starting device, gears or other mechanism of a parked motor vehicle to a position other than that in which it was left by the owner or driver thereof, or attempt to do so.
[Amended 12-16-2013[1]]
Pursuant to § 46.2-1201 of the Virginia Code, the Town of Elkton is hereby authorized to take abandoned vehicles into custody and dispose of them in accordance with the provisions of §§ 46.2-1200 through 46.2-1207 of the Virginia Code, as amended. The Town hereby adopts §§ 46.2-1200 through 46.2-1207 of the Virginia Code, as amended, and any amendments adopted hereafter, as if more fully set forth herein.
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance also repealed former § 158-18, Vehicles parked for more than thirty days, and § 158-19, Removal and disposition of vehicle left on private property.
[Added 5-6-2024]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep for more than 10 days, except within a fully enclosed building or structure or otherwise shielded or screened from public view, on any property in the Town zoned for residential, commercial or agricultural purposes, any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, as such are defined in § 46.2-100 of the Code of Virginia, which is inoperable.
B. 
As used in this section, the term "inoperable motor vehicle" shall mean 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 for which there is no valid license plate or inspection sticker.
(1) 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an antique motor vehicle (as defined by § 46.2-100 of the Code of Virginia) is not required to have an inspection sticker if such vehicle is not used for general transportation and is only used:
(a) 
For participation in club activities, exhibits, tours, parades and similar events; and
(b) 
On the public streets and highways of the commonwealth and municipalities for the purpose of testing their operation, obtaining repairs or maintenance and transportation to and from the activities set forth in Subsection B(1)(a) of this section.
(2) 
As used in this section, the term "shielded or screened" means not visible by someone standing at ground level from outside of the property on which the subject vehicle is located, and does not include covering the vehicle with a tarpaulin or other sheet of material.
C. 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to a licensed business which, on June 26, 1970, was regularly engaged in the business as an automobile dealer, salvage yard or scrap processor.
D. 
The owners of property zoned for residential, commercial or agricultural purposes, shall, within 10 days of notice to do so given in writing by the Town Police Department and mailed to the post office address shown for such owner in the Town tax records, remove therefrom any such inoperable motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers that are not kept within a fully enclosed building or structure. In the event such inoperable motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers are not so removed after the ten-day notice set forth above, the Town may, through its own agents and/or employees, remove such vehicles, trailers or semitrailers. Any such vehicles, trailers or semitrailers removed by the Town after such notice may be disposed of by the Town after giving written notice to the registered owner of such vehicles, trailers or semitrailers. Such additional notice shall be sent by first-class mail to the address of the owner of such vehicle shown on the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Such additional notice shall advise the owner that, unless the vehicle is claimed by the owner, and all costs of removal and/or storage is paid or reimbursed to the Town within 30 days, the same will be disposed of. All costs of any such removal, storage and/or disposal shall be chargeable to the owner of such vehicle or the owner of the premises upon which it was stored prior to removal. Such costs may be collected by the Town as taxes are collected. Every cost authorized hereunder with which the owner of the premises has been assessed shall constitute a lien against the property from which the vehicle was removed and such lien shall continue until actual payment of such costs has been paid to the Town.
E. 
A violation of this section shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor in the event three civil penalties have previously been imposed on the same defendant for the same or similar violation, not arising from the same set of operative facts, within a twenty-four-month period.
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Editor's Note: Authority for this section, state law reference: § 15.2-904, Code of Virginia.