(1) 
Unless in an emergency or otherwise indicated by signs or to allow another vehicle or a pedestrian to cross in front, no vehicle shall be stopped in any street except close to and parallel with the curb, and in no instance shall vehicles be parked less than four feet apart, nor with the wheels further than 12 inches from the curb.
(2) 
Except upon one-way streets, no vehicle shall be parked except within 12 inches of the right-hand curb, unless otherwise provided by the council or by regulations of the city manager.
(3) 
Vehicles shall not be stopped in such manner as to block or obstruct the orderly and lawful passage of other traffic, nor between a safety zone and curb, nor within 15 feet of the ends of any obstruction opposite the vehicle. Vehicles stopped two or more abreast parallel with the curb shall be deemed to obstruct traffic in violation of this subsection.
(4) 
The provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall not apply to any vehicle so positioned in a parking space designated by painted lines that no portion of the vehicle extends over such painted lines.
(Code 1964 §§ 15-57.2, 15-117; Code 1985 § 16-101; Ord. 1-13-00)
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop a vehicle at any time, upon any street, for the purpose of advertising any article of any kind, or displaying thereupon advertisements of any article, or advertisement for the sale of the vehicle itself.
Cross reference – Advertising, Ch. 8.05 SCC.
(Code 1964 § 15-117; Code 1985 § 16-102)
(1) 
The city manager may adopt and put into effect regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, designating the time, place and manner that vehicles may be parked on the city streets and shall make and enforce such additional rules and regulations as parking conditions may require.
(2) 
When any regulation is made pursuant to this section and when appropriate signs or markers have been erected giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to violate such regulation.
(Code 1964 § 15-17.1; Code 1985 § 16-104)
(1) 
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 driveway.
(c) 
Within an intersection.
(d) 
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(e) 
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway.
(f) 
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.
(g) 
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail or a railroad grade crossing.
(h) 
On the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within 75 feet of such entrance, when properly posted.
(i) 
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction, when such parking would obstruct traffic.
(j) 
On the roadway side of any vehicle parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(k) 
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street or within a tunnel.
(l) 
In any area or space on public or private property open for parking to the public designated and marked as a "fire lane."
(m) 
At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
(n) 
In any parking space marked "Reserved Parking" unless the vehicle so parked is entitled to reserved parking in that particular space.
(o) 
At any place that obstructs access to a city water meter.
(2) 
For any violation of subsection (1)(l) of this section, the penalty shall be a fine in an amount as specified in a schedule as promulgated from time to time by the city manager and any law enforcement officer may (a) attach the notice of violation to the vehicle set forth in SCC § 10.25.380 and/or (b) may remove the vehicle or have the vehicle removed to a storage area for safekeeping and shall report the removal to the Department of Motor Vehicles of the commonwealth of Virginia and to the owner (with the notice of violation attached) as promptly as possible, all as provided in Section 46.2-1211 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended. Before obtaining possession of his property, the owner shall pay to the parties entitled thereto all costs incidental to its removal and storage.
(3) 
For any violation of subsection (1)(n) or (o) of this section, the penalty shall be a fine in an amount as specified in a schedule as promulgated from time to time by the city manager and any law enforcement officer may (a) attach the notice of violation to the vehicle as set forth in SCC § 10.25.380 and/or (b) may remove the vehicle or have the vehicle removed in accordance with Section 46.2-1213(B) of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference. Such removal shall be reported immediately to the city manager or assistant city manager and to the chief of police of the city of Staunton, and, as promptly as possible, to the owner of the vehicle.
(Code 1964 § 15-119; Code 1985 § 16-105; Ord. 6-9-83 § 2; Ord. 12-17-92; Ord. 12-14-00; Ord. 10-24-02; Amended during the 2003 reformat; Ord. 2016-11)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, on any street or parking lot belonging to or operated by the city, any vehicle on which currently legal license plates and decals are not properly displayed, as required by state law and this chapter.
(Code 1964 § 15-34; Code 1985 § 16-106)
(1) 
No vehicles other than those displaying disabled parking license plates, organizational removable windshield placards, permanent removable windshield placards, or temporary removable windshield placards issued under Section 46.2-1241 of the Code of Virginia, or Disabled Veteran (DV) parking license plates issued under Subsection B of Section 46.2-739 of the Code of Virginia, shall be parked in any parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities.
(2) 
No person without a disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk shall park a vehicle with the license plates and/or placards set forth above in subsection (1) of this section in a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities that limit or impair their ability to walk except when transporting a disabled person in the vehicle.
(3) 
A summons or parking ticket for an offense in violation of this section may be issued by law enforcement officers, volunteers serving in units established pursuant to Section 46.2-1244, and other uniformed personnel employed by the city of Staunton to enforce parking regulations, without the necessity of a warrant being obtained by the owner of a private parking area.
(4) 
Parking a vehicle in a space reserved for persons with disabilities in violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine in an amount as specified in a schedule as promulgated from time to time by the city manager.
(5) 
In any prosecution charging a violation of this section, proof that the vehicle described in the complaint, summons, parking ticket, citation or warrant was parked in violation of this section, together with proof that the defendant was at the time the registered owner of the vehicle, as required by Chapter 6 (Section 46.2-600 et seq.) of Title 46.2 of the Code of Virginia, shall constitute prima facie evidence that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who committed the violation.
(6) 
No violation of this section shall be dismissed for a property owner's failure to strictly comply with the requirements for disabled parking signs set forth in Section 36-99.11 of the Code of Virginia, provided the space is clearly distinguishable as a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities that limit or impair their ability to walk.
(7) 
The provisions of Sections 46.2-1247, 46.2-1248, 46.2-1249, 46.2-1250, 46.2-1251, 46.2-1252, and 46.2-1253 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, relating to counterfeiting disability licenses or placards, use of counterfeit disability licenses or placards, alteration of disabled licenses or placards, unauthorized use of disabled licenses or placards, fraudulently obtaining a disabled license or placard, selling or exchanging a disabled license or placard and providing to another such licenses or placards without sale or exchange of consideration, are incorporated herein by reference.
(8) 
Upon conviction of a violation set forth in the sections of the Code of Virginia incorporated herein by reference (set forth in subsection (7) of this section), the court shall send notice of the conviction and the number of the license plate or placard involved to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
State law reference – Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1242 et seq.
(Code 1985 § 16-107; Ord. 12-10-98; Amended during the 2003 reformat; Ord. 2016-11)
(1) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle on any street and leave such vehicle standing for a period of more than seven consecutive days.
(2) 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store any vehicle on or in a city-owned parking facility without obtaining a permit therefor. For the purposes of this section, any vehicle parked within or upon a city-owned facility for seven consecutive 24-hour periods, without being taken from the facility during that time, shall be considered a stored vehicle.
(3) 
The city manager, in his discretion, may issue a temporary permit allowing storage upon application therefor in unusual or special circumstances. The permit shall state the dates of permitted storage and be displayed in plain view inside the vehicle.
(4) 
The presumption set forth in SCC § 10.25.420 is incorporated herein by reference.
(5) 
For a violation of this section, there shall incur a fine in an amount as specified in a schedule as promulgated from time to time by the city manager for the first violation in any 12-month period and penalty of a fine in an amount as specified in a schedule as promulgated from time to time by the city manager for subsequent violations within said 12-month period. The notice provision of SCC § 10.25.410 shall apply prior to the issuance of a summons hereunder.
(Code 1964 § 15-124; Code 1985 § 16-108; Ord. 1-13-00; Ord. 2016-11)
(1) 
Except for emergencies and inoperable vehicles and excepting vehicles of employees of the city of Staunton having business at the Staunton Public Library, no vehicle shall be parked on the parking premises of the Staunton Public Library between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the following morning.
(2) 
Whenever special events are being held at the library lasting beyond 9:00 p.m., patrons of those events shall nevertheless be permitted to park until one hour following the termination of the event.
(3) 
In the case of emergencies or inoperable motor vehicles, the owner or custodian of such vehicle shall proceed to have such vehicle removed from the premises of the library as soon as reasonably possible, but, in any case, within 24 hours of the emergency or disability.
Cross reference – Libraries, Ch. 2.75 SCC.
(Code 1964 § 15-126; Code 1985 § 16-109; Ord. 6-9-88; Ord. 3-13-97)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or store, for more than 24 hours, on any street or any parking lot belonging to or operated by the city, any motor vehicle which is incapable of being operated.
Cross reference – Open storage of inoperable vehicles, SCC § 9.05.200.
(Code 1985 § 16-110)
(1) 
No motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer shall be parked on or in any loading zone for commercial purposes longer than is actually necessary to load or unload freight or merchandise.
(2) 
No noncommercial motor vehicle shall be parked on or in any customer pickup zone for a period in excess of 15 minutes.
(Code 1964 § 15-122; Code 1985 § 16-111; Ord. 6-9-88)
(1) 
No truck, tractor truck, trailer, semitrailer, motor home, bus or school bus shall be parked at any time on the street of any residential area of the city of Staunton, except when such vehicle is being operated in its normal course of business such as pickup and delivery of goods to homes or businesses in such area.
(2) 
The definition of the above-described vehicles shall be the same as those definitions set forth in Section 46.2-100 of the Code of Virginia as amended from time to time; except, however, the following definitions apply:
(a) 
"Truck"
means every motor vehicle designed to transport property on its own structure independent of any other vehicle and having a registered gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 13,000 pounds or a vehicle height of not more than eight feet. Vehicle height shall be the distance, measured vertically, from the ground to the highest point of the vehicle, including any features such as toppers, racks, cargo boxes, or any other feature that performs a similar function, or mechanical and electrical equipment;
(b) 
"Bus"
means a motor vehicle designed, or intended, or used to carry 16 or more passengers.
(3) 
"Residential areas" as used herein shall mean those areas zoned R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, and R-6 of the zoning code of Staunton.
(4) 
No vehicle described in subsection (1) of this section shall be parked upon any street within the city between 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. except when actively engaged in normal pickup and delivery of goods to homes or businesses within the area.
(5) 
Any person, firm or corporation convicted of a violation of this section shall incur a fine in an amount as specified in a schedule as promulgated from time to time by the city manager.
(Code 1964 § 15-123; Code 1985 § 16-112; Ord. 6-9-88; Ord. 9-14-00; Ord. 2012-07; Ord. 2016-11)
No person operating a bus for the transportation of passengers for hire between the city and points outside the city shall park or leave standing such bus in the streets of the city while loading or unloading passengers or waiting to begin a trip out of the city. This shall not prevent any such bus from being stopped at a street corner for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers at a point along the route of such bus between the bus terminal and the corporate limits of the city while the bus is en route between such terminal and the point outside of the city, either ingoing or outgoing; provided, however, that no such stop shall be made within the congested business area of the city bounded on the north by the south side of Frederick Street, on the east by the west side of New Street, on the south by the south side of Johnson Street and on the west by the east side of Lewis Street.
(Code 1964 § 15-125; Code 1985 § 16-113)
No vehicle shall be backed up to a curb, except that, in the loading zone on the north side of Middlebrook Avenue, from its intersection with South Augusta Street for a distance of 76.45 feet, vehicles may be backed to the curb for loading and unloading purposes only; provided, that between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., no vehicle may remain backed to the curb for loading and unloading purposes in such zone for more than two consecutive hours, unless an emergency permit is obtained from the chief of police. In issuing such emergency permit, the chief of police shall consider, among other things, the danger, if any, to perishable goods, if such permit is not issued. (Amended during the 2003 reformat; Code 1985, § 16-115; Code 1964, § 15-117).
(1) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any merchandise from any vehicle while such vehicle is parked upon any street in a business district.
(2) 
A violation of this section shall constitute a Class 4 misdemeanor.
(3) 
This section shall not apply to any sale lawfully made pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 10.30 SCC.
Cross reference – Penalty for Class 4 misdemeanor, SCC § 1.05.100.
(Code 1964 § 15-120; Code 1985 § 16-116)
It shall be unlawful for any person to use any part of any parking lot belonging to or operated by the city for the purpose of parking or storing thereon any motor vehicle for commercial purposes. The storing or parking of each such motor vehicle on any such lot shall be regarded as a separate offense under this section.
(Code 1985 § 16-117)
(1) 
The rate for parking in a parking facility shall be as established by the city manager, with the approval of the council.
(2) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove a vehicle from a city-owned parking facility before paying the attendant the full amount due for the parking of such vehicle or presenting to the attendant a properly validated ticket; provided, however, if no attendant is on duty at the time of such removal of a vehicle, the person removing the same shall, within 48 hours after such removal, pay the attendant at such parking facility the amount due for the parking of such vehicle, or present to the attendant a properly validated ticket. There shall be a prima facie presumption that any vehicle removed from a parking facility contrary to the provisions of this section was removed by the registered owner of the same.
(Code 1985 § 16-118; Ord. 12-9-99)
(1) 
The city manager may designate certain blocks or portions thereof and certain city-owned parking lots within the parking meter zones as free parking areas, subject to the time limitations and enforcement provisions contained herein pursuant to authority provided in SCC § 10.25.040.
(2) 
A time limitation of two hours is hereby established as the maximum limit for free parking as provided in this section.
(3) 
Those veterans of military service in one of the branches of armed forces of the United States who are former prisoners of war and/or who have been awarded the Purple Heart and whose vehicle has been issued license plates by the Commonwealth of Virginia bearing Purple Heart and/or former POW designations may park such vehicle without charge at or in city streets, lots, or parking garages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, all other parking regulations and time limits herein contained shall be applicable to such vehicles.
(4) 
If a city street or parking lot is designated a two-hour parking area, it shall be unlawful for a person, firm, or corporation to park a vehicle continuously in such street or lot for a time in excess of two hours.
(5) 
In the case of a violation of subsection (4) of this section, the owner of the vehicle involved shall incur a fine in an amount as specified in a schedule as promulgated from time to time by the city manager.
(6) 
Notwithstanding subsection (5) of this section, if the owner of the vehicle involved is guilty of a violation of subsection (4) of this section more than five times in a 12-month period, the penalty shall be a fine in an amount as specified in a schedule as promulgated from time to time by the city manager.
(Code 1985 § 16-119; Ord. 4-8-93; Ord. 5-13-99; Ord. 12-14-00; Ord. 5-8-03; Amended during the 2003 reformat; Ord. 2004-07; Ord. 2004-11; Ord. 2016-11)