[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.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parades — See Ch. 101.
Parking — See Ch. 104.
Special events — See Ch. 132.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 136.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 157.
Licensing of vehicles — See Ch. 163.
Zoning — See Ch. 171.
[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:
A. 
Vehicles stored in an enclosed building.
B. 
Vehicles in the possession of a licensed automobile dealer, salvage dealer or scrap processor, if screened from public view.
C. 
Vehicles in an automobile graveyard, as defined and regulated by § 33.1-348, Code of Virginia.
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]
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Editor's Note: Original Section 4, which contained penalties and immediately followed this section, was repealed 11-11-1996. For current penalty provisions, see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.