[Amended 4-4-1963; 5-19-1977]
A. 
On streets where parking is not otherwise prohibited, vehicles shall be parked parallel to and with the outermost portion of the curbside wheels within six inches of the curb.
B. 
On Main Street between its intersection with White Street and North Jefferson Street, vehicles shall be parked headed in a northerly direction with the direction of traffic flow.
C. 
On the following streets or portions thereof, vehicles shall be parked so that their right wheels shall be parallel to and within six inches of the curb:
Street
Location
Henry Street
From Randolph Street to Jefferson Street
Jefferson Street
Entire length
Lee Avenue
From Washington Street to Preston Street
Main Street
Entire length, except between White Street and North Jefferson Street
McDowell Street
From Main Street to Jefferson Street
Nelson Street
Entire length
Randolph Street
From Henry Street to Preston Street
Washington Street
Entire length
No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, upon a street or highway in front of a private driveway or within 15 feet in either direction of a fire hydrant or the entrance to a fire station, nor within 20 feet from the intersection of curblines or, if none, then within 15 feet of the intersection of property lines at an intersection of streets or highways.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 394-54, Parking for loading or unloading merchandise on certain streets, was repealed 10-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-07.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 394-55, Use of rear entrances for making deliveries, was repealed 10-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-07.
[Added 2-6-1964]
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave any vehicle under his care on any City street or on a public right-of-way for a period exceeding five days without moving it at least a vehicle's length.
[Added by Ord. No. 00-2; amended 7-17-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-06; 10-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-07]
A. 
Whenever there is found a motor vehicle parked anywhere within the City, other than on private property, which falls within any one of the following conditions such vehicle may, by towing or otherwise, be removed to another place for temporary storage and safekeeping by a law-enforcement officer of the Police Department, or by another person acting under the direction of such an officer or employee, or such vehicle may be immobilized in such manner as to prevent its removal or operation.
(1) 
Such vehicle has three or more outstanding or otherwise unsettled parking citations issued for a violation of any provision of this chapter each of which has not been paid within the seven-day limitation period; or
(2) 
Such vehicle is left unattended on a public highway or other public property and constitutes a traffic hazard; or
(3) 
Such vehicle is illegally parked; or
(4) 
Such vehicle is left unattended for more than 10 days either on public property or on private property (subject to the limitations set forth in Subsection B hereof) without the permission of the property owner, lessee, or occupant; or
(5) 
Such vehicle is immobilized on a public roadway by weather conditions or other emergency situation.
B. 
It shall be the duty of any police officer removing or immobilizing a motor vehicle or under whose direction such vehicle is removed or immobilized to inform as soon as practicable the owner of the removed or immobilized vehicle of the nature and circumstances of the prior unsettled parking violation notices for which or on account of which such vehicle was removed or immobilized. In any case involving immobilization of a vehicle pursuant to this section, there shall be placed on such vehicle, in a conspicuous manner, a notice warning that such vehicle has been immobilized and that any attempt to move such vehicle might result in damage thereto.
C. 
The owner of an immobilized vehicle, or other duly authorized person, shall be allowed not fewer than 24 hours from the time of immobilization to repossess or secure the release of the vehicle, following which such vehicle may be removed to a storage area for safekeeping under the direction of a police officer.
D. 
The owner of such removed or immobilized motor vehicle, or other duly authorized person, may repossess or secure the release of the vehicle by payment of outstanding parking violation notices for which the vehicle was removed or immobilized, and by payment of all reasonable costs incidental to the removal and storage of the vehicle, based on actual costs, and a fine for the cost of immobilization of the vehicle and the efforts to locate the owner of the vehicle, which amount shall be established by resolution of the Council on at least an annual basis. Should such owner fail or refuse to pay such fines and costs, or should the identity or whereabouts of such owner be unknown and unascertainable, such vehicle may be sold as provided by § 46.2-1213 of the Code of Virginia.
A. 
No automobile, vehicle, implement or contrivance shall be permitted to stop or park on state highways, within the City, for the purpose of receiving service, motor fuel, oil, repairs or accessories, except upon such portion thereof as shall be in excess of 30 feet measured between curbs. No tank, pump or other equipment, for the purposes aforesaid or like purposes, shall be permitted to be installed or erected or to continue to remain in or on the sidewalks or state highways within the City for the purpose of servicing any such automobile, vehicle, implement or contrivance on or within the thirty-foot width herein provided, or any part thereof. No person shall furnish or attempt or offer to furnish service, motor fuel, oil, repairs, or accessories for any such automobile, etc., stopped or parked in contravention of the terms of this section.
B. 
Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Added 8-7-1969]
A. 
No person shall keep, except within a fully enclosed building or structure, on any property zoned for residential purposes, any one or more automobiles whose condition is such that it is economically impractical to make them operative.
B. 
For the purposes of this section, an automobile shall be considered to be of such condition that it is economically impracticable to be made operable when the cost of repairs, including materials and labor at prevailing prices, necessary to make the automobile operable exceed an amount equal to 50% of the value of the vehicle, as determined by the appraisal of two disinterested garage men. An automobile shall be considered operable when its equipment and condition are such that the automobile would be approved for an approval inspection sticker under the provisions of the Code of Virginia, Title 46.1,[2] and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto if the owner submitted the vehicle to an inspection at an official inspection station.
[2]
Editor's Note: Title 46.1 of the Code of Virginia was repealed by Acts 1989, c. 727. See now Title 46.2.
C. 
Any person who shall violate any provision of this section, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1, § 1-6 of this Code.
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Editor's Note: See also § 394-94, Inoperable vehicles on private property.
[Amended 3-21-1963; 5-19-1977; 6-5-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-03; 10-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-07]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse, fail or neglect to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or other regulation promulgated pursuant hereto.
B. 
Every owner of any vehicle convicted of a parking violation as set forth in Article V of this chapter shall, for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine; all fines shall be paid within seven days of the date set forth on the citation; of not less than $15 nor more than $120 or by imprisonment in jail for not less than one nor more than 10 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a second such conviction within one year, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $20 nor more than $200 or by imprisonment in jail for not less than one nor more than 20 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and for a third or subsequent conviction within one year, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment in jail for not less than 10 days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. 
Every person convicted of a violation of any of the other provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, for which no other penalty is provided, shall, for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than $15 nor more than $120 or by imprisonment in jail for not less than one nor more than 10 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a second such conviction within one year, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $20 nor more than $200 or by imprisonment in jail for not fewer than one nor more than 20 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and for a third or subsequent conviction within one year, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment in jail for not less than 10 days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
D. 
Whenever a specific penalty is provided in the Code of Virginia for the violation of any section of the Code of Virginia adopted by reference by § 394-3, the penalty for a violation of such section, charged on a City warrant, shall be the same as provided by state statute.