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2003 SESSION

034875720
HOUSE BILL NO. 2286
Offered January 8, 2003
Prefiled January 8, 2003
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1222.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to regulation or prohibition of parking of certain vehicles in certain counties.
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Patrons-- Devolites, Scott and Watts
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Referred to Committee on Transportation
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-1222.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-1222.1. Regulation or prohibition of parking of certain vehicles in certain counties.

A. Any county operating under the urban county executive form of government, or any adjacent county operating under the county executive form of government, may by ordinance regulate or prohibit the parking on any public highway in the county of any or all of the following: (i) watercraft; (ii) boat trailers; (iii) motor homes, as defined in § 46.2-100; and (iv) camping trailers, as defined in § 46.2-100.

B. Any such county may also, by ordinance, regulate or prohibit the parking on any public highway in any residence district as defined in § 46.2-100: any or all of the following: (i) any trailer or semitrailer, regardless of whether such trailer or semitrailer is attached to another vehicle; (ii) any vehicle that has either (a) a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds; or (b) a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds, inclusive of a towed vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds; (iii) any vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers including the driver; and (iv) any vehicle of any size that is being used in the transportation of hazardous materials as defined in § 46.2-341.4.