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2004 SESSION
049458248Patrons-- Brink, Ebbin, Eisenberg and Van Landingham; Senators: Ticer and Whipple
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 the county manager plan 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 with
three or more axles; (iii) any vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating
of 12,000 or more pounds; (iv) any vehicle designed to transport 16 or more
passengers including the driver; and (v) any vehicle of any size that is being
used in the transportation of hazardous materials as defined in § 46.2-341.4;
and (vi) any commercial vehicle, as defined in § 46.2-1224. The provisions of
any such ordinance shall not apply to (i) any commercial vehicle when taking on
or discharging passengers or when temporarily parked pursuant to the
performance of work or service at a particular location or (ii) utility generators
located on trailers and being used to power network facilities during a loss of
commercial power. However, any such ordinance shall permit one resident of
each single family dwelling unit zoned for residential use to park one vehicle
licensed as a taxicab or limousine on such highways, provided other vehicles are
permitted to park thereon.