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HOUSE BILL NO. 2698 Offered January 12, 2005 Prefiled January 12, 2005 A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1222.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to limitations on parking of certain vehicles on streets in residential districts in Fairfax County and towns within its boundaries. ---------- Patrons-- Sickles, Amundson, Ebbin, Petersen, Rust and Scott, J.M. ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

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, any adjacent county operating under the county executive form of government, and any town within any county operating under the urban county executive form of government may by ordinance regulate or prohibit the parking on any public highway in such county or town 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. In addition to commercial vehicles defined in § 46.2-1224, any such county or town 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.

C. Any county operating under the urban county executive form of government or any town within such county may also, by ordinance, limit the parking on any public highway in any residential district of any vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating between 8,000 and 12,000 pounds and is not otherwise governed by this section, to one such vehicle per dwelling, provided such vehicle is registered to an address on a street located within the residential district.

D. The provisions of any such ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection B or C 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.