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1998 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-1224 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-1224. County ordinances prohibiting certain parking in streets and highways.
A. The governing body of any county may, by ordinance, prohibit any person from parking any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer on or adjacent to the highways in the county when such person parks any such motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer for commercial purposes. The provisions of any such ordinance shall not apply to motor vehicle carriers when picking up or discharging passengers.
B. The governing body bodies of any
county (i) counties with a population
populations greater than 500,000 and (ii) counties with
populations of at least 210,000 but less than 217,000 may, by ordinance,
prohibit any person from parking any commercial vehicle, as defined in this
section, on the highways of the county in areas zoned for residential use. For
the purposes of this section, the term "commercial vehicle" may include: (i)
any solid waste collection vehicle, tractor truck or tractor truck/semitrailer
or tractor truckrailer truck/trailer combination, dump
truck, concrete mixer truck, towing and recovery vehicle with a registered
gross weight of 12,000 pounds or more, and any heavy construction equipment,
whether located on the highway or on a truck, trailer, or semitrailer; (ii) any
trailer, semitrailer, or other vehicle in which food or beverages are stored or
sold; (iii) any trailer or semitrailer used for transporting landscaping or
lawn-care equipment whether or not such trailer or semitrailer is attached to
another vehicle; and (iv) any vehicle licensed by the Commonwealth for use as a
common or contract carrier or as a limousine. Such ordinance shall permit,
however, 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. The provisions of any
such ordinance shall not apply to a commercial vehicle when picking up or
discharging passengers or when temporarily parked pursuant to the performance
of work or service at a particular location.
Any violation of the provisions of any such ordinance shall be a traffic infraction.