Bill Text: VA HB369 | 2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Parking management companies; expands powers of companies operating under contracts with localities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0563) [HB369 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2014-HB369-Enrolled.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§46.2-1220 and 46.2-1225 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §46.2-1220. Parking, stopping, and standing regulations in counties, cities, or towns; parking meters; presumption as to violation of ordinances; penalty. The governing body of any county, city, or town may by
ordinance provide for the regulation of parking, stopping, and standing of
vehicles within its limits, including the installation and maintenance of
parking meters. The ordinance may require the deposit of a coin of a prescribed
denomination, determine the length of time a vehicle may be parked, and designate
a department, official, or employee of the local government to administer the
provisions of the ordinance. The ordinance may delegate to that department,
official, or employee the authority to make and enforce any additional
regulations concerning parking that may be required, including, but not limited
to, penalties for violations, deadlines for the payment of fines, and late
payment penalties for fines not paid when due. In a city having a population of
at least No ordinance adopted under the provisions of this section shall prohibit the parking of two motorcycles in single parking spaces designated, marked, and sized for four-wheel vehicles. The governing body of any county, city, or town may, by ordinance, permit the parking of three or more motorcycles in single parking spaces designated, marked, and sized for four-wheel vehicles. If any ordinance regulates parking on an interstate highway or any arterial highway or any extension of an arterial highway, it shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Highways. In any prosecution charging a violation of the ordinance or regulation, proof that the vehicle described in the complaint, summons, parking ticket citation, or warrant was parked in violation of the ordinance or regulation, together with proof that the defendant was at the time the registered owner of the vehicle, as required by Chapter 6 (§46.2-600 et seq.) of this title, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who committed the violation. Violators of local ordinances adopted by Chesterfield County or James City County pursuant to this section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $75, the proceeds from which shall be paid into the locality's general fund. §46.2-1225. Enforcement provisions in city or county parking ordinances. Any city or county ordinance regulating parking under this article shall require: 1. That uncontested payment of parking citation penalties be collected and accounted for by a local administrative official or officials who shall be compensated by the locality or by a private management company under contract with the locality; 2. That contest by any person of any parking citation shall be certified on an appropriate form, to the appropriate district court, by such official or officials; and 3. That the local administrative official or officials shall cause complaints, summons, or warrants to be issued for delinquent parking citations. Every action to collect unpaid parking citation penalties imposed for violation of a city or county ordinance regulating parking under this article shall be commenced within three years of the date upon which such penalty became delinquent. |
