State law reference - Similar provisions applicable to violations of state traffic laws, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-113, city prohibited from imposing penalty for traffic violation which is greater than penalty imposed by state for similar offense, § 46.2-1300.

State law reference - similar provisions as to state traffic regulations, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-801.

State law references - Duty of police to enforce state traffic laws, Code of Virginia, §  46.2-102; direction of traffic by police, § 46.2-1309.

(a) The city manager may cause appropriate signs to be erected and maintained, designating residence and business districts, streets and railway grade crossings and such other signs as may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and to control traffic.

(b) The city manager shall have power to provide for the regulation of traffic by means of traffic officers or lights or other traffic control devices on any portion of a street where traffic is heavy or continuous or where, in his judgment, conditions may require. (Code 1964, §§ 15-18, 15-23)

State law reference - Authority for above section, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1212.

State law reference - Authority for above section, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-935.

(a) Every resident, owner or resident custodian of a motor vehicle, including motor bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles, and of every trailer operated or to be operated on the streets of the city, in the business or for the private use or benefit of the owner or custodian shall, on or before the fifteenth day of April of each year, or before he shall commence to operate his vehicle or trailer, obtain a license to operate the same from the city.

(b) This section shall not apply to any vehicle or trailer which is exempted from the imposition of a local license tax or fee by section 46.2-755 of the Code of Virginia or any other state law.

(c) Nonresidents of the city may operate a motor vehicle or trailer without a city license only for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days.

(d) New residents of the City owning or having custody of a motor vehicle (as set forth in (a) above) shall obtain the license required herein within thirty days of such residency. Upon application for the city license, the new resident, owner or custodian shall not be charged the tax therefor for the balance of the calendar year of application provided the new resident, owner or custodian provides evidence, satisfactory to the Treasurer of the City, that a similar license tax (or registration tax) was paid on said motor vehicle to another political subdivision (City or County) in the Commonwealth of Virginia for the calendar year concerned. (Code 1964, § 15-31; Ord. of 12-9-82; Ord. of 8-22-96)

(1) Its make, model and serial or factory number, if any.

(2) A brief description showing its style.

(3) Its weight, as computed by the provisions of the state law now in force or in accordance with any modifications that hereafter may be made by the state.

(a) An annual license tax is hereby imposed upon every motor vehicle and trailer required to be licensed under this article. The amount of such tax shall be as prescribed in subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this section.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) below, the license tax on a passenger motor vehicle shall be twenty dollars ($20.00), if the gross weight of the vehicle is four thousand (4,000) pounds or less, and twenty-five dollars ($25.00), if such gross weight is more than four thousand (4,000) pounds.

(c) The license tax on a motor bicycle, moped or motorcycle shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00).

(d) The license tax on trucks shall be based on gross weight and shall be in accord with the following schedule:

(e) The license tax on a trailer shall be based on gross weight and shall be one-half the license tax imposed by subsection (d) above on a truck of the same weight, with a maximum tax of twenty-two dollars ($22.00), except that on travel and camping trailers, the license tax shall be five dollars ($5.00) if the gross weight is fifteen hundred (1500) pounds or less, and ten dollars ($10.00) if such weight is over fifteen hundred (1500) pounds.

(f) The license tax imposed by this section shall be paid to the city treasurer at the time application for the license is filed pursuant to section 16-30. (Code 1964, § 15-31; Ord. of 12-9-82)

State law reference - Authority for above tax, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-752.

(a) If a license required by this article is initially applied for on or after May first of any license year, the license tax imposed by section 16-31 shall be prorated according to the following schedule:

(b) The owner of a city vehicle license tag or decal may turn the same in to the city treasurer and receive a refund of the tax paid for such tag or decal based on the amount originally paid according to the same schedule as set out in subsection (a) above. No refund shall be made after February twenty-eighth for the previous year's license.

(c) Any resident who, on April fifteenth, owns a vehicle required to be licensed under this article shall pay one hundred (100) percent of the license tax imposed by this article, regardless of when such license is obtained. (Code 1964, § 15-31; Ord. of 12-9-82)

State law reference - Authority for above section, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-752.

State law reference - Authority for above section, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-752.

State law reference - Authority to decrease speed limits established by state law, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1300.

(a) It shall be unlawful for the operator of any motor vehicle to block or impede the orderly flow of traffic on any street within the city by reason of not having adequate snow tires or tire chains on his vehicle when snow and ice, either or both, are on the streets.

(b) When any motor vehicle without snow tires or tire chains shall become stalled on the traveled portion of a street of the city, it shall be prima facie evidence that the operator of such vehicle was in violation of this section.

(c) Any person violating this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each such offense. (Code 1964, §§ 15-57.1)

State law reference - Authority for above section, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1302.

State law reference - Right-of-way of funeral processions under police escort, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-828.

State law references - Authority for above section, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1301; duty of drivers approaching stop or yield sign, § 46.2-821.

(A) When authorized, signs are erected indicating any street or part thereof as a play street, no person shall drive a vehicle upon such street or portion thereof, except drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within such closed area, and then any such driver shall exercise the greatest care in driving upon such street or portion thereof.

(B) Constitution Drive, situated within Gypsy Hill Park, is hereby designated a play street under authority of Section 46.2-932 of the Code of Virginia. On said street, the use of roller skates, skate boards or roller blades or other devices on wheels or runners are permitted, provided, however, all such devices must be operated in a clockwise direction on said street facing motor vehicular traffic. No person riding on any bicycle, moped, roller skates, roller blades, skate boards or other devices on wheels or runners shall attach the same or himself to any vehicle on the roadway. (Ord. of 6/28/95)

(a) New Street, between Johnson Street and Augusta Street, is hereby designated as a one-way street for traffic moving from south to north.

(b) New Street, between Johnson Street and the old railroad station, is hereby designated as a one-way street for traffic moving from north to south. (Code 1964, § 15-109)

(a) Unless in an emergency or otherwise indicated by signs or to allow another vehicle or a pedestrian to cross in front, no vehicle shall be stopped in any street except close to and parallel with the curb, and in no instance shall vehicles be parked less than four (4) feet apart, nor with the wheels further than twelve (12) inches from the curb.

(b) Except upon one-way streets, no vehicle shall be parked except within twelve (12) inches of the right-hand curb, unless otherwise provided by the council or by regulations of the city manager.

(c) Vehicles shall not be stopped in such manner as to block or obstruct the orderly and lawful passage of other traffic, nor between a safety zone and curb, nor within fifteen (15) feet of the ends of any obstruction opposite the vehicle. Vehicles stopped two (2) or more abreast parallel with the curb shall be deemed to obstruct traffic in violation of this subsection.

(d) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) above shall not apply to any vehicle so positioned in a parking space designated by painted lines that no portion of the vehicle extends over such painted lines.

(Code 1964, §§ 15-57.2, 15-117; Ord. Of 1/13/2000)

(a) The city manager may adopt and put into effect regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, designating the time, place and manner that vehicles may be parked on the city streets and shall make and enforce such additional rules and regulations as parking conditions may require.

(b) When any regulation is made pursuant to this section and when appropriate signs or markers have been erected giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to violate such regulation. (Code 1964, § 15-17.1)

(a) No vehicles other than those displaying disabled parking license plates, organizational removable windshield placards, permanent removable windshield placards, or temporary removable windshield placards issued under Section 46.2-1241 of the Code of Virginia, or DV disabled parking license plates issued under Subsection B of Section 46.2-739 of the Code of Virginia, shall be parked in any parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities.

(b) No person without a disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk shall park a vehicle with the license plates and/or placards set forth above in Subsection (a) in a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities that limit or impair their ability to walk except when transporting a disabled person in the vehicle.

(c) A summons or parking ticket for an offense in violation of this section may be issued by law enforcement officers, volunteers serving in units established pursuant to Section 46.2-1244, and other uniformed personnel employed by the City of Staunton to enforce parking regulations, without the necessity of a warrant's being obtained by the owner of a private parking area.

(d) Parking a vehicle in a space reserved for persons with disabilities in violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00.

(e) In any prosecution charging a violation of this section, proof that the vehicle described in the complaint, summons, parking ticket, citation or warrant was parked in violation of this section, together with proof that the defendant was at the time the registered owner of the vehicle, as required by Chapter 6 (Section 46.2-600 et seq.) of Title 46.2 of the Code of Virginia, shall constitute prima facie evidence that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who committed the violation.

(f) No violation of this section shall be dismissed for a property owner's failure to strictly comply with the requirements for disabled parking signs set forth in Section 36-99.11 of the Code of Virginia, provided the space is clearly distinguishable as a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities that limit or impair their ability to walk.

(g) The provisions of Sections 46.2-1247, 46.2-1248, 46.2-1249, 46.2-1250, 46.2-1251, 46.2-1252, and 46.2-1253 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, relating to counterfeiting disability licenses or placards, use of counterfeit disability licenses or placards, alteration of disabled licenses or placards, unauthorized use of disabled licenses or placards, fraudulently obtaining a disabled license or placard, selling or exchanging a disabled license or placard and providing to another such licenses or placards without sale or exchange of consideration, are incorporated herein by reference.

(h) Upon conviction of a violation set forth in the sections of the Code of Virginia incorporated herein by reference (set forth in Subparagraph (g) above), the court shall send notice of the conviction and the number of the license plate or placard involved to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

State Law Reference - Code of Virginia, Section 46.2-1242 et. seq.

(a) No motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer shall be parked on or in any loading zone for commercial purposes longer than is actually necessary to load or unload freight or merchandise.

(b) No noncommercial motor vehicle shall be parked on or in any customer pickup zone for a period in excess of fifteen (15) minutes. (Code 1964, § 15-122; Ord. of 6-9-88)

(a) The rate for parking in a city-owned attendant-operated parking lot shall be as established by the city manager, with the approval of the council.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove a vehicle from a city owned parking facility before paying the attendant the full amount due for the parking of such vehicle or presenting to the attendant a properly validated ticket; provided, however, if no attendant is on duty at the time of such removal of a vehicle, the person removing the same shall, within forty-eight (48) hours after such removal, pay the attendant at such parking facility the amount due for the parking of such vehicle, or present to the attendant a properly validated ticket. There shall be a prima facie presumption that any vehicle removed from a parking facility contrary to the provisions of this section was removed by the registered owner of the same. (Ord. of 12-9-99)

*State law reference - Authority of city with respect to parking meters, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1220.

(a) Parking meter zones in the city shall be such as are established by the city council or by the city manager, with the approval of the council.

(b) Nothing in this Code or the ordinance adopting this Code shall affect any ordinance establishing or designating parking meter zones and all such ordinances are hereby recognized as continuing in full force and effect to the same extent as if set out at length in this Code. (Code 1964, § 15-157)

(a) It shall be the duty of the city manager to cause to be installed parking meters and to cause parking meter spaces to be designated in parking meter zones established in accordance with the provisions of this division.

(b) The city manager shall place or cause to be placed lines or marks on the curb or on the street about or alongside of each parking meter to designate the parking meter space for which such meter is to be used.

(c) Parking meters shall be placed upon the curb alongside of or next to individual parking places designated as herein provided. Each such meter shall be so set as to show or display a signal that the parking meter space assigned to it is or is not in use. (Code 1964, §§ 15-161, 15-162, 15-164)

(a) When any vehicle is parked in any parking meter space designated as provided in this division, the driver of such vehicle shall, upon entering the parking space, immediately deposit a coin of the United States of America, of such denomination as is indicated on the meter, in the parking meter alongside of or next to such space and such space may then be used by such vehicle during the time indicated on the meter. If such vehicle shall remain parked in such parking meter space beyond the parking limit, as indicated by the parking meter signal, such vehicle shall be considered as parked overtime and the parking of a vehicle overtime in any part of a street where any such meter is located shall be unlawful. It shall also be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in his name to be parked overtime or beyond the lawful period of time as herein described.

(b) The operator of any vehicle owned by the state, any political subdivision of the state or the United States, while engaged in governmental activity, may park such vehicle within parking meter zones designated pursuant to this division, for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes, without being subject to the provisions of this section. (Code 1964, §§ 15-166, 15-173)

(a) When reserving or blocking a metered parking space is required due to special loading or unloading requirements or nonconstruction service or repair work or other unique occasion, special authorization for this may be obtained and a bag cover will be provided which, when placed over the meter, will designate that space for special use. Such authorization shall be granted and such bag will be provided subject to the following conditions:

(b) Only those vehicles for which the special parking authorization provided for in this section was obtained may be parked in the authorized space.

(c) When reserving or blocking a metered parking space is required due to construction, renovation or demolition, special authorization for this may be obtained from the city manager and a bag cover will be provided at no cost to the contractor or the developer. In such case, all other applicable requirements of this section remain in force. (Ord. of 9-13-90)

(a) On each side of the street in each block of those streets designated as parking meter zones, the city manager, where it is practicable to do so, the public good is not infringed upon and there is no undue interference with the free movement of traffic, shall cause to be created a space for the loading and unloading of delivery vehicles and in such loading and unloading space there shall be no parking meter installed.

(b) Where a loading and unloading space is created pursuant to this section, the following regulations shall apply, between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., with respect to the use of such space:

(1) Parking within twenty (20) feet of the curb line of an intersecting street;

(2) Stopping a vehicle on a crosswalk;

(3) Where parallel parking is permitted, parking so that any part of the vehicle extends beyond the interior of the delineated parking space or, in the case where parking spaces are not delineated, where the curbside wheel or wheels are more than twelve (12) inches from the curb.

(4) Parking on an angle;

(5) Parking within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;

(6) Parking or stopping with the left side to the curb, except on one-way streets;

(7) Parking in a prohibited zone;

(8) Parking in a loading zone;

(9) Parking in a manner to block the entrance to a driveway;

(10) Parking in a prohibited alley or blocking an alley;

(11) Double parking;

(12) Parking in a bus zone;

(13) Where angle or ninety-degree parking is permitted, parking so that any part of the vehicle extends beyond the interior of the delineated parking space or, in the case where parking spaces are not delineated, where the nearest wheel or wheels are more than twelve (12) inches from the curb;

(14) Parking on a sidewalk;

(15) Parking a noncommercial vehicle in a customer pickup zone in excess of the fifteen (15) minute time limit.

(16) Parking in violation of section 16-106 of this code; the owner or operator of the vehicle involved may, within twenty-four (24) hours of the time when such notice was attached to such vehicle, pay, as a penalty for, and in full satisfaction of, such violation, the sum of five dollars ($5.00) for each violation up to and including two (2) in number during any calendar month except a violation of section 16-106, in which case the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall apply for each violation up to and including two (2) in number during any calendar month. Upon failure of such owner or operator to make such payment within such twenty-four-hour period, or upon the commission by him of a third or succeeding violation in any calendar month, such owner or operator shall be summoned to the appropriate district court for the city and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Not withstanding the foregoing, the commisssion of a third or succeeding violation in any calendar month of section 16-106 upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and not more than one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00).

(Code 1964, § 15-180; Ord. of 11-23-82; Ord. of 6-9-88; Ord. of 12-17-92; Ord. of 10/26/95).

State law reference - Provision to be made for uncontested payment of parking citations, Code of Virginia, §§46.2-1225-46.2-1229. Provision for use of notice and summons, Code of Virginia, §§19.2-76.2; 19.2-76.3; 46.2-941.

State law reference - Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-941.

(a) Whenever any motor vehicle, against which there are three (3) or more outstanding unpaid or otherwise unsettled parking violation notices, is found parked on the public streets or public grounds in the city, such vehicle may, by towing or otherwise, be removed or conveyed to a place in the city designated by the chief of police for the temporary storage of such vehicle, or such vehicle may be immobilized in such manner as to prevent its removal or operation except by authorized officers of the police department. Such removal, conveyance or immobilization shall be by, or under the direction of, an officer of the police department.

(b) It shall be the duty of the officer of the police department removing or immobilizing a motor vehicle under this section, or under whose direction such vehicle is removed or immobilized, to inform, as soon as practicable, the owner of the removed or immobilized vehicle of the nature and circumstances of the prior unsettled parking violation notices, for which or on account of which such vehicle was removed or immobilized. In any case involving immobilization of a vehicle pursuant to this section, there shall be placed on such vehicle, in a conspicuous manner, a notice warning that such vehicle has been immobilized and that any attempt to move such vehicle might result in damage thereto.

(c) The owner of a vehicle immobilized pursuant to this section, or other duly authorized person, shall be allowed not less than twenty-four (24) hours from the time of immobilization to repossess or secure the release of the vehicle. Failure to repossess or secure the release of the vehicle within this time period may result in the removal of such vehicle to a storage area for safekeeping under the direction of an officer of the police department.

(d) The owner of a vehicle removed or immobilized pursuant to this section, or other duly authorized person, shall be permitted to repossess or to secure the release of the vehicle by payment of the outstanding parking violation notices for which the vehicle was removed or immobilized and by payment of all reasonable costs incidental to the immobilization, removal and storage of the, vehicle and the efforts to locate the owner of the vehicle. Should such owner fail or refuse to pay such fines and costs, or should the identity or where-abouts of such owner be unknown and unascertainable, such vehicle may be sold pursuant to the provisions of article VII of this chapter.

State law reference - Authority for above section, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1216.

The streets designated as boundaries in Section 16-153 A and B shall be considered to be portions of such blocks.

A) The City Council shall designate residential permit parking blocks and downtown perimeter permit parking blocks where permit parking may be implemented as a method to control parking. There may be as many different permit blocks as Council deems necessary.

B) The Department of Public Works and/or Police Department may recommend the specific residential blocks or portions thereof which will be designated as restricted parking blocks for approval by the City Manager and consideration by City Council. (Ord. of 1/11/96)

C) Permit parking restrictions, where and when established, shall be applicable only to residential frontage, but not to frontage allocable to commercial, public, or special uses, and parking adjacent to such uses shall be unrestricted unless otherwise restricted by the traffic regulations or by authority of the City Manager. Said restrictions will be requested by the owner or operator of the commercial, public, or special use property.

D) A valid downtown perimeter parking permit shall be displayed on each vehicle parked within the downtown perimeter parking blocks above, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. A valid residential parking permit shall be displayed on each vehicle parked within the residential permit parking blocks 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except holidays; except that the operator of a commercial vehicle may so park in both blocks while actually engaged in business at a residential address within or reasonably near to a designated restricted parking block. For the purposes of these regulations a "commercial vehicle" shall be any vehicle used in a business and clearly identified with the name of the business affixed to the vehicle. The burden of proof shall be on the operator of such commercial vehicle to show that he was actually engaged in business at a residential address within or reasonably near to a designated restricted parking block.

A) Permits shall be issued by the Office of the City Treasurer. The Treasurer shall maintain, open for public inspection, records showing for each permit, the permit number, the state and city license number of the vehicle for which the permit was issued, the name and address of the person to whom the vehicle is registered, and the name and address of the person for whose use the vehicle has been authorized if different from a person to whom registered. Each permit, including guest permits, shall bear a separate serial number.

B) The City Manager shall furnish the City Treasurer with a list of residential blocks which have been designated for permit parking, a list of those affected households, and the addresses eligible for additional permits as provided in Section 16-154.1A(3); and a list of those addresses not eligible for permits as provided in Section 16-154.1B(1).

C) Permits, except guest permits, shall be in the form of a decal to be displayed by attachment to the back of the interior rear view mirror so it is readily visible from the front of the vehicle.

D) Guest permits shall be prominently displayed by attachment to the interior rear-view mirror. Such permits shall be displayed only while the operator of the vehicle is a guest at the affected house hold to which the permit has been issued, or is employed and actually at work at such household; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not prohibit the temporary loan of guest permits from one affected household to another for the purpose of accommodating a large gathering of guests at a particular residence.

E) Guest permits, once lost, shall not be reissued within the same year. Vehicle permits may be redissued upon satisfactory written explanation and payment of additional fee.

F) Any person who knowingly allows a permit issued to a vehicle registered to him / her or authorized for use by another to be used in violation of these regulations shall have such permit revoked and shall be ineligible for a permit for any vehicle for a period of one year.

VENDING. - The sale of food, drink, ice cream or other frozen dessert to a retail customer within the right-of-way of any public street in the city.

VENDING VEHICLE. - Every motor vehicle used for the purpose of vending, as above defined. (Code 1964, §§ 15-278, 15-279)

*State law reference - Authority of city to adopt ordinance similar to this article, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1201. See also, §§  46.2-1213, 46.2-1217.

ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE. - A motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer or any part thereof that:

DEMOLISHER: - Any person whose business is to convert a motor vehicle, trailer or semi- trailer into processed scrap or scrap metal or otherwise to wreck or dismantle such vehicles.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer found on the public streets or grounds of the city, unattended by the owner or operator and constituting a hazard to traffic, or which is parked in such a manner as to be in violation of law. (Code 1964, § 15-290)

State law reference - Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1200.

(a) The city may remove and take into custody any abandoned motor vehicle or any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer which is a traffic hazard. In this connection, the city may employ its own personnel, equipment and facilities or hire persons, equipment or facilities or firms or corporations who may be independent contractors for the purpose of removing, preserving and storing such vehicles.

(b) In the event an abandoned motor vehicle is on private property, the vehicle shall not be removed under this section, without the written request of the owner, lessee or occupant of such property. The person requesting the removal of such vehicle shall indemnity the city against any loss or expense incurred by reason of the removal, storage or sale of the vehicle. (Code 1964, § 15-291)

State law reference - Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, §§ 46.2-1213, 46.2-1217, 46.2- 1201.

(a) When the city removes and takes into custody a vehicle pursuant to this article, it shall notify, within fifteen (15) days thereof, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, the owner of record of the vehicle and all persons having security interests therein of record, that the vehicle has been taken into custody. The notice shall set forth the year, make, model and serial number of the vehicle and the location of the facility where the vehicle is being held, inform the owner and any persons having security interests of their right to reclaim the vehicle within three (3) weeks after the date of the notice, upon payment of all towing, preservation and storage charges resulting from placing the vehicle in custody, and state that the failure of the owner or persons having security interests to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver by the owner and all persons having security interests of all right, title and interest in the vehicle, and consent to the sale of the vehicle at public auction.

(b) If records of the state division of motor vehicles contain no address for the owner or no address of any person shown by such records to have a security interest, or if the identity and addresses of the owner and all persons having security interests cannot be determined with reasonable certainty, notice by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the vehicle was found shall be sufficient to meet all requirements of notice pursuant to this section as to any person who cannot be notified pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. Such notice by publication may contain multiple listings of motor vehicles removed under this article. Any such notice shall be within the time requirements prescribed for notice by mail and shall have the same contents required for a notice by mail.

(c) The consequences and the fact of failure to reclaim a motor vehicle shall be as set forth in a notice given in accordance with and pursuant to this section. (Code 1964, § 15-292)

State law reference - Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1202.

(a) If a vehicle has not been reclaimed as provided for in section 16-185, the city or its authorized agent shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 46.2-617 of the Code of Virginia, sell the vehicle at public auction. The purchaser of the vehicle shall take title to the vehicle free and clear of all liens and claims of ownership of others, shall receive a sales receipt at the auction and shall be entitled to, upon application therefor, pursuant the section 46.2-603 of the Code of Virginia, a certificate of title and registration card therefor. The sales receipt at such a sale shall be sufficient title only for purposes of transferring the vehicle to a demolisher for demolition, wrecking or dismantling and, in such case, no further titling of the vehicle shall be necessary.

(b) From the proceeds of the sale of a vehicle under this section, the city or its authorized agent shall reimburse itself for the expenses of the auction, the cost of towing, preserving and storing the vehicle, which resulted from placing the vehicle in custody, and all notice and publication costs incurred pursuant to section 16-185. Any remainder from the proceeds of sale shall be held for the owner of the vehicle or any persons having security interests therein, as their interests may appear, for ninety (90) days, and then shall be deposited into the treasury of the city. (Code 1964, § 15-293)

State law reference - Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1203.

(a) Any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or part thereof left for more than ten (10) days in a garage operated for commercial purposes after notice by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner to pick up the vehicle, or for more than ten (10) days after the period when, pursuant to contract, the vehicle was to remain on the premises, shall be deemed an abandoned motor vehicle and may be reported by the garage keeper to the city. All abandoned motor vehicles left in garages may be taken into custody by the city in accordance with section 16-184 and shall be subject to the notice and sale provisions contained in sections 16-185 and 16-186; provided, that if such vehicle is reclaimed in accordance with section 16-185, the person reclaiming such vehicle shall, in addition to the other charges required to be paid, pay the charges of the garage keeper, if any; and provided, further, that if such vehicle is sold pursuant to section 16-186, the garage keeper's charges, if any, shall be paid from, and to the extent of, the excess of the proceeds of sale after paying the expenses of the auction and the costs of towing, preserving and storing such vehicle, which resulted from placing such vehicle in custody, and all notice and publication costs incurred pursuant to section 16-185.

(b) For the purposes of this section, "garage keeper" means any operator of a parking place, motor vehicle storage facility or establishment for the servicing, repair or maintenance of motor vehicles.

State law reference - Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1204.

State law reference - Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1205.