HomeMy Public PortalAbout1976_05_12_O009 Amending Chap 7 and 10 of the TC re ParkingTOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
PRESENTED 3/24/76-4/14/76
ORDINANCE NO. 76-0-9
ADOPTED May 12, 1976
AN ORDINANCE:
AMENDING SECTIONS 7-387, 10-161 and 10-162 OF THE
TOWN CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg,
Virginia, as follows:
SECTION I. That Sections 7-387, 10-161 and 10-162 of the
Town Code are hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 7-387. Parking in or obstructing fire lanes.
(a) The parking of vehicles in or otherwise obstructing
areas designated and marked or signed under this article is
hereby prohibited.
(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by fine of not
less than $5.00 nor more than $25.00 for each offense.
(c) Any person may settle and compromise a violation
of this section by paying to the Town the sum of $5.00 before
the next court date, which dates are on the first and third
Monday of each month at 2:00 p.m.
Sec. 10-161. General penalty for violation of division.
Unless otherwise provided, any person violating the pro-
visions of this division or any parking regulation promulgated
pursuant to this division shall, upon conviction thereof, be
punished by a fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $25.00
for each offense.
Sec. 10-162. Settlement and compromise of charges for certain
parking violations.
(a) Any person accused of parking in a metered area with-
out putting a coin in the meter to cover the required time may
settle and compromise the charge against him for such illegal
parking by inserting $1.00 in the envelope provided for such
purpose and depositing the same in one of the courtesy col-
lection boxes attached to parking meter standards near the
middle of each block by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the violation
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or by paying to the town the sum of $5.00 before the next
court date, which dates are on the first and third Mondays
of each month at 2:00 p.m.
Ahy person may settle and compromise a violation of any
provision of this chapter, except as provided below, by paying
to the Town the sum of $5.00 before the next court date,
which dates are on the first and third Monday of each month
at 2:00 p.m.
This subsection shall not be construed to apply to persons
parking their vehicles so as to obstruct the entrance or exit
of any place where police or fire department apparatus or
other emergency equipment is kept or housed or so as to block
an emergency entrance to a hospital, nor shall it apply to
any person charged with parking a vehicle so as to entirely
obstruct traffic in any street or alley, or parking in such
a way as to reduce traffic on an arterial street to one-way
traffic only, nor to any person who refuses to remove a vehicle
illegally parked at the request of any member of the police
department.
(b) A receipt shall be issued for all money received
pursuant to this section and such money shall be promptly
turned over to the treasurer to be used in the manner pro-
vided for the disposition of fines for traffic violations.
SECTION II. That this ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage.
PASSED this 12th day of May
, 1976.
ATTEST:
G. Dewey Hil,~ M~yor
Town of LeeJBurg
Clerk of .c,~ncil