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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1979_10_10_O019 TOWN OF LEESBURG IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA ORDINANCE NO. 79-0-19 AN ORDINANCE: PRESENTED September 26, 1979 ADOPTED October 10, 1979 AMENDING SECTIONS 7-387, 10-150, 10-161 AND 10-162 OF THE TOWN CODE REGARDING PENALTIES FOR OBSTRUCTING FIRE LANES, HYDRANTS AND ENTRANCES TO FIRE AND RESCUE STATIONS ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, Virginia, as follows: SECTION I. Sections 7-387, 10-150, 10-161 and 10-162 of the Town Code are 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 a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense. (c) Any person may settle and compromise a violation of this section by paying to the municipality the sum of twenty- five dollars before the next court date, which dates are on the first and third Mondays of each month at 2:00 p.m. Sec. 10-150. Parking prohibited in specific places. (a) No person shall park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) On a sidewalk; In front 'of a public or private driveway; Within an intersection; Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant; On a crosswalk; -2- (6) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an interseciton; (7) Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway; (8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by the official signs or markings; (9) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad grade crossing; (10) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire or rescue station and on the side of the street oppcsite the entrance to any fire or rescue station or within 75 feet of the entrance when properly signposted; (11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such parking would obstruct traffic; (12) On the roadway side of any vehicle parked at the edge of a curb of a street; (13) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street or highway, or within a tunnel; (14) At any place where official signs prohibit parking; (15) Alongside any section or portion of a curb which is painted yellow. (b) No person other than a police officer shall move a vehicle into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful. Sec. 10-161. Penalties for violation of division. (a) Unless otherwise provided, any person violating the provisions 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 five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense. (b) Any person violating the provisions of Subsection 10-150 (a) (4) or Subsection 10-150(a) ~10) of this division shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense. Sec. 10-162. Settlement and compromise of charges for certain parking violations. -3- (a) Any person accused of parking in a metered area without 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 two dollars in the envelope provided for such purpose and depositing the same at such location as prescribed on said envelope by 12:00 noon of the next calendar day following the day of the violation or by paying to the town the sum of five dollars before the second district court date from the day of violation, which court dates are on the first and third Mondays of each month at 2:00 p.m. After the second court date from the day of violation has passed and the violation remains unsettled, the person accused may settle the violation by paying the sum of ten dollars to the town. Unless otherwise provided, violations of any provision of this chapter, may be compromised by paying to the town the sum of five dollars before the second district court date from the day of violation, which dates are on the first and third Mondays of each month at 2:00 p.m. Violations of Subsection 10-150(a)(4) may be compromised in an identical marun.er upon payment of the sum of twenty-five dollars to the town. 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 pur- suant to this section and such money shall be promptly turned over tQ~ the Director of Finance to be used in the manner pro- vided for the disposition of fines for traffic violations. SECTION II. This ordinance shall be in effect upon its passage. PASSED this 10th day of October , 1979. Kenneth B. Rollins, Mayor ToWn of Leesburg ATTEST: Clerk of Cou~il ~//~~