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;
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(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.
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(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 ~//~~