Richmond |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 27. TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES |
Article VII. ABANDONED, UNATTENDED AND INOPERATIVE VEHICLES |
§ 27-328. Offenses relating to motor vehicles on private property.
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep an inoperable motor vehicle on any property zoned for residential or commercial or agricultural purposes, except within a fully enclosed building or structure or otherwise shielded or screened from view.
(b)
Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed for each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or part of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer that is in violation of this section.
(Code 1993, § 28-317; Code 2004, § 102-362)
State Law reference— Authority to restrict keeping of inoperable motor vehicles, etc., on residential or commercial property, removal of such vehicles, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-904(A); prohibition against causing a motor vehicle become abandoned, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1200.1; prohibition against leaving a motor vehicle on the private property of any other person without the consent of that other person, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1215.
(Code 1993, § 28-317; Code 2004, § 102-362)
State law reference
Authority to restrict keeping of inoperable motor vehicles, etc., on residential or commercial property, removal of such vehicles, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-904(A); prohibition against causing a motor vehicle become abandoned, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1200.1; prohibition against leaving a motor vehicle on the private property of any other person without the consent of that other person, Code of Virginia, § 46.2-1215.