Albemarle County - File #: 20-219

• File #: 20-219
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Public Hearing
• File created: 2/26/2020
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• On agenda: 3/18/2020
• Title: Ordinance to Amend Parking Provisions in County Code Chapter 9, Motor Vehicles. To receive comments on its intent to adopt an ordinance to amend Albemarle County Code Chapter 9, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Section 9-102, General prohibitions, and Section 9-118, Removal or immobilization of vehicles with outstanding parking violations-enforcement of parking regulations; notice of violations; waiver of trial; contesting charges; penalties. The proposed ordinance would prohibit parking or stopping a vehicle within fifteen feet of any mailbox or within 20 feet from the intersection of curb lines, or, if no curb lines, within fifteen feet of the intersection of property lines at any highway intersection as provided in Virginia Code Section 46.2-1200; prohibit commercial and recreational vehicles from being parked on, and storage containers and dumpsters from being placed on, secondary streets in areas zones for residential use in the County; provide definitions for “commercial and recreati...

AGENDA DATE: 3/18/2020

TITLE:
Ordinance to amend County Code Chapter 9, Motor Vehicles
BODY

SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Adoption of an ordinance to amend County Code Chapter 9, Motor Vehicles, revising the provisions regulating parking on secondary highways in residential areas and increasing fine amounts.

ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item

STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, DeLoria, Lantz, Stoddard, Miller

PRESENTER (S): Richard DeLoria

LEGAL REVIEW: Yes

REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson

BACKGROUND: In 2018, the General Assembly added Albemarle County to the list of localities in Virginia Code ? 46.2-1222 enabled to regulate on-street parking on public streets in the State's secondary system of highways ("secondary streets"). Section 46.2-1222 enables the Board of Supervisors to adopt an ordinance that: (1) restricts or prohibits parking on any secondary streets in the County; (2) creates vehicle classifications that would or would not be subject to these restrictions and prohibitions; and (3) provides that the violation of the ordinance would be a traffic infraction and prescribe penalties. The proposed ordinance is intended to allow the County to address on-street parking of commercial vehicles and on-street storing of trailers, boats, storage containers, buses, and recreational vehicles in the County's residential neighborhoods, an issue that has generated complaints from residents.

A team that included representatives from the County Attorney's Office, the Department of Community Development, and the Police Department developed a draft ordinance that would implement Virginia Code ? 46.2-1222 and update parking violation fine levels, which have not been changed since at least 1998.

At the November 20, 2019 meeting, the Board scheduled a public hearing on a draft ordinance for December 18, 2019. However, the Board deferred the public hearing for further study and revisions. In addition, several clarifications were made to the draft...