09/15/2026
PUBLIC NOTICE
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2027
Sec. 4-2-7. - Restrictions on keeping of inoperative motor vehicles on residential or commercial property; removal of such vehicles.(a) As used in this section, an "inoperative motor vehicle: shall mean any motor vehicle which is not in operating condition; or which for a period of 60 days or longer has been partially or totally disassembled by the removal of tires and wheels, the engine, or other essential parts required for operation of the vehicle or on which there is displayed neither valid license plates nor a valid inspection decal.(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, except within a fully enclosed building or structure which shields or screens completely from view, on any property zoned for residential or commercial or agricultural purposes any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, as such are defined in Code of Virginial, § 46.2-100,which is inoperative.(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a licensed business which on January 1, 2027, was regularly engaged in business as an automobile dealer, salvage dealer or scrap processor. The owners of property zoned for residential or commercial or agricultural purposes shall remove therefrom any such inoperative motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers that are not kept within a fully enclosed building or structure which shields or screens any inoperative vehicle completely from view. The town may remove any such inoperative motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers, whenever the owner of the premises, after reasonable notice, has failed to do so. If the town agents or employees remove such motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers, after having given such reasonable notice, the town may dispose of such motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers after giving additional notice to the owner of the vehicle. The cost of any such removal and disposal shall be charged to the owner of the vehicle or premises and may be collected by the town as taxes and levies are collected. Every cost authorized by this section with which the owner of the premises has been assessed shall constitute a lien against the property from with the vehicle was removed, the lien to continue until actual payment of such costs has been made to the town.
