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Ordinance Repealing A Certain Code Section
And Establishing A New Code Section Regarding
Inoperable Vehicles
ADOPTED: September 15, 2009
EFFECTIVE: September 15, 2009
TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA
ORDINANCE 2009-14
ORDINANCE REPEALING A CERTAIN CODE SECTION
and ESTABLISHING A NEW CODE SECTION REGARDING
INOPERABLE VEHICLES
WHEREAS, the Pulaski Town Code, in Section 38-141, presently imposes
certain obligations on its citizens regarding inoperable vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council has determined that inoperable vehicles
constitute a public nuisance detrimental to the public health, safety, and welfare
of its citizens, and requiring Council to alter these obligations and further regulate
such vehicles; and therefore
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, that
Section 38-141 as it currently exists be and is hereby repealed; and
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Council that the following language
be, and is hereby, created as Section 38-141 of the Town Code:
Sec. 38-141: Prohibitions
(a) At any place within the Town that is, or from time to time may become,
zoned as residential, commercial, or agricultural, it shall be unlawful for any
person to park or otherwise place or to keep a vehicle (defined as an automobile,
truck, trailer, or other equipment of this type), which vehicle is inoperable:
i.) upon any street or alley;
ii.) outside of a fully enclosed building, structure or garage.
(b) This Section shall not apply to:
i.) a commercial entity or person, possessing a current
business license issued by the Town, regularly engaged in
the business of:
a.) automobile sales or service;
b.) salvage or scrap processing; or
c.) motor vehicle repair, restoration, or painting.
ii.) a vehicle, upon which active restoration or repairs are being
undertaken, (and, if it is located upon the same lot or parcel
of land, one additional inoperable vehicle), provided that
each such vehicle is shielded from view. For this provision,
solely, the term "shielded from view" shall mean not visible
by someone standing at ground level from outside the
property on which a vehicle is located.
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(c) For the purposes of this Ordinance, the term "inoperable" shall mean
any vehicle which lacks:
i.) current and valid license plate or plates issued by the
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles or the
corresponding authority of any other State; or
ii.) current and valid inspection sticker authorized by the
Virginia State Police, unless such vehicle is not required to
display an inspection sticker because it is exempt from
inspection.
(d) Any inoperative vehicle, as defined herein, which is not in compliance
with this Section, shall be removed by the owner or other responsible party within
fourteen (14) days of a notice to such owner or other responsible party. Each
day in excess of fourteen (14) days from notice in which an inoperable vehicle is
not removed shall constitute a separate offense.
e) Violation of this Section shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor.
This ordinance is effective upon adoption, and is hereby adopted this 15tH
day of September, 2009, and is adopted by the duly recorded vote of the Town
Council of the Town of Pulaski, as follows:
David L. Clark
H. M. Kidd
Robert A. Bopp
- Aye Larry G. Clevinger, II -Aye
-Aye Joel B. Burchett, Jr. -Aye
- No Morgan P. Welker - No
THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA
By:
ey S. Worrell, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council
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I, Patricia Cruise, Clerk of the Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance 2009-14, Repealing A Certain Code Section And Establishing
A New Code Section Regarding Inoperable Vehicles is a true and correct copy of the Ordinance
set out and adopted by the recorded vote of the Town Council on September 15, 2009.
Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council