CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORITY OF COUNTY TO REGULATE PARKING ON COUNTY-OWNED OR LEASED PROPERTY OR ON
COUNTY HIGHWAYS; PARKING METERS; PRESUMPTION AS TO VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES (§
46.2-1221)

The governing body of any county may, by ordinance, provide for the regulation
of parking on county-owned or leased property and may prohibit parking within
fifteen feet of any fire hydrant or in any way obstructing a fire hydrant.In any
prosecution charging a violation of the ordinance or regulation, proof that the
vehicle described in the complaint, summons, parking ticket citation, or warrant
was parked in violation of the ordinance or regulation, together with proof that
the defendant was at the time the registered owner of the vehicle, as required
by Chapter 6 (§ 46.2-600 et seq.) of this title, shall constitute in evidence a
prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person
who committed the violation.

HISTORY: 1962, c. 121, § 46.1-252.1; 1966, c. 712; 1975, c. 560; 1976, c. 74;
1978, cc. 182, 202, 424; 1985, c. 244; 1989, c. 727; 1991, c. 219; 1994, c. 218;
1995, c. 66.