Colonial Beach |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 14. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC |
Article II. VEHICLE LICENSE |
§ 14-21. Vehicle license required.
(a)
Except as provided in section 46.2-755 of the Code of Virginia (1950) as amended, every motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which is normally housed, garaged, stored or parked within the town shall be licensed in accord with the provisions of this article.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for a owner or operator of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to fail to obtain and display the local license required by this article of the county, city or town in which the vehicle is registered or to display upon such motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer any such local license after its expiration date. A violation of such requirement shall constitute a misdemeanor and the penalty for which shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). In the case of a motor vehicle registered to a resident of the town when such vehicle is registered in the town, local law enforcement officers may issue citations, summonses, parking tickets, or uniform traffic summonses for violations. Violations of this section by the registered owner of the vehicle may not be discharged by payment of a fine except upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that the required license has been obtained.
(c)
Local licenses shall be issued free of charge to:
(1)
Vehicles owned by the Colonial Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad.
(2)
Vehicles owned by the Colonial Beach Volunteer Fire Department.
(3)
One vehicle owned or leased by an active member or active auxiliary member of the Colonial Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad.
(4)
One vehicle owned or leased by an active member or active auxiliary member of the Colonial Beach Volunteer Fire Department.
(5)
Vehicles owned or leased by auxiliary police officers.
(6)
Vehicles owned by persons qualified to receive special license plates under section 46.2-739 of the Code of Virginia.
(7)
Vehicles owned by surviving spouses of persons, or persons qualified to receive special license plates under section 46.2-739 of the Code of Virginia.
In the case of active members of the volunteer rescue squads and volunteer fire departments, applications for such licenses shall be accompanied by written evidence, in a form acceptable to the town, of their active membership, and no member shall be issued more than one such license free of charge.
(Ord. No. 125C, §§ A, O; Ord. No. 467; Ord. No. 517)
(Ord. No. 125C, §§ A, O; Ord. No. 467; Ord. No. 517)