CHAPTER 712

An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-252.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating
iy local parking regulations; parking meters; presumptions as to viola-
ions.
[H 835]
Approved April 6, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.1-252.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 46.1-252.1. The governing body of any county may, by ordinance,
provide for the regulation of parking on county owned property, or, in the
case of a county which maintains its own system of secondary highways,
provide for the regulation of parking on its streets and roads, including the
right to install and maintain parking meters and to require the deposit
therein of a coin of a denomination to be prescribed in such ordinance and
to determine the time during which a vehicle may be parked, and may
designate the official or officer of the county to put the regulations into
effect, including specifically the right and authority to classify vehicles
with reference to parking and to designate the time, place and manner
such vehicles may be allowed to park on county owned property; and may
delegate to the appropriate administrative official or officials the authority
to make and enforce such additional rules and regulations as parking
one May require and may prescribe penalties for failure to conform

ereto.

In any prosecution charging a violation of any such ordinance, regula-
tion or rule, proof that the vehicle described in the complaint, summons
or warrant was parked in violation of such ordinance, regulation or rule,
together with proof that the defendant was at the time of such parking
the registered owner of the vehicle, as required by Chapter 8 (§ 46.1-
41 et seq.) of this title, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie pre-
sumption that such registered owner of the vehicle was the person who
parked the vehicle at the place where, and for the time during which,
such violation occurred.