Chap. 205.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section eighty-six: of an act en-
titled ‘‘an act to revise, simplify, rearrange and consolidate into one act: which
shall constitute and be designated and cited as ‘The Motor Vehicle Code
of Virginia’, the various statutes of the Commonwealth, concerning the
registration and licensing of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, the
licensing of chauffeur, the collection of fees and disposition of funds col-
lected, the operation of vehicles on the public roads, highways, streets, and
alleys, the division of motor vehicles and the director of said division of
motor vehicles and the director of said division, the powers and duties of
said division and director, and the penalties for violations of the provisions
of certain such statutes; and to repeal all statutes and acts in conflict with
the provisions of this act”. [IS B 199]

Approved March 19, 1938

I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion eighty-six of an act entitled “an act to revise, simplify, rearrange
and consolidate into one act which shall constitute and be designated
and cited as “The Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia,’ the various statutes
of the Commonwealth, concerning the registration and licensing of
motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, the licensing of chauffeur,
the collection of fees and disposition of funds collected, the operation
of vehicles on the public roads, highways, streets, and alleys, the
division of motor vehicles and the director of said division of motor
vehicles and the director of said division, the powers and duties of
said division and director, and the penalties for violations of the pro-
visions of certain such statutes; and to repeal all statutes and acts
in conflict with the provisions of this act,’ be amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

Section 86. Stopping on Highways.—(a) No vehicle shall be
stopped in such manner as to impede or interfere with or render dan-
gerous the use of highways by others; no truck or bus or part thereof
shall be stopped on the traveled portion of any highway outside of
cities and towns for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers
or loading or unloading merchandise or other commodities; unless
the operator of any such vehicle cannot leave the traveled portion of
the highway with safety and, except upon one way streets, as pro-
vided in this act, no vehicles shall be stopped except close to the right
hand curb or edge of the highway; provided, that the council or
other governing body of any city or town may, by a general ordinance,
provide for the regulation of parking within its limits, 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 said ordinance,
and to determine the time during which a vehicle may be parked and
may authorize the city manager, the director of public safety, the chief
of police, or other designated officer within said city or town to put
said regulations into effect, including specifically the right and au-
thority to classify vehicles with reference to parking, and to designate
the time, place and manner such vehicles may be allowed to park on
city or town streets, and may delegate to the appropriate administra-
tive official or officials the authority to make and enforce such additional
rules and regulations as parking conditions may require, and may
prescribe penalties for failure to conform thereto.