CHAPTER 121

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
46.1-252.1, authorizing the governing bodies of counties to regulate
the parking of motor vehicles on county owned property. rH 821}

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Approved February 26, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
46.1-252.1, 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, 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 con-
eons may require and may prescribe penalties for failure to conform

ereto.
In any prosecution charging a violation of any such ordinance, regu-
lation 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 3 (§ 46.1-41
et seq.) of this title, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presump-
tion 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 viola-
tion occurred. .

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.