Regulación de vehículos comerciales que transportan basura municipal

Explicación Simple

Las ciudades o condados en Virginia pueden decidir dónde se pueden estacionar los camiones que recogen basura. Si un camión está estacionado en el lugar equivocado, lo pueden llevar y el dueño tendrá que pagar para recuperarlo.

Es como cuando en un vecindario se establece que los coches solo pueden estacionarse en ciertas calles. Si alguien deja su coche en la calle equivocada, puede ser remolcado.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan trabaja para una empresa de recolección de basura en su ciudad. Un día, estaciona el camión en una calle donde no está permitido. La policía lo ve y llama a una grúa para que lo remolque. Juan tiene que pagar para recuperar su camión.

Penalidades

Las multas por violar estas reglas no pueden ser mayores a las multas de infracciones de tráfico.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 46.2-1304.1 - Localities may regulate construction and parking of commercial motor vehicles used to transport municipal solid waste; penalty. The governing body of any county, city, or town may by ordinance provide that: 1. No commercial motor vehicle used to transport municipal solid waste shall be parked anywhere within the county, city, or town, except at locations zoned or otherwise authorized for such use by applicable ordinance, special exception, or variance; 2. Any such commercial motor vehicle found parked at a nonauthorized location may be towed or removed from that location as provided in § 46.2-1231 ; and 3. The cargo compartment of every commercial motor vehicle that is used to transport municipal solid waste shall be so constructed so as to prevent the escape of municipal solid waste therefrom. Such ordinances shall exclude from their provisions vehicles owned or operated by persons transporting municipal solid waste from their residences to a permitted transfer or disposal facility. No such ordinance shall impose, for any violation of any of its provisions, a penalty greater than provided for a traffic infraction as provided in § 46.2-113 . Any such penalty shall be in addition to any vehicle towing and storage charges. For the purposes of this section, "municipal solid waste" shall have the meaning prescribed by the Virginia Waste Management Board by regulation (9VAC20-80-10). For the purposes of this section and local ordinances adopted under this section, "commercial motor vehicle" shall have the meaning prescribed in § 46.2-341.4 . 2001, c. 356 . Va. Code § 46.2-1305 - Regulation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic on roadways and parking areas in residential subdivisions. The governing body of any county, city, or town which has adopted