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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78821</law_id><section_number>46.2-1224.1</section_number><catch_line>Local ordinances regulating certain parking; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="12">Abandoned, Immobilized, Unattended and Trespassing Vehicles; Parking</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Trespassing Vehicles, Parking, and Towing</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of any county having the county manager plan of government may by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> prohibit idling the engine of a bus for more than 10 minutes when the bus is parked, left unattended, or is stopped for other than traffic or maintenance reasons. The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of any other county, city, or town may by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> prohibit idling the engine of a bus for more than 15 minutes when the bus is parked, left unattended, or is stopped for any reason other than traffic, maintenance, or loading or unloading a disabled passenger.
		Violators of such <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> shall be subject to a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> not to exceed $50, the proceeds from which shall be paid into the locality&#x2019;s general fund.
		The provisions of this section shall not apply to school buses or public transit buses.</p></section></text><history>1996, c. 389; 2008, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
