2.2-1172 - Parking of vehicles in Capitol Square; parking facilities for state officers and employees; violations.
§ 2.2-1172. Parking of vehicles in Capitol Square; parking facilities forstate officers and employees; violations.
A. Except as provided in this section, all parking in the Capitol Square ofmotor vehicles and animal-drawn vehicles is prohibited. However, during therecess of the General Assembly, the Division may cause to be marked offcertain portions of the driveways in the Capitol Square and permit vehiclesto be parked there under such regulations as may be prescribed. Parking areason the west of the Capitol shall be reserved at all times for parking bymembers of the General Assembly.
B. During sessions of the General Assembly, parking in the Capitol Squareshall be subject to rules and regulations adopted jointly by the Speaker ofthe House of Delegates and the chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules.
C. The Division may, with the approval of the Governor, utilize any propertyowned by the Commonwealth and located in the Richmond area for the purpose ofproviding parking facilities for officers and employees of the Commonwealth,and to allocate spaces therein. The Division may fix and collect fees for theuse of the parking facilities. The Division may adopt regulations for theparking facilities, which regulations shall include the enforcementprovisions required by §§ 46.2-1225 through 46.2-1229.
D. Any person parking any vehicle contrary to the rules and regulationsreferred to in subsection B or contrary to the other provisions of thissection, or contrary to any parking sign or "No Parking" sign erected bythe Division pursuant to regulations adopted by it, shall be subject to afine of not less than one dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars for eachoffense.
(Code 1950, § 2-75.1; 1958, c. 2; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-94; 1970, c. 202; 1977,c. 672, § 2.1-531; 2001, c. 844.)