Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 50 - RULES AND REGULATIONS OF FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF WAYSIDES AND REST AREAS › Section 24VAC30-50-10 - Waysides and rest areas

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A.
				Waysides identified by name and without lights shall be open from 8 a.m. to one
				hour after sunset. Areas having security lighting will be open at all
				times.
B. When an area is posted
				for limited parking, the operator of each vehicle may be required to sign a
				register setting forth the time of arrival.
C. When posted, parking shall be limited to
				the period specified.
D. No
				overnight parking will be permitted.
E. Camping is not permitted at any
				time.
F. Sleeping in any section of
				the rest area building is not permitted at any time.
G. No vehicle shall be parked in such manner
				as to occupy more than one marked parking space.
H. No domestic animals shall be permitted to
				go at large. Dogs must be kept on leash and shall not be taken into any shelter
				or other building; guide, hearing, or service dogs as defined by the Code of
				Virginia are an exception to this rule.
I. No person shall pick any flowers, foliage,
				or fruit, or cut, break, dig up, or in any way mutilate or injure any tree,
				shrub, plant, grass, turf, railing, seat, fence, structure, or anything within
				this area; or cut, carve, paint, mark or paste on any tree, stone, fence, wall,
				building, monument or other object therein, any bill, advertisement, or
				inscription whatsoever.
J. No
				person shall disturb or injure any bird, birds' nests or eggs, or any squirrel
				or other animal within this area.
K. No person shall dig up or remove any dirt,
				stones, rock or other thing, make any excavation, quarry any stone or lay or
				set off any blast, or cause or assist in doing any of said things within this
				area without the special order or license of the commissioner.
L. No threatening, abusive, boisterous,
				insulting or indecent language or gesture shall be used within this area. Nor
				shall any oration, or other public demonstration be made, unless by special
				authority of the commissioner.
M.
				No person shall offer any article or thing for sale within this area except by
				permission of the Commonwealth Transportation Board.
N. No person shall bathe or fish in any
				waters within this area, except in such places and subject to such regulations
				as the commissioner may, from time to time, specially designate by a public
				notice set up for that purpose within the same.
O. No person shall light, kindle or use any
				fire within this area, except at fireplaces designed and built for such
				purposes and the person or persons building a fire therein will be responsible
				for having it completely extinguished before leaving it.
P. No person shall discharge or set off
				within this area, any firearms, firecrackers, torpedoes, rockets, or other
				fireworks, except by permit from the commissioner.
Q. No bottles, broken glass, ashes, waste
				paper, or other rubbish shall be left within this area, except at such places
				as may be provided for the same.
R.
				No automobile or other vehicle shall be taken into or driven upon this area,
				except upon such drives and subject to such regulations as the commissioner
				may, from time to time, designate by a public notice set up for that purpose
				within the same.
S. Any person
				violating any of the preceding rules and regulations shall be guilty of a
				misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be fined not less than five dollars nor more
				than $100 for each offense.
Statutory Authority
§§ 33.1-12(3) and 33.1-218 of the Code of
					 Virginia.