§ 25-123. Maximum height; damage to overhead obstructions.

(a)

No vehicle unladen or with load shall exceed a height of thirteen (13) feet, six (6) inches.

(b)

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require either the city, public authorities or railroad companies to provide vertical clearances of overhead bridges or structures in excess of twelve (12) feet six (6) inches, or to make any changes in the vertical clearance of existing overhead bridges or structures crossing streets. The operator or owner of vehicles operating on streets shall be held financially responsible for any damage to overhead bridges or structures that results from collisions therewith.

(c)

The operator or owner of any vehicle colliding with an overhead bridge or structure shall notify immediately, either in person or by telephone, the city, the public authority or railroad company owning or maintaining such overhead bridge or structure, or a police officer, of the fact of such collision, and his name, address, operator's or chauffeur's license number, and the registration number of his vehicle. Failure to give such notice immediately, either in person or by telephone, shall constitute a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 30,729, § 1, 7-29-80)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 46.1-329.

(Ord. No. 30,729, § 1, 7-29-80)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 46.1-329.