ARTICLE II. LOCAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION

The following motor vehicles shall be exempt from the license fee imposed by section 15-26 of this article:

(a) Any motor vehicle which is in a public dump, in an "automobile graveyard" as defined in section 33.1-348, Code of Virginia, or in the possession of a licensed junk dealer or a licensed motor vehicle dealer.

(b) Any vehicle being held or stored by or at the direction of any governmental authority, any vehicle owned by a member of the armed forces on active duty, or any vehicle regularly stored within a structure.

(c) Any motor vehicle as to which a temporary permit has been issued by the division of motor vehicles, pursuant to the provisions of section 46.2-650, Code of Virginia.

(d) Any motor vehicle as to which the division of motor vehicles has issued a temporary one-trip permit, pursuant to the provisions of section 46.2-651, Code of Virginia.

(e) Any tractor truck or truck operating pursuant to a special temporary registration or permit issued by the division of motor vehicles for the transportation of heavy construction equipment, cranes, well-digging apparatus and other heavy equipment upon the highways of this state from one point to another within this state or from this state to a point or points without this state, or from without this state to a point or points within this state, pursuant to the provisions of section 46.2-652, Code of Virginia.

(f) Any motor vehicle operating under a special temporary registration or permit issued by the division of motor vehicles for the transportation of mobile homes or house trailer from one point to another within this state, or from this state to a point or points without this state, or from without this state to a point or point within this state, pursuant to the provisions of section 46.2-653, Code of Virginia.

(g) Any backhoe, any truck bearing a machine for spraying fruit trees and plants or the owner or lessee of the truck, any motor vehicle used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes on lands owned or leased by the owner thereof, any farm machinery and tractors, any motor vehicle validly registered in another state and bearing valid license plates issued by such state, for the use of which the owner or lessee of the farm has contracted as an incidental part of the harvesting of a crop from such farm, while such vehicle is engaged in moving farm produce from such farm as an incidental part of such harvesting operations, any farm or other tractor or similar vehicle owned by a sawmill operator, any motor vehicle used at mines, any motor vehicle used by a commercial fisherman, his agent or employee for the purposes of transporting his boat or boats or other equipment in his trade, and any other vehicle exempted from the requirement to obtain license plates and decals, pursuant to the provisions of sections 46.2-663 through 46.2-665, 46.2-667 through 46.2-669, 46.2-671 and 46.2-674, Code of Virginia.

(h) Any motor vehicle engaged in coal mining operations or other types of mining and quarrying operations, where the sole function of said motor vehicle is to haul coal from mine to tipple or to haul other mined or quarried products from mine or quarry to the processing plant, pursuant to the provisions of section 46.2-675, Code of Virginia.

(i) Any vehicle designed to transport persons playing golf and their equipment from one hole on a golf course to another, and which is not operated on or over any public highway of this state for any other purpose other than for the purpose of operating it across a highway from one hole of a public or private golf course to another hole thereof and any self-propelled vehicle, designed for travel on snow or ice, steered by skis or runners and supported in whole or in part by one or more skis, belts, or cleats, pursuant to the provisions of section 46.2-676 and 46.2-679, Code of Virginia.

(j) Any motor vehicle properly registered in Maryland and used for the purpose of hauling oyster shells for a distance of less than three (3) miles on a public highway of this state to navigable waters to be further transported by water to Maryland, pursuant to the provisions of section 46.2-680, Code of Virginia.

(k) Any firefighting truck, upon which there is permanently attached firefighting apparatus when such vehicle is owned or under exclusive control of a volunteer fire department, and ambulances or other vehicles owned or used exclusively by such volunteer fire department of volunteer lifesaving or first aid crew or rescue squad, provided that any such vehicle is used exclusively as an ambulance or life-saving and first aid vehicle and is not rented, leased or loaned to any private individual, firm or corporation, and no charges are made by such organization for the use of such vehicles, pursuant to the provisions of section 46.2-681, Code of Virginia.

(l) Farm tractors, road rollers and road machinery used for highway purposes, pursuant to the provisions of section 46.2-682, Code of Virginia.

(m) Any machine known as a traction engine or any locomotive engine or electric car running on rails, pursuant to the provisions of section 46.2-683, Code of Virginia.

(n) Any motor vehicle as to which a written permit has been obtained from the local police authorities having jurisdiction over highways in the county for the purpose of operating it or moving it or causing it to be moved or operated upon the high-ways of the county from the factory where manufactured or assembled to a railway depot, vessel or place of shipment or delivery, pursuant to the provisions of section 46.1-119, Code of Virginia.

(o) Any motor vehicle as to which a written permit has been obtained from the local police authorities having jurisdiction over highways in the county for the purpose of operating it or moving it or causing it to be moved or operated upon the highways of the county from a vessel, railway depot, warehouse or any place of shipment or from a factory where manufactured or assembled to a sales room, warehouse or place of shipment or transshipment, pursuant to the provision of section 46.1-120, Code of Virginia.

(p) Any motor vehicle located more than one thousand feet (1,000') from the nearest edge of the hard surface of any interstate or primary highway or more than five hundred feet (500') from the nearest edge of the hard surface of any other highway.

(q) Any motor vehicle which is screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main-traveled way of any highway or adjacent properties.

(r) Vehicles which are stored on private property for a period not in excess of sixty (60) days, for the purpose of removing parts for the repair of another vehicle.
(Ord. No. 03-35, 9/2/03--effective January 1, 2004)