Rockingham County, VA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Double parking
- Prohibited, Sec. 11-25.3
- Blocking driveway
- Prohibited, Sec. 11-25.7
- Prompt-pay fine
- $3 to $5
- Unpaid after 72 hrs
- $10 to $100 summons
- Applies
- Unincorporated county streets only
Summary
Rockingham County bans double parking on any public highway, street or alley, and separately bars parking so as to block a public highway, street, alley or private driveway. Sec. 11-25.3 and Sec. 11-25.7 cover the two violations, with fines starting at $3 for prompt payment and rising to a misdemeanor summons if unpaid within 72 hours.
No person shall double park a vehicle on any public highway, street or alley or in any parking lot open to the public designed to accommodate fifty (50) or more vehicles. ... Any person violating any provisions of sections 11-25.1 or 11-25.3 of this article shall be fined as follows: (a)Three dollars ($3.00) if paid within forty-eight (48) hours at the county sheriff's department or at any curb box furnished by the county and designated as a depository for parking fines. ... No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, on any public highway, street or alley or in any area of a public parking lot designed to accommodate fifty (50) or more vehicles, so as to block a public highway, street, alley or private driveway.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 3 makes it unlawful to double park a vehicle on any public highway, street or alley, or in a parking lot open to the public that accommodates fifty or more vehicles. Sec. 7, a few sections later in the same Article III, separately bars parking or letting a vehicle stand, attended or not, on a public highway, street, alley or in such a large public lot so as to block the highway, street, alley or a private driveway; that is the county's specific driveway-blocking rule.
Sec. 1 adds a related requirement that vehicles park within the marked lines in large public lots, and Sec. 6 separately bars parking in a marked loading zone, no-parking zone or transit-only area. Sec. 9 caps speed in those same large public lots at 15 miles per hour. Sec. 11-25 itself bars parking on private property without the owner's consent. Sec. 11-26 gives law enforcement a rebuttable presumption that the registered owner was the person who parked in violation, based on Division of Motor Vehicles registration records, easing enforcement when the driver isn't present.
All of these on-street parking provisions apply only in the unincorporated county under Sec. 11-2; the incorporated towns and independent Harrisonburg set their own street-parking rules.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 11-25.4 sets the fine for double parking (and the marked-lines rule) at $3 if paid within 48 hours at the sheriff's department or a designated curb-box depository, $5 if paid within 72 hours, or a misdemeanor summons carrying a $10 to $100 fine if unpaid within 72 hours. Sec. 11-25.8 sets a parallel schedule of $5, then $10, then a $10 to $100 misdemeanor summons for blocking a highway, street, alley or driveway.
Frequently Asked Questions
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