Vestavia Hills, AL

Vestavia Hills bans keeping any wild or exotic animal on residential property, along with venomous reptiles and any vicious or poisonous animal kept for display. The code names…

A Vestavia Hills dog must be on a leash held by its owner whenever it is off the owner's own property. Loose dogs on streets, sidewalks or public places are declared a nuisance and can…

Vestavia Hills prohibits knowingly feeding or offering food to a feral cat on private or public property when the purpose is to attract or harbor it. Feeding your own household cat, or…

Vestavia Hills lets the city humanely trap and impound feral, stray or abandoned cats and hold them at least seven days for the owner to redeem. Unclaimed cats may be offered for…

Vestavia Hills zoning keeps veterinary hospitals, animal shelters and kennels away from neighbors: indoor and outdoor pens stay at least 100 feet from a residential district line…

Vestavia Hills makes it unlawful to own, keep, or harbor a vicious animal within city limits. The city's animal code defines viciousness by behavior, not breed: a documented history of…

Unincorporated Jefferson County allows backyard hens but bans roosters outright. Zoning Resolution Section 1209 caps flock size by lot area, requires a predator-proof coop set back 35…

Alabama Code Title 2, Chapter 14 requires all beekeepers to register colonies with the Department of Agriculture and Industries and complies with state apiary inspection and disease…

Alabama Code Sections 13A-11-14 and 13A-11-241 criminalize animal cruelty and neglect statewide, capturing hoarding conduct that deprives animals of food, water, shelter, or veterinary…

Code § 11-66(11) bars construction, drilling or demolition tools and equipment from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, and at any time on weekends and holidays, when the sound…

Vestavia Hills bars residents from running gas or electric lawn tools, including leaf blowers, saws and other mechanically-powered yard equipment, outdoors in residential areas between…

Code § 11-66(2)(a) bars playing a radio, TV, phonograph or musical instrument from a business, residence or other premises if it is plainly audible 30 feet away to anyone in a…

Vestavia Hills bans keeping a dog that habitually barks or makes noise loud enough to interfere with a neighborhood's normal enjoyment of property. A first complaint draws a warning, a…

Code § 11-66(2)(b) declares it a nuisance to run any radio, TV, musical instrument or live music plainly audible outside your property line between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., regardless…

The Noise Control Ordinance bars vehicle stereos plainly audible 30 feet away, unnecessary or unreasonable horn honking, and unmuffled or defective exhausts. Each is a separate…

When the mayor declares a stage 3 or 4 drought emergency, Code Sec. 17-2 restricts lawn watering to two assigned days a week outside of 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., based on whether your address…

Vestavia Hills makes it a misdemeanor to let grass, weeds or other spontaneous vegetation grow past 12 inches, and section 11-11 lets the city compliance officer demand a cut within 48…

Vestavia Hills requires every landscape plan submitted for design review to use native, drought-tolerant vegetation where practicable, and the applicant must identify which plants on…

Vestavia Hills requires a tree permit from the Design Review Board before anyone removes, relocates, destroys or damages a Protected Tree, defined as a tree with at least a six-inch…

Jefferson County requires shade trees planted as required parking lot landscaping to be trimmed and maintained at a minimum height of eight feet above finished grade once they reach…

Vestavia Hills bans selling, possessing, using, storing or manufacturing fireworks anywhere inside the city limits under Code of Ordinances Sec. 6-18. The only way around the ban is a…

Vestavia Hills adopted the 2021 International Residential Code as its residential code, then locally amended R314.3.2 to add heat detectors in basements and garages where a vehicle can…

Alabama requires a state burn permit from the Alabama Forestry Commission for most outdoor burning of forest, grass, woods, and brush during fire season, applying universally across…

The Alabama Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board regulates the storage, handling, transportation, and installation of propane and LP-gas systems statewide under Title 9, Chapter 17, with…

Alabama's State Forestry Commission may declare a drought emergency by regulation under Ala. Code § 9-13-141, making all outdoor burning unlawful in the affected counties. Such…

Vestavia Hills makes it unlawful to leave a trailer, mobile home, unserviceable vehicle, camper or boat on any public street or street right-of-way for more than 24 hours; section…

Vestavia Hills presumes any vehicle left on a street or highway for 48 consecutive hours to be abandoned, bars wrecked or junked vehicles from streets outright, and gives private…

Vestavia Hills confines commercial vehicles in residential zoning districts to parking behind the front building line or inside an enclosed structure under Zoning Ordinance Section…

Vestavia Hills bans parking in marked fire lanes and in driveways or access lanes at any public parking area, meaning any lot serving a shopping center or business that is open to the…

Vestavia Hills lets detached single-family homes and duplexes swap a solid-paved driveway for a ribbon-type driveway or an unpaved all-weather surface, built to City Engineer…

Vestavia Hills forbids loading and unloading noise between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under its Noise Control Ordinance. Code Sec. 11-66(10) makes it unlawful to load, unload, open…

Alabama regulates the paperwork of a nonconsensual tow far more tightly than the price of one. Ala. Code § 32-13-2(d) lets a property owner or lessee have a car removed once it has…

Vestavia Hills adopted the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code to govern construction, alteration and maintenance of residential pools, spas and hot tubs, requiring a permit…

Vestavia Hills makes the pool permit holder, not just the builder, personally responsible for meeting every barrier requirement in Section 305 of the adopted 2021 International…

Vestavia Hills' Zoning Ordinance caps a detached shed or accessory building at one story and sixteen feet, bars construction before the main house is underway, and keeps the structure…

Vestavia Hills allows one accessory dwelling per lot under Zoning Ordinance §7.8, capped at 25 percent of the principal home's floor area. The unit must sit to the side or rear, match…

An accessory dwelling unit in unincorporated Jefferson County cannot be rented out to the public. Zoning Resolution Section 1207(b) restricts ADU occupancy to members of the property…

Jefferson County's Zoning Resolution defines a Tiny Home as a site-built detached dwelling of 400 square feet or less, excluding lofts, built to the county's Building Code. Tiny homes…

Vestavia Hills limits residential fence material to chain link, masonry, vinyl, composite or wood under Zoning Ordinance Section 4.5.3(4), and requires the same grade and finish on…

No fence can go up, be altered or be structurally changed anywhere in Vestavia Hills without a permit issued by the City under Zoning Ordinance Section 4.5.2. Section 4.5.3 requires…

Vestavia Hills caps residential fences at eight feet under Zoning Ordinance Section 4.5.3, no matter the material, and requires a Conditional Use Approval before anyone builds higher…

Under Sec. 1502.08 of Jefferson County's U.S. Highway 280 Corridor Overlay, any retaining wall over eight feet tall that is visible from public property must be screened with…

Alabama's partition-fence law (Ala. Code § 35-7-1 et seq.) makes a boundary fence between improved lands a shared expense of adjoining owners, with § 35-7-3 apportioning costs. Alabama…

Vestavia Hills bans home-business signage outright. Zoning Ordinance §7.1.1 item 3 blocks any sign attached to the dwelling or anywhere else on the property advertising a home…

A Vestavia Hills family day care home needs a current State registration certificate renewed to the Fire Marshal every two years, cannot post any sign or other outward evidence of the…

Vestavia Hills zoning sets customer traffic limits by the type of home occupation. Offices and phone or internet sales businesses cannot receive any customers or clients on site, while…

Vestavia Hills allows home occupations in any estate or residential zoning classification, but caps the business at 25 percent of the dwelling, up to 500 square feet, restricts…

Alabama runs one of the plainer cottage food laws in the country. Ala. Code § 22-20-5.1(b) states that a cottage food production operation is not a food service establishment and is…

Alabama has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit. The words "microenterprise" and "home kitchen" return no sections at all in the Code of Alabama, and Ala. Admin. Code…

Vestavia Hills doesn't permit short-term rentals, it bans them outright: renting any residence to a transient for less than 90 consecutive days is unlawful citywide. Advertising…

Unincorporated Jefferson County's Zoning Resolution defines a short-term rental as renting any residence, or part of one, to a transient for overnight stays under 90 consecutive…

Alabama imposes a statewide lodgings tax on rooms and accommodations rented for fewer than 180 continuous days, applying universally to short-term rentals across all municipalities…

Code Sec. 14-31 caps tree limbs at four feet and 50 pounds, tree stumps at 50 pounds, and building debris at 50 pounds per container. The seasonal leaf machine runs only October 1…

Code Sec. 14-31(9) requires the city's sanitation contractor to collect recyclables from every residential unit once a week at no extra cost, supplying the bins and taking newspaper…

The Vestavia Hills sanitary department runs mandatory garbage and trash service for every single-family and multifamily residence in the city, collecting garbage twice a week and trash…

Vestavia Hills bans dumping earth material, trash, construction debris and other waste on public or private property, or into gutters, drainage ways and public ways, unless it fits a…

Vestavia Hills bars dumpsters, trash and recycling containers from sitting forward of a building's front line under Zoning Ordinance §9.4.3(5)(a). Enclosures must stay within setback…

Vestavia Hills collects building debris, tree limbs and stumps as ordinary trash under strict size limits, capping each container at 50 pounds and tree limbs at four feet, but charges…

Vestavia Hills residents must set trash, leaves, limbs and bushes within five feet of the curbline, never in the street or gutters, and put carts out the night before collection or by…

Vestavia Hills' sanitary department picks up garbage twice a week and trash once a week from every single-family and multifamily residence in the city. Code Sec. 14-31 sets container…

New construction in a Vestavia Hills special flood hazard area must sit at least one foot above the base flood elevation FEMA maps for the site, per Chapter 5.5, Article III, Division…

Vestavia Hills requires a land-disturbance permit before any grading, clearing or excavation begins under Chapter 5.5, Article II of the city code. The permit fee runs $400 for a…

Any development in a Vestavia Hills special flood hazard area needs a floodplain development permit before work starts, under Chapter 5.5, Article III of the city code. The city…

Vestavia Hills bans dumping anything but storm water into its municipal storm drains and watercourses under Chapter 5.5, Article IV of the city code. The city engineer enforces the…

Alabama's Coastal Area Management Program, administered by ADEM under Code §9-7, regulates development in Mobile and Baldwin counties' coastal zones, requiring permits for construction…

Code § 11-105 bars smoking within 20 feet of entrances, windows and vents of smoke-free buildings, within 20 feet of restaurant and bar patios, in outdoor arenas and stadiums, near…

Vestavia Hills bans the use, possession, solicitation or distribution of any controlled substance in every one of its nine named city parks, from Wald Park to Altadena Valley Park. The…

Vestavia Hills bans panhandling outright in every public place under Code of Ordinances Section 8-262: any in-person request for an immediate cash donation on a street, sidewalk…

Vestavia Hills bans drinking or holding an open container of liquor, wine or beer in any public place inside the city or its police jurisdiction. The only exception is inside a retail…

Skateboards are banned from every part of Wald Park, Liberty Park Sports Complex, Cahaba Heights Park, SHAC, Meadowlawn Park, Byrd Park and Shallowford Park except the designated…

Building a driveway across a public sidewalk, street or parkway in Vestavia Hills requires a written permit from the engineering department, a $25 fee and sign-off from the fire and…

Code Sec. 15-9 bans leaving rocks, stones or other obstructions on any paved public street, alley or road, including curbs and gutters, and separately bans obstructing vehicle passage…

Vestavia Hills Code of Ordinances § 11-11 puts a maintenance duty directly on the abutting owner or occupant: keep the sidewalk bordering your property, plus half the adjoining street…

Code Sec. 16-51 levies a 6% lodging tax on hotels, motels, inns and similar establishments renting rooms to transients in Vestavia Hills, with an exemption for stays of 180 continuous…

Every business operating in Vestavia Hills must classify itself under a NAICS code and pay the matching business license tax schedule set out in Sec. 8-37 of the city code. Most…

Vestavia Hills treats an unimproved lot next to an improved lot the same as a built property: once its vegetation grows past 12 inches, section 11-10(3) deems it a hazard favorable to…

Vestavia Hills declares any building meeting one of fifteen listed defects, from structural buckling to fire damage to vermin infestation, a dangerous building and a public nuisance by…

Every Vestavia Hills city park has a fixed daily closing time written into its own section of the Code of Ordinances. Wald Park and Liberty Park Sports Complex close at 9:30 p.m.; the…

Vestavia Hills requires anyone buying gold, silver, or gold and silver objects, including cash-for-gold and pawn-style buyers, to get a permit from the City Council under Code of…

Vestavia Hills has no auto-repair-specific home-business rule, but the general home-occupation limitations block it anyway: no outdoor storage or display is allowed, no commodities may…

Vestavia Hills requires massage parlors to hold three approvals before opening: a State of Alabama Board of Massage Therapy establishment license, an individual therapist license from…

Unincorporated Jefferson County treats pawn shops as a restricted use confined to the C-1 Commercial District under the county Zoning Resolution. Section 903 bars a new pawn shop from…

Jefferson County's Zoning Resolution bars adult establishments from locating within 1,000 feet of any religious institution, school, kindergarten, child-care facility, public or…

Alabama regulates the retail sale of vapor products and electronic nicotine devices through Code Section 28-11-13, requiring permits, age verification, and restricted youth marketing.

Vestavia Hills adopted the 2020 National Electrical Code and requires a permit before any wiring, device or equipment for electrical energy is installed, altered or repaired. Only…

Vestavia Hills requires a permit before any construction, alteration, repair, demolition, or occupancy change to a building or structure, and before altering electrical, gas…

Vestavia Hills adopted the 2021 International Plumbing Code, with Appendix Chapters B through E, as its plumbing code, and every plumbing system in the city must comply with it. The…

Vestavia Hills permit holders must give the Department of Building Safety at least 24 hours' notice before an inspection and must be on site when the inspector arrives. Work cannot be…

Vestavia Hills adopted the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code as its energy code under Code of Ordinances § 5-81, governing energy-efficient building envelopes and the…

A Vestavia Hills day care center must fence its outdoor play area to at least four feet, route access along the lower-classification street when it fronts more than one road, keep…

Vestavia Hills struck the International Residential Code's automatic fire sprinkler mandate entirely. Local amendments delete both IRC R313.2 and R309.5, so no new one- or two-family…

Jefferson County's Building Code lets basement garages and crawl spaces skip Type X sheetrock or a sprinkler system if the builder instead installs a hard-wired heat detector in line…

Vestavia Hills residents must buy a $5.00 permit from the city before holding a garage sale under Code of Ordinances Article VI. The rules cap every residential dwelling to two garage…

Vestavia Hills requires anyone soliciting door-to-door at residences to register with the city clerk first under Code of Ordinances Article IX. Section 8-253 sets a $25.00 registration…

Vestavia Hills lets residents opt out of door-to-door solicitation by posting a weatherproof 'No Soliciting' placard at the main entrance under Code of Ordinances Section 8-259…

Vestavia Hills requires a landscaped buffer between the roadway and sidewalk in its MXD Planned Community Mixed Use District: a tree lawn, regularly spaced tree wells, planter boxes…

Vestavia Hills' Zoning Ordinance sets a hard ceiling on side yards and lets front setbacks flex to match the block. No side yard setback ever exceeds twenty-five feet under Section…

In Vestavia Hills' R-1 Low Density Residential District, homes are capped at 35 feet or two and a half stories, whichever is less. A special exception can raise that to three stories…

R-1 Low Density Residential lots in Vestavia Hills cap building coverage at 30 percent of the lot under Table 5.2 of the Zoning Ordinance, on lots that must run at least 20,000 square…

Vestavia Hills has no citywide dark-sky ordinance. The only shielding standard in city law sits inside the design-review checklist for the MXD Planned Community Mixed Use District…

Jefferson County caps outdoor lighting inside the U.S. Highway 280 Corridor Overlay at one footcandle spilling onto adjacent property or the public right-of-way under Sec. 1502.07…

Digital billboards and electronic message centers in Jefferson County cannot shine brighter than 0.30 foot candles above ambient light at set measuring distances, and each display must…

Vestavia Hills bans camping, open fires and dumping inside its city parks, including Wald Park and Liberty Park Sports Complex. Sec. 12-1(a)(6) lists camping among the activities…

Vestavia Hills doesn't ban car washing outright during a declared drought emergency, it requires recycled water. Sec. 17-2(f)(4) suspends general vehicle washing once the mayor…

Vestavia Hills folds its property maintenance standards into the building code adopted at Code of Ordinances § 5-71(b). Section 101.4.4 requires the City of Vestavia Hills Property…

Under Ala. Code § 35-9A-421 an Alabama landlord must give 7 business days' written notice for unpaid rent (pay or quit) and 7 business days to cure a material lease violation. After…

Alabama's Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (Ala. Code Title 35, Chapter 9A) provides the exclusive statutory framework for residential evictions. The act sets uniform notice…

Under Ala. Code § 35-9A-303 an Alabama landlord must give the tenant at least two days' notice and enter only at reasonable times for legitimate purposes such as repairs, inspection…

Alabama's Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act sets no maximum late fee and no mandatory grace period. Late fees are governed entirely by the lease; rent is late the day after…

Under Ala. Code § 35-9A-441 either party ends a month-to-month tenancy with 30 days' written notice and a week-to-week tenancy with 7 days' notice. Breaking a fixed lease early…

Rent control is illegal at the local level in Alabama. Ala. Code § 11-80-8.1 preempts the field, barring any county, city, town, or municipality from enacting, maintaining, or…

Alabama's Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act sets no specific notice period or dollar limit for raising rent. A landlord generally cannot raise rent mid-lease, but for…

Alabama caps a residential security deposit at one month's rent under Ala. Code § 35-9A-201, with exceptions for pets, alterations, and added liability risk. Landlords must return the…

Alabama recognizes two adverse-possession paths: 20 years of open, continuous possession by prescription, or 10 years under Ala. Code § 6-5-200 with color of title recorded, annual tax…

Vestavia Hills gives every occupied lot 15 square feet of non-commercial sign area under Zoning Ordinance §11.4.4(6), with each sign capped at 6.5 square feet and 5 feet tall. During…

Vestavia Hills lets electronic message boards change their display no more than once every 8 seconds under Zoning Ordinance §11.5.1, with brightness capped at 5,000 nits by day and 500…

Vestavia Hills caps window signs at 33 percent of each window's area under Zoning Ordinance §11.4.4(5), and lets businesses display them without a sign permit. A paper or similar…

Within the U.S. Highway 280 Corridor Overlay District, Jefferson County's sign regulations exempt holiday lights and decorations from the permit, site-plan and inspection requirements…

Jefferson County restricts billboards to a short list of designated highway corridors rather than allowing them anywhere: Interstates 22, 20, 59, 65 and 459, Alabama Highways 75 and…

A garage-sale sign counts as a temporary sign under Jefferson County's Zoning Regulations: it needs a sign permit and can stay up no more than 30 days before it must meet full…

Mobile food units in Vestavia Hills can operate only in areas zoned nonresidential, and section 8-272(k) keeps them at least 200 feet from the main entrance of the nearest restaurant…

Vestavia Hills bans mobile food units from operating anywhere on a public sidewalk or street right-of-way: section 8-272(c) requires every truck, trailer or cart to set up entirely off…

Vestavia Hills requires every mobile food unit operator to hold an annual City of Vestavia Hills business license from the Finance Department and a separate annual operating permit…

Vestavia Hills requires every property owner to keep premises free of overgrown vegetation, rubbish, trash, tires, junk vehicles and pooled water that create conditions favorable to…

Vestavia Hills has no standalone right-to-farm ordinance; agricultural land is protected instead through the A-Agriculture zoning district, which sets a one-acre minimum lot for…

Alabama Code Section 6-5-127 protects established farms from nuisance lawsuits when surrounding non-agricultural land use changes, supporting long-term agricultural operations.

Code § 11-66(10) bars loading, unloading or handling boxes, crates, containers or garbage cans between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if the noise disturbs a residential property line…

Vestavia Hills' Zoning Ordinance requires a mandatory owners' association whenever a subdivision or condominium creates common open space or shared facilities. Section 4.6.1 makes…

Under the Alabama Homeowners' Association Act, an association has a lien on each lot for unpaid assessments, plus interest and costs the declaration allows. The lien is recorded in…

An Alabama homeowners' association governed by Ala. Code § 35-20-13 must hand over ten named categories of records to any member or potential purchaser who asks in writing, within a…

Alabama sets no maximum dollar figure for a homeowners' association fine. Ala. Code § 35-20-11 lets a board assess only "reasonable penalties," only to the extent the declaration and…

An Alabama homeowners' association governed by the Alabama Homeowners' Association Act cannot foreclose on its own. Ala. Code § 35-20-12 requires it to give the lot owner 30 days'…

Groups of 25 or more must register with the Vestavia Hills office of parks and recreation at least 72 hours before meeting or gathering at McCallum Park, and anyone wanting alcohol at…

Unincorporated Jefferson County allows solar panels, solar farms, and photovoltaic electricity production as a by-right use in the I-1 Light Industrial District. Section 1001.01 of the…

Jefferson County's Zoning Resolution lets residential developments earn up to a 10% density increase, compoundable to 20%, in exchange for specific public benefits. Section 504.02…

Jefferson County requires subdivision plats submitted for flood-prone land in the unincorporated county to be filled at least 2 feet above the 100-year flood elevation before the…

Alabama medical cannabis dispensaries operate only under Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission licenses with statewide siting standards including 1,000-foot school buffers; cities may…

Alabama prohibits all home cultivation of cannabis statewide. Even patients enrolled in the medical cannabis program cannot grow plants at home; only licensed cultivators authorized by…

Alabama's Uniform Minimum Wage and Right-to-Work Act (Ala. Code § 25-7-40 et seq.) preempts cities and counties from setting a local minimum wage. Alabama has no state minimum wage, so…

Alabama allows permitless concealed carry of handguns for lawful adults, while still issuing optional permits for reciprocity, with state preemption blocking local restrictions.

Alabama law preempts most local firearm regulations, reserving authority over guns, ammunition, and accessories exclusively to the state legislature under Code Section 13A-11-61.3.

Alabama has no statewide charitable gaming law. Nonprofit bingo is legal only in the roughly 18 counties that adopted their own constitutional amendment authorizing it, Jefferson…

Alabama makes being a player in unlawful gambling a Class C misdemeanor, but Ala. Code § 13A-12-21(b) gives players a defense if they were in a "social game in a private place." The…

Alabama has no legalized sports betting. Wagering on the outcome of a sporting event is "gambling" under Ala. Code § 13A-12-20(4), and a bettor who knowingly advances or profits from…

The Alabama Legislature has never written a checkpoint statute. Searching the Code of Alabama on the Legislature's ALISON database returns zero sections containing roadblock…

Alabama never enacted an express right to record police, so the question is answered by the definitions in its eavesdropping article. Section 13A-11-30(1) defines eavesdropping as…

Alabama Code § 15-5-30 lets a named list of officers stop a person who is abroad in a public place on reasonable suspicion of a felony or other public offense and demand three things…

Alabama has no statute telling officers to ask for consent, to warn you that you may refuse, or to log the answer, and a full-text search of the Code returns nothing at all for the…

Alabama has no general statute putting golf carts or low-speed vehicles on public roads. The only statewide scheme, Ala. Code §§ 11-73-1 to 11-73-7, applies by its own terms in Class 2…

Alabama prohibits the sale of tobacco, vapor, and alternative nicotine products to anyone under 21 under Code Section 28-11-13, aligning with federal Tobacco 21 law.

Alabama counts auxiliary lamps one by one rather than leaving them to a general glare rule. Section 32-5-241(a) permits not more than one spot lamp, not more than two fog lamps mounted…

Alabama is one of the few states whose code says the words dash camera. Section 32-5A-350.1(g)(5), added by the 2023 hands-free act, exempts from the distracted-driving offense the use…

Lane splitting and lane filtering are illegal in Alabama with no exception for stopped or slow traffic. Ala. Code § 32-5A-242(c) says no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes…

Alabama has no statute that names license plate covers, tinted shields or frames. A full-text search of the Code of Alabama on the Legislature's own code database returns zero sections…

No section of the Code of Alabama mentions a radar detector. The ban that does apply to commercial drivers arrives indirectly: § 32-9A-2(a)(1) makes it an offense to operate a…

Alabama never sets a studded-tire season. Ala. Code § 32-5-210(b) instead bans every block, stud, flange, cleat or spike made of any material other than rubber that projects beyond the…

Alabama's tint chapter carries its own numbers, so nothing has to be looked up in an inspection regulation. Section 32-5C-2(a)(2) forbids operating a vehicle registered in this state…