Fairfax County Police Department

CONTACT INFORMATION: 24/7 Emergency Response; Office and Program Hours Vary
703-691-2131 TTY 711 (Non-Emergency)
12099 Government Center Parkway
Fairfax, VA 22035
Kevin Davis
Chief of Police

Self-contained Storage Units Removal

The location of commercial portable, self-contained storage units is regulated by law. A number has been established for you to alert police to problems with storage units in your neighborhood.

  1. Collect the name of the company supplying the unit and the contact information listed on the container.
  2. Call the police at 703-280-0583.
  3. Leave the location of the container and the contact information as requested on the recorded voice mail.

  1. An officer will respond to the location when available.
  2. If the container is in violation of Virginia State Code Section 15.2-2018, the owner of the container, not the homeowner, will be notified of the violation and will have ten working days to remove it.
  3. The container will be purged of its contents and stored by the Fairfax County Police Department.
  4. The officer will follow up after ten days to check for compliance. If the container has been removed, no further action is necessary. If the container has not been removed, the officer will contact the company and determine the appropriate course of action.
  5. The police department does not have authority to remove the portable storage unit from the roadway.

Virginia State Code§ 15.2-2018.  Use of certain public property without consent or franchise.

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 15.2-2000 A, any person or corporation, except a public service corporation, that occupies or uses any streets, avenues, parks, bridges or any other public places or public property or any public easement of a county, in a manner not permitted to the general public, without having first obtained the consent of the governing body of such county or a franchise therefor, shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. Each day's continuance thereof shall be a separate offense. Such occupancy or use shall be deemed a nuisance. The court trying the case may cause the nuisance to be abated and commit the offenders and all their agents and employees engaged in such offenses to jail until the order of the court is obeyed.

(1983, c. 613, § 15.1-512.1; 1997, c. 587.)

Resources

To request an administrative permit for use of a portable storage unit to be placed on your property, click link here: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/planning-development/zoning/portable-storage-container

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