Chapter 158 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC.
158-6 ADOPTION BY REFERENCE OF STATE MOTOR VEHICULAR LAWS
Pursuant
to
the
authority
of Section 46.2-1313, Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended,
all
of the provisions and requirements of the laws of the State as
of July
1,
2012, contained in Title 46.2, Code of
Virginia, 1950, as amended,
and
Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2, Code of Virginia, 1950,
as
amended,
except those provisions and requirements the violation of
which
constitutes a
felony and except those provisions and requirements which, by
their
very
nature, can have no application to or within the Town, are
adopted and
incorporated by reference and made applicable within the Town.
References
to "highways of the state" contained in such provisions and
requirements hereby adopted shall be deemed to refer to the
highways
and other
public ways within the Town. Such provisions and
requirements are
hereby
adopted, mutatis mutandis, and made part of this chapter as
fully as
those set
forth at length herein; and it shall be unlawful for any
person within
the town
to violate or fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any
provision of
Title
46.2, Code of Virginia, and Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title
18.2, Code
of
Virginia, which is adopted by this section, provided that in
no event
shall the
penalty imposed for the violation of any provision or
requirement
adopted
exceed the penalty imposed for a similar offense under Title
46.2, Code
of
Virginia, and Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2, Code of
Virginia.
(Ord.
No. 4-90 Amended
6-11-90-Effective 7-1-90 ; Ord. No. 11-91 Amended
6-10-9-Effective
7-1-91)
(Ord.
No. 5-92 Amended
5-25-92-Effective 7-1-92 ; Ord. No. 8-93 Amended 5-24-93 -Effective
7-1-93)
(Ord.
No. 7-94 Amended
5-9-94-Effective 7-1-94)
(Ord.
No. 11-94 Amended
12-12-94-Effective 1-1-95 ; Ord. No. 8-95 Amended
7-10-95-Effective
7-1-95)
(Ord.
No. 9-96 Amended 6-1-96-Effective
6-1-96 ; Ord. No. 1-97 Amended 6-4-97-Effective 7-1-97)
(Ord.
No. 12-98 Amended 7-13-98-Effective
7-1-98 ; Ord. No. 6-99 Amended 6-14-99-Effective 7-1-99)
(Ord.
No. 9-00 Amended 6-26-00-Effective
7-1-00 ; Ord. No. 4-01 Amended 6-11-01-Effective 7-1-01)
(Ord.
No. 11-02 Amended 6-24-02-Effective
7-1-02 ; Ord. No. 4-03 Amended 6-23-03-Effective 7-1-03)
(Ord.
No. 6-04 Amended
6-28-04-Effective 7-1-04 ; Ord. No. 15-05 Amended
6-27-05-Effective
7-1-05)
(Ord.
No. 5-06 Amended
6-26-05-Effective 7-1-06 ; Ord. No. 7-07 Amended
5-14-07-Effective
7-1-07)
(Ord.
No. 1-08 Amended
5-12-08-Effective 7-1-08 ; Ord. No. 4-09 Amended
5-26-09-Effective
7-1-09)
(Ord. No. 5-10 Amended 6-14-10-Effective 7-1-10 ; Ord.
No. 10-11
Amended 6-27-11-Effective 7-1-11)
(Amended
6-11-12-Effective 7-1-12)