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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 22 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
<br />PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (1988) , BY AMENDING SECTIONS 22-1, 22-10,
<br />22-11, 22-143, 22-182, 22-237, 22-268, 22-312, 22-324, 22-348,
<br />22-421, 22-422, 22-423, 22-424, 22-582(a), AND (d), 22-686 AND
<br />22-687 THEREOF; BY REPEALING SECTION 22-314 THEREOF; AND BY
<br />ENACTING SECTION 22-421.1 THERETO, PERTAINING TO MOTOR
<br />VEHICLES.
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<br /> BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth,
<br />Virginia:
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<br /> 1. That Sections 22-1, 22-10, 22-11, 22-143, 22-182,
<br />22-237, 22-268, 22-312, 22-324, 22-348, 22-421, 22-422, 22-423,
<br />22-424, 22-582(a) and (d), 22-686 and 22-687 of the Code of the
<br />City of Portsmouth, Virginia (1988), be amended and reordained
<br />to read as follows:
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<br />Sec. 22-1. Definitions.
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<br /> The words and phrases used in this chapter shall, for the
<br />purposes of this chapuer, have the meanings respectively
<br />ascribed to them in Section 46.2-100 of the Code of Virginia as
<br />mn effect on July 1, 1994, and any subsequent amendments
<br />thereto, excepu in uhose instances where the context clearly
<br />indicates a different meaning.
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<br />Sec. 22-10. Applicability of chapter to persons riding
<br />bicycles, mopeds or driving or riding animals.
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<br /> Every person riding a bicycle, moped, or an animal or
<br />driving any animal upon a roadway shall be subject to the
<br />provisions of this chapter and shall have all of the rights and
<br />all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle, unless
<br />the context of the provision clearly indicates otherwise.
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<br /> The provisions of subsections A and C of Section 46.2-920
<br />of the Code of Virginia applicable to the operation of
<br />emergency vehicles under emergency conditions shall also apply,
<br />mutatis mutandis, to bicycles and mopeds operated under similar
<br />emergency conditions by law enforcement officers.
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<br />Sec. 22-11. Exemptions for operators of emergency vehicles.
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<br /> (a) The driver of any law-enforcement vehicle operated by
<br />or under the direction of a federal, state or local
<br />law-enforcement officer in the chase or apprehension of
<br />violators of the law or persons charged with or suspected of
<br />any such violation, or in response to an emergency call; any
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