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Sec. 22-324. Driving on sidewalk. Subject to Section 32-25 of this Code, no person shall drive any vehicle other than (i) an emergency vehicle, as defined in Section 22-11, (ii) a vehicle engaged in snow or ice removal and control operations, (iii) a wheel chair or wheel chair conveyance, whether self-propelled or otherwise or (iv) a bicycle on the sidewalks of the city. Sec. 22-348. Driving while license suspended or revoked. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 22-428 of this chapter and Sections 46.2-304 and 46.2-357 of the Code of Virginia, no person whose driver's license or learner's permit or privilege to drive a motor vehicle has been suspended or revoked or who has been directed not to drive by any court or by the commissioner of the state department of motor vehicles or by operation of law pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, title 46.2 of the Code of Virginia, or any similar law or regulation or who has been forbidden as prescribed by law by the commissioner of the state department of motor vehicles, the state corporation commission, the commonwealth transportation commissioner, any court, or the superintendent of state police to operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth shall thereafter drive any motor vehicle or any self-propelled machinery or equipmen5 on any highway in this city unless and until the period of such suspension or revocation shall have terminated. For the purposes of this section, the phrase "motor vehicle or any self-propelled machinery or equipment" shall not include mopeds. (b) Any person violating this section shall, for the first offense, be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and for the second or any subsequent offense shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. In addition, the court shall suspend or revoke such person's license, permit or privilege to drive for the same period for which it had been previously suspended or revoked when such person violated this section. (c) In the event such person has violated this section by driving during a period of suspension or revocation which was not for a definite period of time, the court shall suspend such person's license, permit or privilege to drive for an additional period not to exceed ninety (90) days. Any additional suspension ordered under the provisions of this section shall commence upon the expiration of the previous suspensions or revocation unless such previous suspension or revocation has expired prior to the ordering of an additional suspension or revocation.