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D2[ OPdDI[3ANCE TO AME![D THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIR- GI?,/IA, 1961, BY ~IE~TDI~G SECTIONS 18-43.2, 18-61 AND 18-126 THEREOF PERTAINING TO I[~[PROPER DRIVING, KEEP TO THE RIGHT IN CROSSING INTERSECTIONS OR P~XILROADS, PARKING I~ FROI[T OF FIRE 2[YDRANT, NEAR STREET CORNER, FIRE STATION, ETC. }~EREAS, the City of Portsmouth is authorized to en- act as ordinances certain statutes from the Code of Virginia, provided such ordinances are substantially consistent w~th the state law~ and Wn~R~=S, the General Assembly of Virgznla at its 1972 sessmon amended certain of these statutes of the Code Ym~gmnla, 1950; and ~iEREAS~ it is therefore necessary to amend certazn sections of the Code of the City of Portsmouth~ Virginia, 1961 so as to make said sections conform to the changes in the Code of Virginia enacted by the General Assembly at its 1972 session. z~O,~, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961 be amended and reordained to read as follows: Section 18-43.2. Improper driving. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of thisdi~_ ~'~ upon the trial of any person charged with a violation thereof where the degree of culpability is slight, the court in its discretion may find the accused not guilty of reckless driving but guilty of improper driving and impose a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars. Section 18-61. Keep to the right in crossing intersections or railroads. Except as otherwise provided by law, in crossing an intersection of highways or the intersection of a highway by a railraod right of way, the driver of a vehicle shall at all times cause such vehicle to travel on the right half of the highway unless such right side is obstructed or impassable. Section 18-126. Parking in front of fire hydrant, near street corner, fire station, etc. No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, upon a highway in front of a