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1972-91 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOU~ VIRGINIA, 1961, BY REPEALING SECTION 18-54 THEREOF PERTAINING TO DRIVING WHILE ABILITY IMPAIRED BY ALCOHOL; BY ADDING SECTIONS 18-143.2, 18-252.1 AND 18-252.2 THERETO PERTAINING TO DISPOSITION OF IN- OPERABLE ABANDONED VEHICLES, TAMPERING WITH MOTOR VEHICLE ODO- METERS AND PENALTIES THEREFOR; AND BY AMENDING SECTIONS 18-55, 18-57 AND 18-238 THEREOF PERTAINING TO PRESUMPTIONS FROM ALCOHOL CONTENT OF BLOOD, FORFEITURE OF RIGHT TO DRIVE, SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE AND SUSPENSION OF OBJECTS SO AS TO OBSTRUCT VIEW OF DRIVER. WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth is authorized to enact as ordinances certain statutes from the Code of Virginia, provided such ordinances are substantially consistent with the state law; and WHEREAS, the General Assembly of Virginia at its 1972 session amended certain of those statutes of the Code of Virginia, 1950; and WHEREAS, it is therefore necessary to amend a certain chapter of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, so as to make said chapter conform to the changes in the Code of Vir- ginia enacted by the General Assembly at its 1972 session. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: l. That the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961, be amended by repealing section 18-54 thereof. 2. That the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961, be amended by adding sections 18-143.2, 18-252.1 and 18- 252.2 thereto and by amending sections 18-55, 18-57 and 18-238, such added and amended sections to read as follows: Section 18-55. Presumption from alcoholic content of blood. In any prosecution for a violation of Section 18-52, the amount of alcohol in the blood of the accused at the time of the alleged offense as indicated by a chemical analysis of the accused's blood in accordance with the provisions of Section 18-53, shall give rise to the following presumptions: (1) If there was at that time 0.05 percent or less by weight by volume of alcohol in the accused's blood, it shall be presumed that the accused was not under the influence of alcoholic intoxicants;