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. 2. That Chapter 22 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (1988) be amended by the adoption of new Sections 22-18.1,22-121.1,22-175.1,22-291.1,22- 328.1,2-400.1,22-708.1, and 22-708.2 to read as follows: Sec. 22-18.1. Motorized push scooters; voluntary registration; fee; destruction, etc., of serial number prohibited. (a) The serial numbers of motorized push scooters may be registered with the Chief of Police or his designee. There shall be a one-time registration fee of one dollar charged to each owner. (b) No person shall willfully remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter the serial number of any motorized push scooter or knowingly possess a motorized push scooter, the serial number of which has been removed, destroyed or mutilated. Sec.22-121.1 Horn; bicycles, mopeds, etc. Every bicycle, moped, or motorized push scooter operated on the streets shall be equipped with a bell, horn or other signaling device capable of giving a signal audible for a distance of at least 100 feet. Only bicycles, operated by the city police may be equipped with a siren or a whistle. . Sec. 22-175.1. Lights and reflectors on motorized push scooters. The provisions of section 22-708.2 notwithstanding, every motorized push scooter when in use between sunset and sunrise shall carry at least one or more lights to the front and a red light to the rear visible in clear weather from a distance of not less than 500 feet to the front and the rear. In lieu of or in addition to the lights, a reflector of a type, size, and color approved by the superintendent may be permanently affixed to the rear and front of the vehicle. Sec. 22-291.1. Bicycles, etc.; riding on right-hand side of road; two or more abreast. . Every person riding a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped or motorized push scooter on any street shall keep as close as practicable to the right-hand side of the roadway and shall not ride two or more abreast. Persons riding two abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, shall move into a single file formation as quickly as practicable when being overtaken from the rear by a faster moving vehicle, and, on a laned roadway, shall ride in a single lane. A person riding a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or moped shall not travel between two lanes of