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ORDINANCE NO. 2024-19 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE -ORDAINING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 4 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (ANIMALS; IN GENERAL) BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 4-14 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROHIBITING HORSES IN PUBLIC WAYS EXCEPT IN CERTAIN SPECIFIED INSTANCES. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Article I of Chapter 4 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006) be amended and reordained by adding a new Section 4-14 as shown below. Sec. 4-14. — Horses on public ways. (a) No person shall use, ride, otherwise possess, or leave unattended a horse on any public street, right of way, or other public property of the city. (b) No person shall allow a horse to urinate or defecate on any public street, right of way, or other public property of the city. (c) No person shall hitch a horse to any rock, tree, shrub, pole, or other feature or improvement located within any public street, right of way, or other public property of the city. (d) The prohibitions in this section shall not apply to the following circumstances: (1) the use or possession of a horse by a law enforcement officer engaged in their official duties; (2) the use or possession of a horse by a participant in a city - sponsored event or other similar event for which a permit has been issued authorizing the use of horses on a public street, right of way, or other public property; (3) the transportation of a horse over a public street or right of way in a motor vehicle or motor vehicle trailer, where the horse is secured in the vehicle or trailer; or (4) the use or possession of a horse within a designated area of a public park. (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to waive or modify any more restrictive or proscriptive requirement of local, state, or federal law. ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held on February 13, 2024. Teste: City Clerk