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