Words and terms used and contained in this chapter
shall be as defined in Code of Virginia § 46.2-100.
A.
Pursuant to the authority of § 46.2-1313
of the Code of Virginia, all of the provisions and requirements of
the laws of the state contained in Title 46.2 and in Article 2 of
Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia, except those provisions
which are contained in this chapter, except those provisions and requirements
the violation of which constitutes a felony, and except those provisions
and requirements which by their very nature can have no application
to or within the Town, are hereby adopted and incorporated in this
chapter by reference and made applicable within the Town. References
to "highways of the state" contained in such provisions and requirements
hereby adopted shall be deemed to refer to the streets, highways and
other public ways within the Town. Such provisions and requirements
are hereby adopted, mutatis mutandis, and made a part of this chapter
as fully as though set forth at length herein, and it shall be unlawful
for any person within the Town to violate or fail, neglect or refuse
to comply with any provision of Title 46.2 or of Article 2 of Chapter
7 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia which is adopted by this section,
provided that in no event shall the penalty imposed for the violation
of any provision or requirement hereby adopted exceed the penalty
imposed for a similar offense under Title 46.2 or under Article 2
of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia.
B.
Rules of procedure in making arrest in violation of
any such law, in obtaining and handling evidence and in the prosecution
of all charges under this section are also hereby adopted and incorporated
in this chapter by reference and made applicable to all such charges
made within the Town.
C.
The term "Code of Virginia" as used in this section
shall mean the Code of Virginia as is in effect on the date of the
adoption of this section, as amended, as may be hereinafter amended
or modified by the duly adopted laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
A.
The Mayor, except as otherwise provided by this chapter
and except as otherwise directed, from time to time, by the Town Council,
shall have power and is hereby authorized to regulate the operation
and parking of vehicles within the Town by erection or placing of
proper signs or markers indicating prohibited or limited parking,
angle parking, the parking of buses, trucks and other vehicles of
various weights, "U" turns, turning at intersections, hazardous intersections,
school zones, hospital zones, loading and unloading zones, quiet zones,
traffic control signals exhibiting colored lights or the word "go,"
"caution" or "stop" and other signs or markers indicating the place
and manner of operating or parking vehicles in the Town.
B.
The Mayor shall also have power and is hereby authorized
to regulate the movement of pedestrians upon the streets and sidewalks
of the Town by the erection or placing of proper signs or markers
indicating the flow of pedestrian traffic.
C.
The Mayor shall also have power and is hereby authorized
to designate bus stops and to erect signs prohibiting the parking
of vehicles other than buses at such stops.
D.
The Mayor is further empowered and authorized to mark
off traffic lanes on streets and parts of streets indicating and directing
the flow of traffic.
E.
The Mayor shall further have power and is hereby authorized
to secure all such necessary signs, signals or markers to be erected
or placed on any street or part of a street. The existence of such
signs, signals or markers at any place within the Town shall be prima
facie evidence that such signs, signals or markers were erected or
placed by and at the direction of the Mayor in accordance with the
provisions of this section.
