[Amended 6-27-1995; 9-17-2001; 8-18-2005]
Pursuant to the authority of § 46.2-1313 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, all of the provisions and requirements of the laws of the state contained in Title 46.2 and Article
2 of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia, as amended from time to time, 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 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, as amended. To the extent that any provisions of this chapter of the Elkton Town Code may be inconsistent with the provisions and requirements of Title 46.2 or of Article
2 of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia hereby adopted, the provisions of this chapter are superseded. It is intended that this chapter includes all future amendments to the state statutes referenced herein and becomes effective upon the effective date of such statutes as state law.
[Amended 6-27-1995; 9-17-2001]
Words and terms used and contained in this chapter shall be
as defined in the Code of Virginia, § 46.2-100.
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to comply with the directions indicated on any sign, signal or marker erected or placed in accordance with the provisions of §
158-3 or
158-4 when such sign, signal or marker so placed or erected is visible and legible.
No funeral procession or parade, excepting the Armed Forces
of the United States, the military forces of the state and the forces
of the Police and Fire departments of the Town, shall occupy or march
or proceed along any street, except in accordance with a permit issued
by the Chief of Police.
Any police officer who shall be in uniform or who shall exhibit
his or her badge or other sign of authority shall have the right to
stop any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, upon request or signal,
for the purpose of inspecting the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer
as to its equipment and operation, its manufacturer's serial or engine
number or its contents and load, if such motor vehicle, trailer or
semitrailer is a property-carrying vehicle or for the purpose of securing
such other information as may be necessary.
It is unlawful for any person to drive, stop or park, or for
the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven, stopped or parked,
on any street within the Town any vehicle having no valid state license
as required by the laws of the state.
It is unlawful for any person to drive, stop or park, or for
the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven, stopped or parked,
on any highway or street within the Town any vehicle which is required
under the laws of the state to be inspected, unless such vehicle has
been inspected and has attached thereto, in proper position, a valid
and unexpired certificate of inspection as required by the laws of
the state.