§ 26-1. Adoption of state code.  


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  • Pursuant to the authority of the Code of Virginia, § 46.1-188 as amended, all the provisions and requirements of the laws of the state as contained in the following code sections and statutes which are hereafter set forth as Code of Virginia, §§ 18.2-266 through 18.2-273, 46.1-189 through 229.2.1, 46.1-234, 46.1-234.1, 46.1-235, 46.1-236, 46.1-261, 46.1262, 46.1-262.1, 46.2-163, and 46.1-284, inclusive, except those provisions and requirements of the violation of which constitutes a felony and except those provisions and requirements which by their very nature have no application to or within the town, are hereby adopted and incorporated in this chapter by reference and made applicable to the town.

    (1)

    That this section of the Gate City Municipal Code be amended to include the provisions of title 46.2 of the Code of Virginia, 1950 as amended and commonly referred to as the Motor Vehicle Code of the state be and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as the ordinances of the town, with the exception of those provisions and requirements which by their very nature have no application to or within the town.

    (2)

    The town Code be amended to include the provisions of article 2 (Code of Virginia, § 18.2-266 et seq.) of chapter 7 of title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia, 1950 as amended, and commonly referred to as the drunk driving laws of the state, and that the same be and are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as the ordinances of the town.

    (Comp. Ords., § 13.1; Ord. of 10-14-1986)

(Comp. Ords., § 13.1; Ord. of 10-14-1986)