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Adopted by Council on September 20, 2004 • AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE -ORDAIN CHAPTER 15 (MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE (1990), AS AMENDED, PERTAINING TO ADOPTION OF CERTAIN STATE LAWS AND PENALTIES AND TO CONFORM PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER; FINES FOR BLOCKING SNOW ROUTES; DISSEMINATION OF ACCIDENT REPORTS; PARKING IN SPACES RESERVED FOR DISABLED PERSONS; AND THE REMOVAL AND DISPOSITION OF ABANDONED VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC HAZARDS; ALL TO CONFORM WITH PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that Chapter 15 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1990, as amended, is hereby amended and reordained, as follows: ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Sec. 15-1. Definitions. (The words, terms and phrases used in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the state law adopted by section 15-3, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. • (b)Throughout this chapter, the terms "street," "city street' and "alley," whether used alone or in combination, shall each mean and refer to the entire width between the boundary lines of every way or place open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel within the City of Charlottesville, and shall be synonymous with the term "highway" defined within $15-3, below. Sec. 15-2. Violations of chapter. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter, including any provisions of state law incomorated into this chanter by reference as set forth within S 15-3, below. Unless otherwise provided, each such violation shall constitute a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of not more than that provided for a Class 4 misdemeanor under Vireinia Code S 18.2-11, plus anv additional monetary penalty that may be allowed by law for serious traffic offenses Sec. 15-3. Adoption of state law. (a) Pursuant to the authority of Code of Virginia, sections 46.2-1300 and 46.2-1313, all of the provisions and requirements of the state I ,S of the state contained in set forth within the following provisions of the Code of Virginia, are hereby adopted, mutatis mutandis, and incorporated by reference, as if set forth herein verbatim, except those provisions and requirements which, by their very nature, can have no application to or within the cites • (1) Title title 46.2, in its entirety; (2) Title 18.2, Chapter 7, Article 2 (S 18.2-266 et seg.), in its entirety: and_�r,.".....o'