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(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell
<br />or offer for sale, either separately or as a part
<br />of the equipment of a vehicle, or to use upon a
<br />vehicle on a highway any signal intended to give
<br />notice of intention to turn or stop the vehicle up-
<br />on which it is used unless meeting the require-
<br />ments of this act and of a type first approved by
<br />the commissioner. This section shall be effective
<br />from and after sixty days after the date this act
<br />shall go into effect.
<br />Section 60. Retest of approved signal devices.
<br />—The commissioner when having reason to be-
<br />lieve that an approved signal device sold com-
<br />mercially does not under ordinary conditions of
<br />use comply with the requirements of this act or
<br />the regulations of the commissioner may, after
<br />notice to the manufacturer thereof suspend or re-
<br />voke the certificate of approval issued therefor
<br />until such signal device is resubmitted to and re-
<br />tested by an authorized testing agency and is
<br />found to meet such requirements. The commis-
<br />sioner may at the time of such retest purchase in
<br />the open market and submit to the testing agency
<br />several sets of such approved signal device and
<br />if upon such retest such device fails to meet the
<br />requirements of this ordinance and the regula-
<br />tions of the commissioner, he may refuse renewal
<br />of the certificate of approval of such device.
<br />TITLE 3.
<br />Highway Traffic Signs.
<br />Section 61. Local traffic signs. --The Mayor
<br />or City Manager may cause appropriate signs to be
<br />erected and maintained, designating residence and
<br />business districts, highways and steam or inter-
<br />urban railway grade crossings and such other signs
<br />as may be deemed necessary to carry out the pro-
<br />visions of this ordinance and to control traffic.
<br />Section 62. Other than official signs prohibited.
<br />—No unauthorized person shall erect or maintain
<br />upon any highway any warning or direction sign,
<br />marker, signal or light in imitation of any official
<br />sign, marker, signal or light erected under the
<br />provisions of this ordinance, and no person shall
<br />erect or maintain upon any highway any traffic or
<br />highway sign or signal bearing thereon any com-
<br />mercial advertising, provided nothing in this sec-
<br />tion shall be construed to prohibit the erection or
<br />maintenance of signs, markers, or signals thereon
<br />the name of an organization authorized to erect
<br />the same by the Council.
<br />Section 63. Injuring signs. -it shall be unlaw-
<br />ful to deface, injure, knock down or remove any
<br />sign legally posted as provided in this ordinance.
<br />TITLE 4.
<br />Penalties.
<br />Section 64. Penalties.--- -(a) It shall be un-
<br />lawful for any person to violate any of the pro-
<br />visions of this ordinance.
<br />Every person convicted for a violation of any
<br />of the provisions of this ordinance for which no
<br />other penalty is provided shall for a first convic-
<br />tion thereof be punished by a fine of not less than
<br />five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars
<br />or by imprisonment in jail for not less than one
<br />nor more than ten days; for second such convic-
<br />tion within one year such person shall be pun-
<br />ished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor
<br />more than two hundred dollars or by imprison-
<br />ment in jail for not less than one nor more than
<br />twenty days, or by both such fine and imprison-
<br />ment; upon a third or subsequent conviction
<br />within one year such person shall be punished by
<br />a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor
<br />more than five hundred dollars or by imprison-
<br />ment in jail for not less than ten days nor more
<br />than six months, or by both such fine and im-
<br />prisonment.
<br />Section 65. Penalty for reckless driving.—
<br />Every person convicted of reckless driving under
<br />section two of this ordinance, shall be punished
<br />for a first violation by a fine of not less than ten
<br />dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or by
<br />both such fine and imprisonment. For conviction
<br />for subsequent violations a fine of not less than
<br />fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars,
<br />or he may be further punished by imprisonment
<br />in jail for a period of not less than ten days nor
<br />more than six months or by both such fine and
<br />imprisonment.
<br />Section 66. Penalty for failure to stop in
<br />event of accident involving personal injury. --Ev-
<br />ery person convicted of violating subdivision (a)
<br />Of section thirty, relative to the duty to stop in the
<br />event of personal injury accidents, shall be pun-
<br />ished by imprisonment in jail for not less than
<br />thirty days nor more than one year, or in the State
<br />Penitentiary for not less than one year nor more
<br />than five years, or by fine of not less than one
<br />hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dol-
<br />lars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
<br />TITLE S.
<br />Procedure upon Arrest, Reports, Disposition of
<br />Fines and Forfeitures.
<br />Section 67. Appearance upon arrest.—(a)
<br />Whenever any person is arrested for a violation
<br />of any provision of this ordinance the arresting
<br />officer shall, except as otherwise provided in this
<br />section, take the name and address of such per-
<br />son and the license number of his motor vehicle
<br />and issue a summons or otherwise notify him in
<br />writing to appear at a time and place, to be spec-
<br />ified in such summons or notice, at the next ses-
<br />sion of the Civil and Police Justice Court. Such
<br />officer shall thereupon and upon the giving by
<br />such person of his written promise to appear at
<br />such time and place forthwith release him from
<br />custody.
<br />Any person refusing to give such written prem-
<br />ise to appear shall be taken immediately by the
<br />arresting officer before the nearest or most acces-
<br />sible court having jurisdiction under this ordinance.
<br />Any person who wilfully violates his written
<br />promise to appear, given in accordance with this
<br />section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and re-
<br />gardless of, and in addition to the disposition of
<br />the charge upon which he was originally arrested.
<br />(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this
<br />section shall not apply to any person arrested and
<br />charged with an offense causing or contributing
<br />to an accident resulting in injury or death to any
<br />person nor to any person charged with reckless
<br />driving or driving in excess of thirty miles per
<br />hour within a business or residence district or in
<br />excess of forty-five miles per hour outside of a
<br />business or residence district not to any person
<br />charged with driving while drunk or under the
<br />influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs
<br />nor to any person whom the arresting officer shall
<br />have good cause to believe has committed a fel-
<br />ony, and the arresting officer shall take such per-
<br />son forthwith before the nearest or most acces-
<br />sible magistrate.
<br />(c) Any officer violating any of the provisions
<br />of this section shall be guilty of misconduct in
<br />office and subject to removal therefrom upon
<br />complaint filed by any person with the Council.
<br />Section 68. Report of convictions to be sent
<br />to department.—(a) The civil and police justice
<br />shall keep a full record of every case in which a
<br />person is charged with violation of any provision
<br />of this ordinance and in the event that such per-
<br />son is convicted or that his bail is forfeited, an
<br />abstract of such record shall be sent forthwith by
<br />the civil and police justice to the department.
<br />(b) Abstracts required by this section shall be
<br />made upon forms prepared by the department
<br />and shall include all necessary information as to
<br />the parties to the case, the nature of the offense,
<br />the date of hearing, the plea, the judgment, the
<br />amount of the fine or forfeiture, as the case may
<br />be, and every such abstract shall be certified by
<br />the justice or clerk of such court, as a true ab-
<br />stract of the records of the court.
<br />(c) Each clerk of any court of record of this
<br />City shall also, within ten days after any final
<br />judgment of conviction of any violation of any
<br />of the provisions of this ordinance, send to the
<br />department a certified copy of such judgment of
<br />conviction. Certified copies of the judgment shall
<br />also be forwarded to the department upon con-
<br />viction of any person of manslaughter or other
<br />felony in the commission of which a vehicle was
<br />used. The said department shall keep such rec-
<br />ords in its office, and they shall be open to the
<br />inspection of any person during reasonable busi-
<br />ness hours.
<br />(d) Failure, refusal or neglect to comply with
<br />any of the provisions of this section shall con-
<br />stitute misconduct in office and shall be ground
<br />for removal therefrom.
<br />TITLE 6.
<br />Pedestrians.
<br />Section 69. Pedestrians.—(a) The roadbeds
<br />of highways are primarily intended for vehicles,
<br />but pedestrians have the right to cross them in
<br />safety, and drivers of street cars and vehicles shall
<br />exercise proper care not to interfere with such
<br />rights nor to injure them or their property.
<br />(b) When crossing highways, pedestrians shall
<br />not carelessly or maliciously interfere with the
<br />orderly passage of vehicles, and shall cross
<br />wherever possible only at intersections or cross-
<br />walks.
<br />(c) At such intersections where no traffic of-
<br />ficer is on duty pedestrians shall have the right
<br />of way over vehicles.
<br />(d) This shall not entitle the pedestrian to en-
<br />ter or cross the intersection regardless of ap-
<br />proaching traffic, but shall be interpreted to re-
<br />quire vehicles to change their course, slow down,
<br />or come to a complete stop if necessary to permit
<br />pedestrians to safely and expeditiously negotiate
<br />the crossing.
<br />(e) Pedestrians shall cross only at right an-
<br />gles, and shall not cross highways diagonally;
<br />nor, except to board a street car, or to enter a
<br />safety zone at right angles, shall they step into
<br />that portion of the highway open to moving traf-
<br />fic, at any point between intersections where their
<br />presence would be obscured from the vision of
<br />approaching drivers by a vehicle or other ob-
<br />struction at the curb or side.
<br />(f) At intersections where traffic officers are on
<br />duty, pedestrians shall cross the intersection only
<br />with released traffic, and shall be subject to the
<br />same signals as govern the movement of other
<br />traffic.
<br />(g) When actually boarding or alighting from
<br />a street car pedestrians shall have the right of
<br />way over vehicles, but shall not in order to board
<br />or alight from street cars, step into the street
<br />sooner, nor remain there longer than is absolutely
<br />necessary to do so.
<br />(h) Pedestrians shall not use the highways,
<br />other than the sidewalks thereof, for travel, ex-
<br />cept when obliged to do so by the absence of side-
<br />walks reasonably suitable and passable for their
<br />use, in which case they shall keep as near as rea-
<br />sonably possible to the extreme left side or edge
<br />of same.
<br />(i) No person shall play on a highway or
<br />use in play thereon roller skates, coasters, or any
<br />similar vehicle or toy or other article on wheels
<br />or runners, excepting bicycles, tricycles and mo-
<br />torcycles, except in such areas as may be espec-
<br />ially designated for that purpose by the Mayor or
<br />Chief of Police.
<br />(j) Any person convicted of violating any of
<br />the provisions of this section shall be fined not less
<br />than two dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars
<br />for each separate offense exception sub -paragraph
<br />(t)) and for any conviction thereunder the mini-
<br />mum fine shall be ten dollars.
<br />TITLE 7.
<br />One Way Streets.
<br />Sectio' 70. The following streets are hereby
<br />declared one way streets, and it shall be unlawful
<br />for any vehicle to be propelled or moved in a
<br />direction other than herein set forth.
<br />The following streets shall be used only for
<br />south bound traffic:
<br />Fifth Street East, Third Street East, and First
<br />Street from High Street north of Main Street to
<br />Water Street south of Main Street.
<br />The following streets shall be used only for
<br />north bound traffic:
<br />Fourth Street East, Second Street East, and
<br />Second Street West, from High Street, north of
<br />Main Street, to Water Street, south of Main Street.
<br />On University Place the following streets are
<br />'eclared one way streets:
<br />Linden Avenue from the north end of Univer-
<br />sity Way for West bound traffic; Maple Street for
<br />East bound traffic and University Way between
<br />Maple Street and Linden Avenue for north bound
<br />traffic.
<br />TITLE 8.
<br />Miscellaneous.
<br />Section 71.—Mayor and Chief of Police to have
<br />General supervision over traffic.—The Mayor and
<br />Chief of Police shall have general supervision and
<br />control of the management and parking of ve-
<br />hicles in the interest of public safety, comfort and
<br />convenience not inconsistent with the provisions
<br />of this ordinance or of Chapter 474 of the Acts
<br />of General Assembly of Virginia 1926, known as
<br />"Uniform Act Regulating the Operation of Ve-
<br />hicles on Highways." Persons using the sidewalks
<br />and streets of the City shall comply at all times
<br />and places with any direction by voice, hand,
<br />whistle, sign or signal from any member of the
<br />police force as to the starting, stopping, slowing,
<br />parking, approaching or departing from any
<br />place; also as to the manner of taking up or set-
<br />ting down passengers, and in loading and unload-
<br />ing vehicles. The Mayor and Chief of Police shall
<br />have authority to place upon the sidewalks and
<br />streets of the City such signs, signals and other
<br />devices for handling traffic as they may deem nec-
<br />essary.
<br />Any person violating any of the provisions of
<br />this section shall, for each offense, be liable to a
<br />fine of not less than two dollars nor more than
<br />twenty-five dollars.
<br />Section 72. Permits.—No person shall opera -
<br />ate a motor vehicle upon the streets of the City
<br />of Charlottesville unless he or she shall have ob-
<br />tained a written permit from the Chief of Police
<br />which shall cost fifty cents (50c.). For a viola-
<br />tion of this section a fine of not less than one dol-
<br />lar ($1.00) nor more than twenty dollars ($20.00)
<br />shall be imposed. No person under sixteen (16)
<br />years of age shall be granted a permit unless the
<br />Chief of Police is satisfied �fter a personal ex-
<br />amination that such person is capable and com-
<br />petent to operate a motor vehicle.
<br />Section 73. Uniformity of interpretation. --
<br />This ordinance shall be so interpreted and con-
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