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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE-ENACTING SECTION 90 OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT SECTION 90 OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED AND RE- ENACTED SO AS TO READ AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 90. REGISTRATION OF DRIVERS; POSTING REGISTRATION CARD AND PHOTOGRAPH; FEES. NO PERSON SHALL DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR HIRE IN THE CITY UNTIL HE HAS BEEN REGISTERED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE. NO PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS SHALL BE REGISTERED. NO SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE GRANTED UNTIL THE APPLICANT HAS SHOWN TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE HIS GOOD MORAL CHARACTER, HIS ABILITY TO OPERATE SUCH VEHICLE AND KNOWLEDGE OF TRAFFIC ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY. ANY REGISTRATION HERE- TOFORE OR HEREAFTER GRANTED MAY BE REVOKED FOR ANY CAUSE WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL OF SUCH REGISTRATION WHETHER SUCH CAUSE AROSE BE- FORE OR AFTER THE GRANTING OF SUCH REGISTRATION. AN INITIAL REGISTRATION FEE OF THREE DOLLARS ($3.00) SHALL BE REQUIRED AND SUCH FEES TOGETHER WITH TWO PHOTOGRAPHS, POST-CARD SIZE, OF SUCH APPLICANT SHALL ACCOMPANY EACH APPLICATION. ANNUAL REGISTRATION ON OR BEFORE MAY 1ST IS REQUIRED AND THE FEE FOR EACH SUCCESSIVE ANNUAL REGISTRATION AFTER THE FIRST YEAR SHALL BE TWO DOLLARS ($2.00). THE REGISTRATION CARD WITH A PHOTOGRAPH ATTACHED SHALL BE CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED IN THE VEHICLE OPERATED BY SUCH DRIVER. NO PERSON SHALL PERMIT ANY MOTOR VEHICLE OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY HIM TO BE OPERATED FOR HIRE IN THE CITY BY ANY PERSON WHO HAS NOT BEEN RE- GISTERED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE AS HEREINABOVE PROVIDED. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL FEBRUARY 7, 1949 AYES: MR. ADAMS, MR. BARR, MR. HADEN, MR. HAMM, AND MR. TEBELL. NOES: NONE. CLERK SIGNATURE PRESIDENT SIGNATURE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE-ENACTING SECTION 53 OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT SECTION 53 OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED AND RE-ENACTED SO AS TO READ AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 53. PREVENTION OF NOISE, SMOKE, ETC., SPILLING CONTENTS FROM VEHICLES; VEHICLES HAULING LOGS ETC. (A) NO PERSON SHALL DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY UNLESS SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A MUFFLER IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND IN CONSTANT OPERATION TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE OR UNUSUAL NOISES, ANNOYING SMOKE AND THE ESCAPE OF EXCESSIVE GAS, STEAM OR OIL. ALL EXHAUST PIPES CARRYING EXHAUST GASES FROM THE MOTOR SHALL BE DIRECTED PARALLEL WITH THE GROUND OR SLIGHTLY UPWARD. (B) IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY MOTOR VEHICLE TO BE EQUIPPED WITH, OR FOR ANY PERSON TO USE, A "MUFFLER CUTOUT" OR "STRAIGHT EXHAUST" WHILE SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED UPON A HIGHWAY. (C) NO VEHICLE SHALL BE OPERATED OR MOVED UPON ANY HIGHWAY UNLESS SUCH VEHICLE IS SO CONSTRUCTED AS TO PREVENT ITS CONTENTS FROM DROPPING, SIFTING, LEAKING OR OTHERWISE ESCAPING THEREFROM. (D) NO VEHICLE WHICH IS DESIGNED AND USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAULING LOGS, POLES OR LUMBER SHALL BE OPERATED OR MOVED OVER ANY HIGHWAY UNLESS ITS LOAD IS SECURELY FASTENED BY CHAIN OR METAL CABLE SO AS TO PREVENT THE SHIFTING OR FALLING OF SUCH LOAD FROM THE VEHICLE. (E) ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUN- ISHED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 69 OF THIS CHAPTER EXCEPT THAT ANY PERSON CON- VICTED OF OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE CARRYING INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION C HEREOF SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN $20.00 AND NOT MORE THAN $250.00 OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN JAIL FOR NOT LESS THAN ONE DAY AND NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS OR BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL FEBRUARY 7, 1949 AYES: MR. ADAMS, MR. BARR, MR. HADEN, MR. HAMM, AND MR. TEBELL. NOES: NONE. CLERK SIGNATURE PRESIDENT SIGNATURE