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SECTION 24. SECTION 18-140 IS HEREBY AMENDED AND REENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: NO VEHICLE SHALL CARRY ANY LOAD EXTENDING MORE THAN SIX INCHES BEYOND THE LINE OF THE FENDER OF BODY; PROVIDED, THAT SUCH LOAD SHALL NOT EXCEED A TOTAL OUTSIDE WIDTH AS PRESCRIBED BY SECTION • 18-134. SECTION 25. SECTION 18-141 IS HEREBY AMENDED AND REENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: NO MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL BE DRIVEN UPON A STREET DRAWING OR HAVING ATTACHED THERETO MORE THAN ONE MOTOR VEHICLE, TRAILER OR SEMITRAILER, BUT THIS LIMITATION SHALL NOT APPLY BETWEEN SUNRISE AND SUNSET TO SUCH FARM TRAILERS OR SEMITRAILERS BEING MOVED FROM ONE FARM TO ANOTHER FARM OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE SAME PERSON WITHIN A RADIUS OF TEN MILES; PROVIDED, THAT THIS LIMITATION SHALL NOT APPLY TO A COMBINATION OF VEHICLES COUPLED TOGETHER BY A SADDLE MOUNT DEVICE USED TO TRANSPORT MOTOR VEHICLES IN A DRIVE -AWAY SERVICE FROM FACTORY TO DEALER WHEN NOT MORE THAN TWO SADDLE MOUNTS ARE USED AND SUCH USE IS IN CONFORMITY WITH SAFETY REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. SECTION 26. SECTION 18-150 IS HEREBY AMENDED AND REENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF VIOLATING SECTION 18-149 SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE NOT EXCEEDING FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR CONFINEMENT IN JAIL NOT EXCEEDING TWELVE MONTHS, OR BOTH, IN THE DISCRETION • OF THE JURY OR THE COURT TRYING THE CASE WITHOUT A JURY; PROVIDED, THAT IF THE VEHICLE STRUCK IS UNATTENDED AND THE DAMAGE THERETO IS LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS, SUCH PERSON SHALL BE PUNISHED ONLY BE A FINE NOT EXCEEDING FIFTY DOLLARS. SECTION 27. SECTION 18-162 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING THERETO THE TWO FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS: NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 18-1, AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "BUSINESS Di STRICT" MEANS THE TERRITORY CONTIGUOUS TO A STREET OR HIGHWAY WHERE FIFTY PER CENT OR MORE OF THE TOTAL FRONTAGE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET OR HIGHWAY, FOR A DISTANCE OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FEET OR MORE, IS USED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES. NOTHWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 18-15 AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "RESIDENCE DISTRICT" MEANS THE TERRITORY CONTIGUOUS TO A STREET OR HIGHWAY, NOT COMPRISING A BUSINESS DISTRICT, WHERE FIFTY PER CENT OR MORE OF THE TOTAL FRONTAGE, ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET OR HIGHWAY FOR A DISTANCE OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FEET OR MORE, IS USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. SECTION 28. SECTION 18-168 IS HEREBY AMENDED AND REENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: WHENEVER A PEDESTRIAN IS CROSSING OR ATTEMPTING TO CROSS A PUBLIC STREET OR HIGHWAY, GUIDED BY A DOG GUIDE OR CARRYING IN A RAISED OR EXTENDED POSITION A CANE OR WALKING STICK CLEARLY VISIBLE ABOVE THE BODY WHICH IS METALLIC OR WHITE IN COLOR OR WHITE TIPPED WITH RED, THE DRIVER OF EVERY VEHICLE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION OR PLACE OF CROSSING SHALL BRING HIS VEHICLE TO A FULL STOP BEFORE ARRIVING AT SUCH INTERSECTION OR PLACE OF CROSSING, UNLESS SUCH INTERSECTION OR PLACE OF CROSSING IS CONTROLLED BY A TRAFFIC OFFICER. SECTION 29. SECTION 18-169 IS HEREBY AMENDED AND REENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 9 IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, UNLESS TOTALLY OR PARTIALLY BLIND OR OTHERWISE INCAPACITED, WHILE ON ANY PUBLIC STREET OR HIGHWAY, TO CARRY IN A RAISED OR EXTENDED POSITION A CANE OR WALKING STICK WHICH IS METALLIC OR WHITE IN COLOR OR WHITE TIPPED WITH RED. SECTION 30. CHAPTER 18 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING TO ARTICLE I THEREOF THE FOLLOWING SECTION NUMBERED 18-22.1: SECTION 18-22.1. IF ANY PERSON, HAVING BEEN CONVICTED THREE TIMES OF ANY OFFENSE OR OFFENSES SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION, WITHIN A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, SHALL BE AGAIN CONVICTED OF ANY ONE OF SUCH OFFENSES WITHIN SUCH TEN YEAR PERIOD, HE SHALL, IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTY OTHERWISE PRESCRIBED BY LAW FOR SUCH OFFENSE, BE FINED NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED NOR MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND CONFINED IN JAIL NOT LESS THAN THREE MONTHS NOR MORE THAN TWELVE MONTHS. THE OFFENSES FOR A FOURTH CONVICTION OF WHICH SUCH PENALTIES MAY BE IMPOSED ARE THE FOLLOWING: VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF SECTIONS 18-31, 18-149 AND 19-88; OR VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE STATE 0 OF SECTIONS 18.1-54, 46.1-176, 46.1-191 OR 46.1-350 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, OR OF ANY SIMILAR ORDINANCE OF ANY OTHER COUNTY, CITY OR TOWN IN THE STATE, AND MANSLAUGHTER INVOLVING THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY; PROVIDED, THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, WHERE