19770913 1977-28ORDINANCE No. 1977-28
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REENACT SECTION 13-131
OF THE FAIRFAX CITY CODE
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Fairfax,
Virginia, that Section 13-131 of the Code of the City of Fairfax
be, and it hereby is, amended and reenacted to read in its entiret
as follows:
"Sec. 13-131. Warning devices on school busses; use thereof.
(a) Every bus used for the principal purpose of transporting
school children shall be equipped with a warning device of such
type as may be prescribed by the state board after consultation
with the superintendent of state police. Such warning device
shall indicate when such bus is stopped, is about to stop, and
when it is taking on or discharging children, elderly, mentally
or physically handicapped persons. Such warning device shall be
used and in operation for a distance of not less than one hundred
feet before any proposed stop of such bus if the lawful speed
limit is less than thirty-five miles per hour, and for a distance
of at least two hundred feet before any proposed stop of such
bus if the lawful speed limit is thirty-five miles per hour or
more.
(b) Failure of warning device to function on any school
bus shall not relieve any person operating a motor vehicle from
his duty to stop as provided in subsection (g) of section 13-70.
(c) Any person operating such bus who fails or refuses to
equip such vehicle being driven by him with such equipment or
who fails to use such warning devices in the operation of such
vehicle shall, on conviction, be fined not less than five dollars
nor more than twenty-five dollars."
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This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoptio
Introduced: September 6, 1977.
Adopted:
September 13, 1977.
Attest:
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