20061024 2006-09
Ordinance No. 2006-09
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE I, CHAPTER
98, SECTION 98-17 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, PERTAINING TO PLAYING ON
HIGHWAYS.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Fairfax, that Article I, Chapter 98,
Section 98-17 of the Code of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
Sec. 98-17. Playing on highways; roller skates, skate boards, toys, or other devices on
wheels or runners; persons riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices,
electric power-assisted bicycles, mopeds etc., not to attach to vehicles; exception.
(a) No person shall play on a highway, other than on the sidewalks thereof, within the city.
No person shall use roller skates, skateboards, toys, or other devices on wheels or runners,
except bicycles, electric personal assistive devices, electric power-assisted bicycles,
motorized skateboards or scooters, mopeds, and motorcycles, on highways where play is
prohibited.
(b) No person riding on any bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric
power-assisted bicycle, moped, roller skates, skateboards, motorized skateboards or
scooters, toys, or other devices on wheels or runners, shall attach the same or himself to
any vehicle on a roadway.
(Code 1978, S 13-24)
State law references: Play on highway, skating, Code of Virginia, S 46.2-932.
INTRODUCED: October 10, 2006
PUBLIC HEARING: October 24, 2006
ENACTED: October 30, 2006
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ATTEST:
VOTE:
Councilwoman Cross
Councilman Greenfield
Councilwoman Lyon
Councilman Rasmussen
Councilman Silverthorne
Councilmember Winter
Aye
Absent
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye