§ 6-1-4. Market Square—prohibited conduct: riding mopeds, skateboards, bicycles, or micromobility devices; using or operating motor vehicles; playing of electronic sound-producing devices without individual headsets or earphones; and willful and malicious damage or defacement of public facilities.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to ride any moped, skateboard, bicycle, or micromobility device, as defined in section 10-1-1 of this code, or to use or operate any motor vehicle, as defined in section 46.1-1, Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, or for any person to willfully or maliciously injure or deface any real or personal property of the city or property lawfully on display or loaned to the city; or to play any portable radio, tape player or other electronic sound-producing device without the use of individual headsets or earphones that limit the sound produced to the individual user at any place within the city's public area known as Market Square, which square lies between the 100 blocks of North Royal and North Fairfax Streets, bounded on the south side by King Street and on the north by city hall; provided further, that this section shall not be construed to prohibit public employees or their duly authorized agents from using or operating motor vehicles in Market Square in the performance of their duties.

(b)

The city manager is hereby authorized to promulgate any rules and regulations required for the use, governance and protection of Market Square consistent with the intent of this section. (Ord. No. 3048, 6/15/85, Sec. 2; Ord. No. 3083, 10/19/85, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 5256, 12/14/19, Sec. 1)

Editorial Note: Ord. No. 5256, § 1, adopted Dec. 14, 2019, changed the title of § 6-1-4 from "Market square—prohibited conduct: riding mopeds, skateboards, bicycles; using or operating motor vehicles; playing of electronic sound-producing devices without individual headsets or earphones; and willful and malicious damage or defacement of public facilities" to read as herein set out.