§ 6-1-6. The publicly owned open space east of the eastern right-of-way line of North Union Street, south of the southern right-of-way line of Thompson's Alley, north of the northern right-of-way line of King Street and west of the pierhead line in the Potomac River 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; entering the Potomac River from any dock, wharf, pier, bulkhead, piling, or quay adjacent to said open space for purposes of swimming; 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 any other sound-producing device without the use of individual headsets or earphones that limit the sound produced to the individual user, or to enter the Potomac River from any dock, pier, bulkhead piling, or quay adjacent to said open place, at any place within the city's public open space lying east of the eastern right-of-way line of North Union Street, south of the southern right-of-way line of Thompson's Alley, north of the northern right-of-way line of King Street and west of the pierhead line in the Potomac River; 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 said public space 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 the publicly owned open space east of the eastern right-of-way line of North Union Street, south of the southern right of right-of-way line of Thompson's Alley, north of the northern right-of-way line of King Street and west of the pierhead line in the Potomac River, consistent with the intent of this section. (Ord. No. 3038, 10/19/85, Sec. 4; Ord. No. 5256, 12/14/19, Sec. 1)

Editorial Note: Ord. No. 5265, § 1, adopted Dec. 14, 2019, changed the title of § 6-1-5 from "The publicly owned open space east of the eastern right-of-way line of North Union Street, south of the southern right-of-way line of Thompson's Alley, north of the northern right-of-way line of King Street and west of the pierhead line in the Potomac River prohibited conduct; riding mopeds, skateboards, bicycles; using or operating motor vehicles; playing of electronic sound-producing devices without individual headsets or earphones; entering the Potomac River from any dock, wharf, pier, bulkhead, piling, or quay adjacent to said open space for purposes of swimming; and willful and malicious damage or defacement of public facilities" to read as herein set out.