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2006 SESSION


CHAPTER 830
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-1051 of the Code of Virginia, relating to regulation of operation of all-terrain vehicles by local governments in the Northern Virginia Planning District.
[H 111]
Approved April 19, 2006

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 46.2-1051 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-1051. Certain local governments may impose restrictions on operations of certain vehicles.

The governing body of any county, city, or town which is located within the Northern Virginia Planning District may provide by ordinance that no person shall operate and no owner shall permit the operation of, either on a highway or on public or private property within 500 feet of any residential district, any motorcycle, moped, all-terrain vehicle as defined in § 46.2-100, not being used for agriculture or silviculture production as defined in § 3.1-22.28, electric power-assisted bicycle, motorcycle-like device commonly known as a trail-bike or mini-bike, or motorized cart commonly known as a go-cart unless it is equipped with an exhaust system of a type installed as standard equipment, or comparable to that designed for use on that particular vehicle or device as standard factory equipment, in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive noise.