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No person shall commit any one of the following acts:
(A) Display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his or her possession any fictitious or fraudulently altered driver’s or commercial driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification;
(B) Lend his or her driver’s or commercial driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another;
(C) Display or represent as one’s own any driver’s or commercial driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification not issued to him or her;
(D) Use a false or fictitious name in any application for a driver’s or commercial driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification or knowingly make a false statement or knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application;
(E) Permit any unlawful use of a driver’s or commercial driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification issued to him or her; or
(F) Do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this Traffic Code or W. Va. Code Ch. 17.
(Ord. passed 5-11-2021) Penalty, see § 70.999
No person shall drive a motor vehicle on any public street or highway of the municipality at a time when his or her privilege so to do has been lawfully suspended or revoked.
(Ord. passed 5-11-2021) Penalty, see § 70.999
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see W. Va. Code 17B-4-3
No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by him or her or under his or her control to be driven upon any street or highway by any person who is not authorized hereunder or in violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter.
(Ord. passed 5-11-2021) Penalty, see § 70.999
It is a misdemeanor for any owner or operator, or both owner and operator, of any vehicle required to be inspected under W. Va. Code 17C-16-4(a), or its amendments, to operate or permit to be operated such vehicle without having displayed thereon a current and valid certificate of inspection and approval or fail to produce same upon demand of any authorized person as designated under said section; provided, a dealer licensed to sell new vehicles under the provision of W. Va. Code 17A-6 or its amendments, shall not be required to display a certificate of inspection and approval upon any new vehicle if the vehicle is driven for an operational purpose including all activities associated with dealer preparation for sale of a motor vehicle belonging to such dealer when such vehicle has not been titled or delivered to a purchaser, and when such car is not to be used in the demonstrator fleet or otherwise routinely driven on the highways or roads of the state.
(Ord. passed 5-11-2021) Penalty, see § 70.999
(A) Whoever violates any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided, including §§ 70.020 through 70.022, shall be fined not more than $100; upon a second conviction within one year thereafter, shall be fined not more than $200; and upon a third or subsequent conviction, shall be fined not more than $500; or other such amounts deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court.
(B) Any person violating the provisions of § 70.020 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100; upon a second conviction within one year thereafter, shall be fined not more than $200; and upon a third or subsequent conviction, shall be fined not more than $500, or other amounts deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court.
(C) (1) Any person who exceeds any posted speed restriction or traffic restriction at a construction site referred to in § 70.027 by less than 15 mph shall be fined not more than $200, or other amount deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court.
(2) Any person who exceeds any posted speed restriction or traffic restriction at a construction site referred to in § 70.027 by 15 mph or more shall be fined not more than $300, or other amount deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court.
(D) Every person convicted of reckless driving, as described in § 70.051, may be punished by a fine of not less than $25, nor more than $500; and on a second or subsequent conviction may be punished by a fine of not less than $50, nor more than $1,000; or other amounts deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court. Every person convicted of reckless driving may be subject to confinement or jail penalties consistent with said penalties found in W. Va. Code 17-5-3.
(E) Any person who violates the provisions of § 70.053(a) is guilty of a traffic offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall for a first offense be fined $100; for a second offense be fined $200; and for a third or subsequent offense be fined $300; or other amounts deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court. No court costs or other fees shall be assessed for a violation of § 70.053(a).
(F) Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a violation of § 70.082 and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500, or other amount deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court; provided, that no person charged with violating § 70.082 shall be convicted if such person produces in court or at the office of the arresting office a driver’s license issues to such person and valid at the time of such person’s violation.
(G) Any person who drives a motor vehicle on any public street or highway of or in the city at a time when his or her privilege to do so has been lawfully suspended or revoked by the state or any other jurisdiction, as described in § 70.084, is, for the first offense, guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100, nor more than $500; for the second offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100, nor more than $500; for the third or any subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in jail for a period of not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days and shall be fined not less than $150, nor more than $500; or other amounts deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court.
(H) Unless another penalty is by the laws of this state provided, every person convicted of a misdemeanor for operating a vehicle without having displayed thereon a current and valid certificate of inspection and approval or for failure to produce such certificate upon demand of an authorized person, as described in § 70.086, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100, or other amount deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court; provided, any person who obtains an inspection and a current and valid certificate of inspection and who, within five days of the issuance of a citation for a violation of the provisions of § 70.086, provides a receipt of inspection to and makes the vehicle so operated available for examination by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall not be guilty of a violation of the provisions of § 70.086; provided, however, that the misdemeanor penalty shall be imposed if the certificate of inspection has not been valid for a period exceeding three months prior to the date of the issuance of a citation.
(Ord. passed 5-11-2021)