Subject: 9901/Code/Sec24-46/SafetyBelts,ChildRestraint
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1989 12:20:00 -0500


                              ORDINANCE NO.   9901 
                  
                  
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                   PART II, CHAPTER 24, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION
                   24-46, RELATIVE TO USE OF SAFETY BELTS AND
                   CHILD RESTRAINT DEVICES.
                  
                  
                                                    
                  
                  
       	    	 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE:
       	    	 SECTION 1.  That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter
       24, be and is hereby amended so as to add a new Section 24-46 as
       follows:
            Sec. 24-46.	   Safety belts; child restraint devices.
           
            	 (a)  "Passenger car" or "passenger motor vehicle"
            means a motor vehicle with a manufacturer's gross
            vehicle weight of 8,500 pounds or less that is not used
            as a public or commercial motor vehicle for conveyance
            of passengers for hire. 
           
            	 (b)  No person shall operate a motor vehicle within
            the City unless such person and all passengers four (4)
            years of age or older are restrained by a safety belt at
            all times the vehicle is in forward motion unless
            otherwise provided.  Provided, however, no citation
            shall be issued for a violation of this section unless a
            person has been stopped by a law enforcement officer for
            a separate violation of law and is issued a citation for
            the separate violation of law.
           
            	 (c)  A person operating a motor vehicle upon a
            road, street or highway within the City shall provide
            for the protection of a child under the age of four (4)
            a child passenger restraint system meeting federal motor
            vehicle safety standards.
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       	    	 SECTION 2.  That this ordinance shall be effective two
       (2) weeks from and after its passage as provided by law.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading July 13, 1993.	     s/s_________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	         CHAIRPERSON
      
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED:   X   DISAPPROVED: _______
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:  July 15, 1993.
      
      
       	    	      	   	     s/s_________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	       	    MAYOR
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