Pursuant to the authority of Code of Virginia, sections 46.2-1300 and 46.2-1313, all of the provisions and requirements of the state set forth within the following provisions of the Code of Virginia, are hereby adopted, mutatis mutandis, and incorporated by reference, as if set forth herein verbatim, except those provisions and requirements which, by their very nature, can have no application to or within the city:
(1)
Title 46.2, in its entirety;
(2)
Title 18.2, Chapter 7, Article 2 (§ 18.2-266 et seq.), in its entirety; and
(3)
Title 16.1, Chapter 11, Article 9 (§ 16.1-278 et seq.), in its entirety.
The above-referenced provisions refer to those in effect on the effective date of this ordinance and to any future amendments to those provisions, and to successor titles, chapters, articles and sections as they may become effective.

(b)
Any references to "highway" or to "highways of the state" contained in any of the above-referenced state code provisions shall be deemed to refer to the entire width between the boundary lines of every way or place open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel within the City of Charlottesville.

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate on the highways in the Commonwealth a motor vehicle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter equipped with a gutted muffler, muffler cutout, or straight exhaust.

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate on the highways in the Commonwealth a motor vehicle, as described in this section, equipped with any emission control system or device unless it is of a type installed as standard factory equipment, or comparable to that designed for use upon the particular vehicle as standard factory equipment.