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Particularly wild because it includes sidewalks!

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rorystolzenberg.bsky.social Rory Stolzenberg @rorystolzenberg.bsky.social · 7d
Common misconception! It's maintained by parks & rec, but is a public right-of-way. This was a hot issue when they were passing the ban on guns in parks (because if the DTM is a park, we would have effectively denied residents of DTM apartments with only front entrances their 2A rights).
Sec. 28-2. - Definitions. (a)The term "streets," when used in this chapter, shall mean public streets, sidewalks, walkways, alleys, lanes and highways of the city, except where by the context or by reasonable intent sidewalks or walkways are not included.(b)For the purposes of this chapter, the term "Downtown Pedestrian Mall" shall mean and refer to the brick-paved area bordered by Market Street on the north, Water Street on the south, Ridge-McIntire Road on the west and 7th Street, S.E. on the east (as if extended in a straight line in a southerly direction from its current terminus to Water Street). The Downtown Pedestrian Mall shall be designated on a map approved by the city manager and maintained available for public inspection within the city's department of neighborhood development services.(c)For the purposes of this chapter, the term "fire lane" shall have the same meaning as the term "fire apparatus access road," as defined within the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code. With respect to the downtown mall and the side streets leading to the downtown mall, fire lanes shall be designated on a map approved by the city's fire official and maintained available for public inspection within the city's department of neighborhood development services.(d)The term "pedestrian walkway" when used in this chapter, shall mean an area improved for public pedestrian travel, such as a sidewalk. With respect to the Downtown Pedestrian Mall, all areas designated and reserved for public pedestrian travel shall be designated on a map approved by the city manager and maintained available for public inspection within the city's department of neighborhood development services. (Code 1976, § 25-1; 4-21-03(1); 12-5-05(2); 9-20-10) Cross reference— Definitions and rules of construction generally, including general definition of "street," § 1-2.
January 27, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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Thanks, Steven!
January 28, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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what does this mean in practice?
January 28, 2026 at 12:05 AM