[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Lancaster 3-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-2.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Supervisors of Lancaster Township finds and declares that
the provisions of this chapter are enacted to establish regulations regarding
the operation of skateboards, scooters and rollerblades on the highways, streets,
roadways, sidewalks, public parks, school yards, paths or other public places
within Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Unless otherwise indicated, all provisions of this chapter shall apply
to all skateboards, scooters and rollerblades, as herein defined, operated
or controlled within the jurisdictional boundaries of Lancaster Township.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
That portion of the highway designed or ordinarily used for vehicular
travel, excluding sidewalks.
Shoes or boots affixed to two plastic or other synthetic material
wheels used to glide or skate over surfaces.
A single platform mounted upon two plastic or other synthetic material
wheels which is propelled solely by human power and which has a single bar
steering device with which to control the movement or direction of the scooter.
That portion of the highway designated or ordinarily used for pedestrian
travel.
A single platform mounted on metal, rubber, plastic or other synthetic
material wheels, which is propelled solely by human power and which has no
mechanisms or other device with which to steer or to control the movement
or direction of the platform.
Traffic generated by every device, excluding skateboards, scooters,
rollerblades, wagons, wheelchairs, unicycles, pushcarts, tricycles, and other
children's toys, by which any person or property is or may be transported
or drawn upon a highway, street, roadway or sidewalk.
A.
No person shall ride or use a skateboard, scooter or
rollerblades upon any highway, street, roadway, sidewalk, public park, school
yard, path or any other public place in a manner that would obstruct pedestrian
traffic or endanger another person's safety, or ride or use a skateboard,
scooter or rollerblades on any highway, street, or roadway in a manner that
would impede the normal flow of vehicular traffic.
B.
No person shall permit a skateboard, scooter or rollerblades
to stand upon any highway, street, roadway, sidewalk, public park, school
yard, path, or any other public place where it is an obstruction or hazard
to pedestrians.
C.
No person shall ride a skateboard, scooter or rollerblades,
onto or off of any bench, chair, flower box, retaining wall, stairway, or
other public accessory or structure not intended for pedestrian foot traffic,
or intended only for pedestrian foot traffic.
D.
The Lancaster Township Police Department is authorized
to erect official traffic control devices on those highways, streets, roadways
or other public places or property where skateboarding, rollerblading or riding
of scooters shall be designated as prohibited.
E.
No person shall operate, ride or use a skateboard, scooter
or rollerblades on any highway, street or roadway where the volume or speed
of the vehicular traffic or the width of the roadway renders the highway,
street or roadway unsafe or unsuitable for skateboarding, rollerblading or
the riding of scooters.
F.
Skateboard, scooter or rollerblade operators on sidewalks,
highways, streets or roadways shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicular
and to all other pedestrian (non-skateboard, -scooter or -rollerblade) traffic
upon the sidewalk, highway, street or roadway.
G.
No more than one person shall operate or ride on a single
skateboard or scooter.
The Chief of Police or his/her designee is authorized to establish all
written regulations necessary to implement this chapter's provisions,
including regulations on posting of signs on private or public property where
the riding of skateboards, scooters or use of rollerblades shall be prohibited.
No person shall operate a skateboard or scooter or use rollerblades
on any highway, street, roadway or public alley in Lancaster Township in violation
of any traffic ordinance of Lancaster Township or the law of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Every person convicted of violation of any provision of this chapter
shall be punished by a fine of not more than $50 and shall be ordered to pay
restitution should any damage or injury have resulted from the act giving
rise to the violation of this chapter.
