[Adopted 1-13-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009[1]]
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Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Art.
V, Playing upon Streets or Sidewalks, adopted 7-24-1947 by Ord. No.
7; amended in its entirety 2-10-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any vehicle or device, including but not limited to bicycles,
rollerblades, rollerskates, skateboards or scooters, propelled by
an operator or operators (infant carriages excepted).
These regulations applicable to self-propelled devices shall
apply whenever a self-propelled device is operated upon any street
or upon any public path set aside for the exclusive use of self-propelled
devices, subject to those exceptions stated herein.
The parent of any child and the guardian of any ward shall not
authorize or knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any
of the provisions of this article.
Every person riding a self-propelled device upon a roadway shall
be subject to the provisions of the vehicles and traffic laws of this
Village applicable to the driver of a motor vehicle, except as to
special regulations in this chapter and except as to those provisions
of such laws which by their nature can have no application.
A.
Any person operating a self-propelled device shall obey the instructions
of official traffic signals, signs and other control devices applicable
to vehicles and all regulations as set out in Article 34, §§ 1230
to 1236, inclusive, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of
New York.
B.
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right, left
or U-turn is permitted, no person operating a self-propelled device
shall disobey the direction of any such sign, except where such person
dismounts from the self-propelled device to make any such turn, in
which event such person shall then obey the regulations applicable
to pedestrians.
C.
Any person operating a self-propelled device on a Village street,
road, thoroughfare or in a Village park shall wear a protective helmet.
D.
The operator of any self-propelled device shall wear a helmet which
satisfies the standards adopted by the New York State Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles, or, in the absence of the adoption of such standards
by the Commissioner, such helmet must satisfy the standards recommended
by the Snell Memorial Foundation, Safety Equipment Institute or United
States Consumer Product Safety Commission.
No person shall park a self-propelled device upon a street other
than upon the roadway against the curb or upon the sidewalk in a rack
to support the self-propelled device or against a building in such
manner as to afford the least obstruction to pedestrian traffic and
motor traffic.
No person shall ride a self-propelled device, as defined by
this article, upon any sidewalk within the Village of Florida, New
York.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this
article shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding
$250 or by imprisonment for term not exceeding 15 days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of any offense against
the provisions of this article shall constitute, for each day the
offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
