[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of
Middletown 12-7-2009. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, store, or keep
upon any street or public sidewalk any portable, stationary, or fixed
object, including, but not limited to, basketball poles, hoops or
nets, skateboard ramps, and/or any other type of object, device, or
piece of recreational equipment. It is allowable to place the portable
basketball net on the grass area between the curb and the sidewalk.
At night or when the basketball net is not in use, it must be swung
around so as not to protrude over the public portion of the roadway.
It shall also be unlawful for any person to allow any portion
of the portable, stationary, or fixed object, including, but not limited
to, basketball poles, hoops, nets, skateboard ramps, and/or any other
type of object, device, or piece of recreational equipment, to be
in a state of disrepair not consistent with the manner in which it
was manufactured.
For purposes of this chapter, the definition of "any street"
shall be the paved surface upon which the public may engage in vehicular
travel and includes any portion of that paved surface between opposing
curblines or edges of the paved surface. The definition of "sidewalk"
shall include any paved, brick, or concrete surface specifically designed
for pedestrian travel.
