[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Islip 4-21-87. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Bicycles — See Ch. 4.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 47A.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 59.
This ordinance, applicable to skateboards, shall apply whenever a skateboard is operated on any street or upon any highway or upon any sidewalk or any place where pedestrians walk.
Every person operating a skateboard upon a highway or road dedicated or otherwise, shall operate the same in strict observance of all laws applicable to a vehicle and the use thereof and in compliance with all rules of the road applicable to the operation of a vehicle and in compliance with all traffic ordinances, except as to those provisions of laws and ordinances which by their nature can have no application.
The operator of a skateboard emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching on said sidewalk.
No person shall stand, park or otherwise place in a position of temporary storage a skateboard upon a highway, street, sidewalk or against any building abutting a sidewalk in such a manner which shall obstruct or render injury to a pedestrian or interfere with vehicular traffic.
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No person shall ride a skateboard upon a sidewalk within any business district.
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Whenever any person shall operate a skateboard upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
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No person shall operate a skateboard at nighttime unless he or she is wearing reflective clothing, which shall be visible from a distance of not less than fifty (50) feet and a maximum of three hundred (300) feet from the front, side and rear of the skateboard when directly in front of the lawful beams of a headlight on a motor vehicle.
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"Reflective clothing" shall be defined, for the purposes of this ordinance, as any shirt, vest, jacket or any other readily visible piece of apparel equipped with a reflective surface, such as phosphorescent tape or an equivalent reflective surface.
The parent of the minor child or the guardian of any minor child shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such child to violate any of the provisions of this ordinance.
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Any person or persons violating any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of an offense and shall forfeit and pay a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.) for each and every offense.
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Any skateboard operated in violation of this ordinance may be immediately impounded. The Town of Islip shall store such impounded skateboards in a suitable, secure location. No impounded skateboards may be released until all storage costs and fees have been paid. The violator shall be responsible for the payment of all such costs and fees. The per diem storage fee shall be two dollars ($2.). The impound fee shall be five dollars ($5.).
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Any skateboard not redeemed within thirty (30) days shall become the property of the Town of Islip.
This ordinance is to take effect and be in force on and after May 10, 1987.