Town of Dover, NJ
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2023-02-21
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 123 Bicycles and Similar Vehicles
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration of Government
- Ch 4 Affirmative Action
- Ch 8 Community Action Mediation Program Organization
- Ch 10 Contracts
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 16 Employee Awards Program
- Ch 20 Fire Department, Volunteer
- Ch 25 Health, Board of
- Ch 29 Housing Authority
- Ch 40 Meetings, Attendance at
- Ch 44 Municipal Public Property
- Ch 49 Officers and Employees
- Ch 52 Open Government Transparency and Participation
- Ch 57 Police Department
- Ch 61 Purchasing, Joint
- Ch 67 (Reserved)
- Ch 68 Recreation, Arts and Cultural Affairs, Department of
- Ch 69 Redevelopment
- Ch 72 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 80 Sewerage Authority
- Ch 84 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 90 Ward and Election Districts
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 99 Affordable Housing
- Ch 101 Alarm Systems
- Ch 105 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 109 Amusement Devices
- Ch 113 Animals
- Ch 118 Auctions
- Ch 123 Bicycles and Similar Vehicles
- § 123-1 Riding on sidewalks prohibited.
- § 123-2 Lights required.
- § 123-3 Bell required.
- § 123-4 Speed limit.
- § 123-5 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 133 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 138 Businesses, Registration of
- Ch 141 Cannabis
- Ch 144 Clubs, Social and Athletic
- Ch 146 Community Gardens
- Ch 148 Community Project Labor Agreements
- Ch 150 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 152 Courier Drop Boxes
- Ch 154 Curfew
- Ch 158 Dancing and Dance Halls
- Ch 162 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 167 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 171 Electrical Standards
- Ch 176 Excavation Safeguards
- Ch 179 False Fire and Burglar Alarms
- Ch 183 Fees
- Ch 189 Fire Prevention
- Ch 193 Fires, Conduct at
- Ch 196 (Reserved)
- Ch 199 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 202 Garage Sales
- Ch 204 Graffiti
- Ch 207 Handbills
- Ch 211 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 221 Hunting and Fishing
- Ch 225 Insurance
- Ch 229 Junk Dealers
- Ch 236 Land Use and Development
- Ch 238 Lead-Based Paint Inspections
- Ch 239 Motorized Scooters
- Ch 242 Littering
- Ch 246 Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Therapy Establishments
- Ch 249 New Americans Integration
- Ch 250 Newspaper Vending Machines
- Ch 254 Noise
- Ch 259 Obscene Materials
- Ch 265 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 269 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 273 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 277 Plumbers
- Ch 281 Poolrooms and Bowling Alleys
- Ch 285 Property Maintenance
- Ch 286 Property, Vacant and Foreclosed
- Ch 291 Recycling
- Ch 293 Relocation Assistance
- Ch 295 Rental Property
- Ch 301 Sales, Special
- Ch 305 Sandblasting
- Ch 311 Sewers
- Ch 313 Sex Offenders
- Ch 315 Shopping Carts
- Ch 319 Signs
- Ch 322 Small Wireless Facilities
- Ch 324 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 328 Smoking
- Ch 333 Solid Waste Disposal
- Ch 337 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 338 Storm Sewers
- Ch 341 (Reserved)
- Ch 345 Taxation
- Ch 349 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 353 Telephones, Outdoor Public
- Ch 357 Theaters, Shows and Other Exhibitions
- Ch 361 Towing
- Ch 366 Trees
- Ch 371 Vehicles, Unregistered or Junked
- Ch 373 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 380 Wage Theft Prevention
- Ch 383 Water
- Part III, Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 393 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 395 Animals
- Ch 401 Fees
- Ch 403 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 407 Food-Handling
- Ch 411 (Reserved)
- Ch 423 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 427 Public Recreational Bathing
- Ch 434 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 441 Weed Control
- Appendix
- Ch A446 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A447 Telephone Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town
of Dover 7-27-1970 as Art. 6 of the 1969 Revised Ordinances.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 373.
[Amended 7-10-2001 by Ord. No. 14-2001]
It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to ride any bicycle
or scooter on the sidewalks of any street within the Town of Dover or to ride,
lead or drive any horse or other beast of draft or burden over any sidewalk
in the Town of Dover or to drive any cart, carriage, wagon or sleigh over
any such sidewalk, except in crossing such sidewalk at the entrance to a gate
or alley.
[Amended 7-10-2001 by Ord. No. 14-2001]
It shall be unlawful to ride any bicycle, tricycle, scooter or similar
vehicle upon any street or public place within the Town of Dover between one
hour after sunset and sunrise unless such bicycle, tricycle, scooter or similar
vehicle shall have a lighted lamp of such illumination power as to be plainly
seen 100 yards ahead attached thereto.
[Amended 7-10-2001 by Ord. No. 14-2001]
It shall be unlawful at any time to ride any bicycle, tricycle, scooter
or similar vehicle upon any street or public place in the Town of Dover, unless
such machine shall have attached thereto a suitable alarm bell, which, when
rung, may be heard 100 feet distant; and every person riding such machine
shall, upon approaching or being approached by any other person or any vehicle
upon or across such street, sound such alarm bell when at a distance of 100
feet from such other person or vehicle and continue to sound such bell until
such person or vehicle has been passed.
[Amended 7-10-2001 by Ord. No. 14-2001]
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride any bicycle, tricycle, scooter
or other similar vehicle or to drive any wagon, cart or sleigh or other vehicle
in any street or public place in the Town of Dover at a faster rate of speed
than eight miles per hour.
[Amended 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 19-1996; 4-9-2002
by Ord. No. 11-2002]
Every person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction, be subject to one or more of the following: a fine of not
more than $1,250 for each offense, besides costs of conviction, a term of
imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding
90 days.
