[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Moorestown 10-24-1988 by Ord. No. 1406-A. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
No person shall use or operate or ride on a skateboard upon or in any of the places stated in § 145-2A hereof.
B.
No person shall use or operate or ride on a skateboard upon or in any of the places stated in § 145-2B hereof:
C.
No person shall place, locate or leave a skateboard
ramp in any public roadway (including the entire paved and improved
surface thereof, including gutter areas, from curb-to-curb, where
curbs exist) or on any public sidewalk in any manner which constitutes
a traffic hazard or which endangers or creates a risk to any person
or property.
A.
The places referred to in § 145-lA are:
(1)
All public and private sidewalks, roadways (including
the entire paved and improved surface thereof, including gutter areas,
from curb-to-curb, where curbs exist), curbs, parking lots, driveways
and courtyards within the boundaries shown in Schedule A, annexed,
being the portions of East Main Street and West Main Street lying
between (and including) the southwesterly side line of Union Street
and the northeasterly side line of Chester Avenue and the portions
of all real property lots as are shown in Schedule A.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule A, Main Street District
boundary, is on file in the Township offices.
(2)
The municipal parking lot fronting on West Second
Street (known as "West Parking Plaza"), the municipal parking lot
at the Municipal Complex between West Second Street and West Third
Street and all sidewalks, curbs, ramps and courtyards at, around,
leading to and/ or adjacent to the Moorestown Free Public Library
and the Moorestown Town Hall, as set forth in Schedule B, annexed.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Schedule B, Second Street Municipal
Parking Lots and Other Areas, is on file in the Township offices.
As used in this chapter the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes a single platform mounted on wheels designed or
suitable or in fact used for riding underfoot, or a board with rollerskate
wheels or other similar wheels attached to the underside, without
a mechanism or other device for steering while being used, operated
or ridden.
Include all ramps commonly referred to as such, platforms
manufactured or contrived surfaces of any and every pattern or configuration
and other similar devices and things designed for use for riding a
skateboard upon or above any area.
A.
A police officer of the Township who shall observe
any person using, operating or riding upon a skateboard in violation
of this chapter shall:
(1)
Upon the first violation, take possession of the skateboard
for a minimum period of 48 hours, after which the skateboard shall
be returned to the parent or guardian of a minor violator or, in the
case of an adult violator, to the violator himself.
(2)
Upon the second violation, take possession of the skateboard for a minimum of 72 hours and issue a summons and complaint to the violator providing for a fine of $25, payable to the Township Municipal Court in accordance with Subsection B of this section. After said seventy-two-hour period, the skateboard shall be returned to the parent or guardian of a minor violator or, in the case of an adult violator, to the violator himself.
B.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties set forth in Chapter 66.
[Amended 3-20-2006 by Ord. No. 5-2006]
C.
With respect to every skateboard ramp on a public
street or sidewalk which a police officer observes to be a traffic
hazard or to endanger or create a risk to any person or property and
in violation of this chapter, if the violator or violators of this
chapter can be identified and notified immediately, he, she or they
shall be given reasonable opportunity to remove the ramp to a lawful
place. If the ramp is not so removed within a reasonable time or if
the notice cannot be immediately given for any reason, the Township
Department of Public Works shall remove the ramp, and, if unclaimed
within seven days thereafter, the ramp shall be deemed abandoned and
shall be disposed of in accordance with law and township procedures,
as appropriate.