[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of East Stroudsburg
9-6-1988 by Ord. No. 891, approved 9-6-1988. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
As used in this chapter, the following definitions and
rules of construction shall be observed:
- ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE
- A multiwheeled recreational-type vehicle with a small overall size and low profile.
- BICYCLE
- Every device propelled by human power which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels, either of which is more than 15 inches in diameter.
- BOROUGH
- The Borough of East Stroudsburg in the County of Monroe and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
- MINIBIKE, MINICYCLE or TRAIL BIKE
- A two-wheeled recreational-type vehicle with a small overall size and low profile.
- MOTORCYCLE
- Every motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of riders and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground; bicycles with a motor attached; and scooters.
- PUBLIC PROPERTY
- Includes the parks and all public lands owned by the Borough and those parts of public places which do not form traveled parts of the streets, as defined in this section.
- SIDEWALK
- That portion of a street between the curbline and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians, and includes footwalks and pavements.
- SNOWMOBILE
- Every engine-driven vehicle of a type which utilizes sled-type runners or skis or an endless belt tread or any combination of these or other means of contact with the surface upon which it is operated, but not including any farm tractor, highway or other construction equipment or any military or law enforcement vehicle.
- STREET
- Includes avenues, boulevards, highways, roads, alleys, lanes, viaducts, bridges and the approaches thereto and all other public thoroughfares in the Borough.
B.
Words importing the singular number shall include the
plural, and words importing the plural number shall include the singular.
A.
No person shall ride, coast or wheel a bicycle across
a sidewalk in order to gain access to or egress from any property adjacent
to such sidewalk, provided that due regard and care for the safety of pedestrians
and other persons lawfully using such sidewalk is exhibited.
B.
No person shall ride, coast or wheel a bicycle upon private
property within the Borough without the prior written permission of the owner
or other person in control or possession thereof.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a bicycle
upon any street in the Borough in violation of any traffic ordinances of the
Borough which are applicable to motor vehicles and/or in violation of 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 3501 et seq.
A.
No minibike, minicycle, trail bike, motorcycle, snowmobile,
all-terrain vehicle or other similar vehicle which has not been properly registered
with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in conformity with the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code of 1976, as amended,[1] shall be operated by any person upon any street, sidewalk or public
property within the Borough, except that nothing herein contained shall prohibit
any person from operating said vehicle across a sidewalk in order to gain
access to or egress from any property adjacent to such sidewalk, provided
that due regard and care for the safety of pedestrians and other persons lawfully
using such sidewalk is exhibited.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
B.
No minibike, minicycle, trail bike, motorcycle, snowmobile,
all-terrain vehicle or other similar vehicle shall be operated by any person
upon private property within the Borough without the prior written permission
of the owner or other person in control or possession thereof.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to be an attempt to regulate
the operation of any vehicle, including bicycles, by any person on property
which is owned by the owner or operator of said vehicle.
[Amended 10-3-1989 by Ord.
No. 921, approved 10-3-1989]
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof before any District Justice, be subject to a fine of not
more than $600, and costs of prosecution, or to imprisonment in the county
jail for a period of not more than 30 days, or both.