As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CRUISING
Driving a motor vehicle on a designated street or traffic
artery past a traffic control point in said designated area three
or more times within any one-hour period from 8:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.
or six or more times within any three-hour period from 8:00 p.m. to
3:00 a.m., prevailing time. Passing the control point a third time
or sixth time under the conditions stated herein shall constitute
cruising and, therefore, a violation of this section.
DESIGNATED AREA
That area which surrounds the Westmoor Section of the Municipality
of Kingston and is bounded by South Wyoming Avenue, East Market Street,
Northampton Street and the Kirby Park entrance road.
TRAFFIC CONTROL POINT
A reference point designated by a sign to advise the public
of this article on a street in the designated area selected by a police
officer for the purpose of enforcing this article.
No person shall cruise. For the purpose of this
prohibition, the person operating the vehicle shall be considered
the person cruising.
This article shall not apply to any vehicle
licensed to or operated by a federal, state or municipal official
while on official business, any public safety or emergency vehicle
or any vehicle utilized for public transportation, whether the same
is a bus, taxicab or limousine.
[Amended 5-3-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-5]
Any person violating any provisions of this
Article shall, upon summary conviction thereof in a summary proceeding
before a District Justice, be sentenced for a first offense to pay
a fine of not more than $200 and not less than $200 and costs and/or
to be imprisoned in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for a
period not exceeding 90 days. Upon conviction of a second offense,
such person shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $400
and not less than $400 and costs and/or to be imprisoned in the Luzerne
County Correctional Facility for a period not exceeding 90 days. Upon
conviction of a third offense and any subsequent offense, such person
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and not less
than $600 and costs and/or to be imprisoned in the Luzerne County
Correctional Facility for a period not exceeding 90 days. Each and
every day upon which any person shall violate or continue to violate
the provisions of this Article shall constitute a separate offense.