[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the City of Bordentown 11-28-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-20. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 258.
No person shall operate or cause to be operated
a skateboard on streets, roadways, curbs, sidewalks adjacent to streets
and roadways, and public or quasi-public areas, including but not
limited to walkways, sidewalks, driveways, promenades and plazas on
private property adjacent to the streets and roadways described below:
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Name of Street
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Side(s)
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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Farnsworth Avenue
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Both
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From Park Street to Burlington Street
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Walnut Street
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Both
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From Prince Street to Farnsworth Avenue
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Crosswicks Street
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Both
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From Farnsworth Avenue to Second Street
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A.
No person shall operate or cause to be operated a
skateboard in a reckless or hazardous fashion or in a manner creating
interference with pedestrian or motor vehicle traffic.
B.
No person operating a skateboard shall hold onto a
motor vehicle or bicycle while such motor vehicle or bicycle is in
motion.
[Amended 3-13-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-7]
A.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction hereof, be subject to a fine not to
exceed $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, or
both, at the discretion of the court having jurisdiction in this matter.
The court shall have the discretion to impose a term of community
service in lieu of imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues
shall be deemed a separate offense.
B.
If at any time within 45 days following, a minor is
again charged with a violation of this chapter, it shall be rebuttably
presumed that the minor committed such subsequent violation with the
knowledge, allowance, permission or sufferance of the parent or guardian
of such minor, and said parent or guardian shall thereupon be charged
with a violation of this chapter by the person making the charge against
the minor or by the Chief of Police of the City of Bordentown or his
designee.
