[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Towanda 4-2-1973 by Ord. No. 2-1973. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any type of unlicensed
motor-driven vehicle or conveyance, including, but not necessarily
limited to, snowmobiles, two-wheel motor vehicles known as "minibicycles,"
trail bicycles, motor scooters and four-wheel motor vehicles, commonly
known as "go-carts," upon any public property or Borough-owned land.
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined
as follows:
Includes all parks, recreation areas, ball parks, lake areas,
storage facilities, garage areas, Board of Education property and
any and all other Borough or publicly owned land and premises.
Includes all streets, sidewalks, easements or any other areas
dedicated or commonly used for vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
The operation of said motor-driven vehicle, as defined in § 311-1, is additionally prohibited upon private property, unless the operator of said motor-driven vehicle has in his possession an expressly written permission to operate said vehicle on said private property by the owner of said property. This section shall not apply where the operator of said motor-driven vehicle is the owner of said private property or a member of the immediate family of said owner.
It shall be unlawful to operate any unlicensed motor-driven vehicle, as defined in § 311-1, in a manner so as to create loud, unnecessary or unusual noise so as to disturb or interfere with the peace and quiet of other persons.
It shall be unlawful to operate any unlicensed motor-driven vehicle as defined in § 311-1, in a careless, reckless or negligent manner so as to endanger the safety of any person or the property of any person.
It shall not be unlawful for any employee of this Borough to operate motor-driven vehicles, as defined in § 311-1, for the purpose of maintaining, repairing or doing any public work within the scope of his employment.
It shall be unlawful for the parent, guardian or any person
having the care, custody and control of any child under the age of
16 years to permit such child to operate a motor-driven vehicle in
violation of the terms of this chapter.
Any child, operator or parent, as defined in this chapter, who
shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to a fine not exceeding $100 or to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding 30 days, or both.
