[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Palmyra 8-26-1991 by Ord. No. 566 (Ch. XXI, Part 3, of the 1975 Borough
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 314.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in skateboarding
or to ride upon or propel any skateboard on any street or alley within
the Borough or on sidewalks on Main Street from Locust Street to Grant
Street and on Railroad Street from the railroad tracks to Maple Street.
This prohibition shall also apply to all municipal property and public
parks.
The parent of any child and the guardian of any ward shall not
authorize or knowingly permit the child or ward to violate any of
the provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of skateboards.
Any person skateboarding on permitted sidewalks shall yield
the right-of-way to any pedestrian and may not overtake or pass a
pedestrian while riding on a permitted sidewalk, but rather the operator
of the skateboard shall dismount from the skateboard and shall pass
or overtake the pedestrian on foot or wait until the pedestrian passes
prior to remounting the skateboard.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit any person
to operate a skateboard on an unrestricted sidewalk if the owner of
said unrestricted sidewalk elects to prohibit such activity; provided,
however, that if an operator of a skateboard disregards the property
owner's notice, written or verbal, not to skateboard, said disregard
shall not be deemed a violation of this chapter.
[Amended 10-27-2015 by Ord. No. 765; 2-25-2021 by Ord. No. 809]
A.
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon a first conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
less than $25 and not more than $75 and costs and, for a second and
subsequent conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of
not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 and costs. Costs of prosecution
shall include the Borough's reasonable attorneys' fees.
B.
In the event that the person violating this chapter is a minor, the
police officer issuing the citation shall notify the parent, guardian,
or other person having legal custody of said minor of the violation.
[Added 2-25-2021 by Ord. No. 809]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from
the context:
The Borough of Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
Every vehicle, regardless of the number of its wheels in
contact with the ground, that i) is designed to allow an operator
to sit or stand; ii) has no manufacturer-issued vehicle identification
number; iii) is powered in whole or in part by an electric motor;
iv) weighs less than 100 pounds; and v) has a speed of no more than
20 miles per hour on a paved level service when powered solely by
the electric motor. "Motorized skateboard" includes a vehicle with
or without handlebars but does not include electric personal assistive
mobility devices or electric-power-assisted bicycles.
Any municipal or multimunicipal police department having
jurisdiction within the corporate boundaries of the Borough.
Any vehicle, device or conveyance with any number of wheels,
with a riding surface of any design, upon which a person may place
one or more feet, and which is designed to be, and can be, propelled
by human power or which can be a motorized skateboard, and which is
not classified as a pedalcycle in the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
