[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Monroe 7-6-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Shoes, skates or footwear with a single row of roller wheels.
Shoes, skates or footwear with two or more rows of roller
wheels.
A narrow board of wood, plastic, fiberglass or similar material
with roller-skate or other type of wheels attached to each end and
used for gliding or moving on any hard surfaces, without a mechanism
or other device for steering while being used, operated or ridden.
No person shall use or operate a skateboard,
in-line skates or roller skates upon any public streets (including
the entire paved and improved surfaces thereof, including gutter areas,
from curb-to-curb, where curbs exist), sidewalks or on any public
lands within the Village of Monroe:
A.Â
Every person operating a skateboard, roller skates
or in-line skates shall operate the same in strict observance of Article
34 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law relating to the operation
of bicycles and play vehicles, except as to those provisions which
by their nature can have no application.
B.Â
The operator of a skateboard, roller skates and/or
in-line skates emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall,
upon approaching a sidewalk, shall yield the right of way to all pedestrians
approaching said walk.
C.Â
Whenever any person shall operate a skateboard, roller
skates and/or in-line skates upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield
the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before
overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
D.Â
No person shall operate a skateboard, roller skates
and/or in-line skates at nighttime unless he or she is wearing reflective
clothing, which shall be visible from a distance of not less than
50 feet and a maximum of 300 feet from the front, side and rear when
directly in front of the lawful beams of headlight on a motor vehicle.
"Reflective clothing" shall be defined, for the purposes of this chapter,
as any shirt, vest or jacket or any other readily visible piece of
apparel equipped with a reflective surface.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter
shall be guilty of a violation, and upon conviction thereof shall
be subject to a fine not to exceed $25 for the first offense and not
more than $50 for each offense thereafter.