[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Briarcliff
Manor 7-15-1976 by L.L. No. 2-1976. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Trustees recognizes the potential adverse impact on the
health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the Village of Briarcliff
Manor, and to property within the Village by the use of unlicensed motor driven
vehicles, and therefore, deems it appropriate to control the use of said vehicles.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
All streets, sidewalks, easements or any other areas dedicated or
commonly used for vehicular or pedestrian traffic, including those parts of
the Croton Aqueduct and right-of-way of the abandoned Putman Valley Railroad
Division which are within the Village of Briarcliff.
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 or all-terrain vehicles, but not including any
vehicle used for agricultural landscaping or lawn maintenance purposes.
All parks, recreation areas, ball parks, lake areas, storage facilities,
garage areas, parking areas and any and all other Village-owned land and premises.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any unlicensed motor
driven vehicle upon any public property or Village-owned land in the Village
of Briarcliff Manor.
The operation of an unlicensed motor-driven vehicle is prohibited upon
private property unless the operator of said unlicensed motor-driven vehicle
has the express permission of the owner of said private property to operate
said vehicle on said property.
It shall be unlawful to operate any licensed or unlicensed motor-driven
vehicles, alone or together with other licensed or unlicensed motor-driven
vehicles, in a manner so as to create loud, unnecessary or unusual noise which
disturbs or interferes with the peace and quiet of other persons.
It shall be unlawful to operate any unlicensed motor-driven vehicle
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 the Village of Briarcliff
Manor to operate unlicensed motor-driven vehicles 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 knowingly
to permit such child to operate an unlicensed motor-driven vehicle in violation
of the terms of this chapter.
Whenever any child under the age of 16 years is alleged to have violated
this chapter, his parent, guardian or any person having the care, custody
or control of the child shall be notified by the Chief of Police or any person
designated by him to give such notice.
The police shall immediately impound any unlicensed motor-driven vehicle
operated in violation of this chapter. The unlicensed motor-driven vehicle
shall be returned upon payment of the fine or upon direction of the court.
Any operator or parent, as defined in § 210-8, who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to a fine not exceeding $250.
Should any section or portion of this chapter be in conflict with the
laws of the State of New York applicable to the operation, registration, ownership
or control of unlicensed motor vehicles, then in that instance said laws of
the State of New York shall prevail.
