[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Perkasie
12-16-1991 as Ord. No. 689. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall use, ride, propel or otherwise operate a skateboard
in the following areas of the Borough of Perkasie:
A.
Upon the cartway of any street or public alley.
B.
Upon any sidewalk in the following designated areas:
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On the Sidewalk on Either Side of
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Between
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Arch Street
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Sixth Street and Seventh Street
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Chestnut Street
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Sixth Street and Ninth Street
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Market Street
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Sixth Street and Eighth Street
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Ninth Street
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Chestnut Street and Market Street
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Seventh Street
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Race Street and Walnut Street
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Shadywood Drive
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Fifth Street and Shadywood Place
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Sixth Street
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Arch Street and Walnut Street
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Walnut Street
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Fifth Street and Seventh Street
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C.
In and upon any municipal parking lots.
A.
It is hereby found that the use of skateboards on and in the public areas designated above in § 150-1 constitutes a threat to the public health, safety and welfare. In addition, it is found that, with consistency, the sidewalks in the areas designated at § 150-1B above are heavily utilized by pedestrians, including elderly individuals.
B.
The purpose of this chapter is to reduce the threat of
harm to the public arising out of the use of skateboards in the designated
areas.
