This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Streets and Public Places Law of the Village of Pleasantville."
Ballplaying and all other similar uses and games which unreasonably interfere with use of public streets and places intended for general public use are prohibited, except in athletic fields and playgrounds designated for such purposes.
[Added 7-31-2000 by L.L. No. 5-2000[1]]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
SKATEBOARD
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, with or without a mechanism or other device for steering while being used, operated or ridden.
IN-LINE SKATES
Shoes, skates or footwear with a single row of wheels.
ROLLER SKATES
Shoes, skates or footwear with two or more rows of roller wheels.
B. 
Unlawful activities. No person shall use or operate a skateboard/in-line skates/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 Pleasantville:
(1) 
In a careless manner without due caution and circumspection.
(2) 
While endangering, or in any manner to create a risk or danger to, any person or property.
(3) 
In any manner to impede or interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
C. 
Precautions.
(1) 
Every person operating a skateboard/roller skates/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.
(2) 
The operator of a skateboard/roller skates/in-line skates emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching said walk.
(3) 
Whenever any person shall operate a skateboard/roller skates/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.
(4) 
No person shall operate a skateboard/roller skates/in-line skates at nighttime unless he or she is wearing reflective clothing, which is 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 headlights on a motor vehicle. Reflective clothing shall be defined, for the purposes of this section, as any shirt, vest or jacket or any other readily visible piece of apparel equipped with a reflective surface.
(5) 
Persons one or more years of age and under the age of 14 operating in-line skates, roller skates and skateboards shall wear a protective helmet.
(6) 
No person shall operate a skateboard on the following sidewalks:
(a) 
Wheeler Avenue.
(b) 
Washington Avenue between the Firehouse and Manville Road.
(c) 
Manville Road between Tompkins Avenue and Memorial Plaza.
(d) 
Bedford Road between Tompkins Avenue and Cooley Street.
(e) 
In either of the park areas on Wheeler Avenue or through the railroad overpass connecting Wheeler Avenue and Memorial Plaza.
D. 
Penalties. Any person violating any provision of this section 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.
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Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former § 155-3, Coasting or sledding.
A. 
Prohibited. No person shall deposit or permit to be deposited, stored, displayed or exposed for sale or allowed to remain any groceries, foodstuffs, lumber, furniture, ice, boxes, barrels, merchandise or any other substances whatsoever on any public street, avenue, sidewalk or crosswalk in the village, except when necessary for the purpose of delivery or transportation and then only for removal within one hour.
B. 
Exceptions.
(1) 
Garbage and refuse. The provisions of Subsection A shall not apply to the deposit of garbage, ashes and other refuse, in proper containers, and scrap and other material for salvage collection, upon a sidewalk for removal by duly constituted agencies.
(2) 
Building materials. The provisions of Subsection A shall not apply to the storage or deposit on a street or highway of building or other materials, under a written permit therefor duly issued, in connection with the construction or demolition of buildings or in connection with highway or utilities repairs.
(3) 
Sidewalk sales and displays and sidewalk cafes in accordance with the provisions of § 155-25.
[Added 4-28-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997]
No person shall move any building, part of a building or oversize load, as specified in Vehicle and Traffic Law § 385, over, across or through any village street, lane or alley, except with written permission of the Superintendent of Public Works. Every such permit may designate the route to be traversed and contain any other restrictions or conditions deemed necessary by the Superintendent of Public Works. All permits issued shall be revocable by the Superintendent of Public Works at his or her discretion without a hearing or the necessity of showing cause.
No person shall, without permission of the Superintendent of Public Works, dig, remove or carry away any stone, earth, sand or gravel from any street or public place or any material or refuse placed on or near a sidewalk or public street for collection by the Department of Public Works.
No person shall throw any stones or other things at or shall commit any act which in any way injures or tends to injure the streetlights or street signs of the village.
No person shall obstruct or cover by bridge, plank, stone or other material any gutter of any street in the village without first having obtained permission from the Superintendent of Public Works; and when such a bridge or cover is laid, it shall be laid in such manner and the drain and passage underneath of such size as shall be directed by the Superintendent of Public Works. If such drain should at any time become obstructed or if it becomes necessary to clean the gutter, such cover shall, on order of the Superintendent of Public Works, be removed by the party owning or occupying the adjoining property.
[Added 4-28-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997]
A violation of this article shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500, imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.