[Adopted 9-13-2000 by Ord. No. 79]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The use of vehicles defined below.
Any motor-driven vehicle, whether or not required to be licensed
by the commonwealth, designed to be used on surfaces other than paved
or unpaved public or private streets, including but not limited to
all-terrain vehicles, cars, trucks, motorcycles, trail bikes, dirt
bikes, minibikes, go-carts, dune buggies, snowmobiles, quads and the
like, regardless of the number of wheels or lack of wheels. Vehicles
shall not include farm equipment, equipment manufactured, for home
lawn/garden work or maintenance.
A.
No vehicle as herein defined shall be operated beyond
the defined streets, roads, highways and driveways within Mount Pleasant
Township without the prior express written approval of the owners
of said private property.
B.
No vehicles subject to this article shall be operated
on any public property within Mount Pleasant Township except in such
areas within which said vehicles are permitted to be operated, but
in no event shall such designated areas be deemed to include sidewalks,
walkways, bike paths, parks or paved rights-of-way which are otherwise
primarily used for pedestrian or other vehicle traffic.
C.
Nothing contained in this article shall authorize
the operation of vehicles on the public or private streets, roadways
or highways within Mount Pleasant Township in such instances where
said vehicles could not otherwise be lawfully operated under the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code as amended from time to time.
D.
No person shall operate a vehicle such that the operation of said vehicle emits loud noises as prohibited by Chapter 178, Subdivision and Land Development.
E.
No vehicle shall be operated in such a manner that
is unreasonably dangerous to the safety and well-being of any person
or real or personal property in its immediate vicinity.
F.
To further implement and foster the content of this
article, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate, cause to
be operated or to participate in the operation of any vehicle off-road
on any single property less than two acres and within a distance of
50 feet of any property line.
G.
No vehicle shall be operated in such a manner as to
create an unreasonable amount of dust or dirt. An "unreasonable amount"
of dirt or dust shall mean suspended particle matter visible to the
unaided or naked eye from a distance of 50 or more feet.
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought
before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of
Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default
of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that
such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute
a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense.
