The Township desires to protect the public welfare, safety and
convenience and to reduce the safety hazards of pedestrian and vehicular
accidents, injuries and deaths resulting from the operation of human-powered
locomotion devices and to prevent the damage and destruction of public
property caused by the operation of such devices and to ensure the
safe and unobstructed passage of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
in and about the Township.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
HUMAN-POWERED LOCOMOTION DEVICE
Any skateboard, skates, sled, toboggan, skis, scooter or
any human-powered device designed to be ridden by a person or persons
which has no steering device or mechanism to steer or control the
direction thereof while being used or ridden, even though the direction
thereof may be controlled to some degree by shifting the feet or weight
of the rider during such use.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter
1, Article
III, with a minimum penalty established of $100. The Judge of the Municipal Court, in his/her discretion, may, in lieu of the penalty herein set forth, confiscate the human-powered locomotion device of the offender.