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Township of Spring, PA
Centre County
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[Ord. 113-1968, 10/7/1968, § 1; as amended by Ord. 56-1988, 9/11/1988]
1. 
From and after the effective date of this Part, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation to operate or use a bicycle upon any of the streets, alleys or public thoroughfares of the Township of Spring, unless and until the owner and/or operator thereof has complied with the following regulations regarding use and equipping thereof:
A. 
Every such bicycle shall be in good, sound and safe operating condition, and shall be mechanically sound.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to ride a bicycle on any of the streets, alleys or public thoroughfares in the Township of Spring in a circle.
C. 
No rider of a bicycle shall remove both hands from the handle bars, nor feet from the pedals, nor practice any acrobatic stunts or fancy riding on any street, alley or public thorough in the Township of Spring.
D. 
Bicycles shall be governed by existing automotive regulations governing parking and shall not be placed on sidewalks or in automobile parking meter areas.
[Ord. 113-1968, 10/7/1968, § 2; as amended by Ord. 58-1989, 3/6/1989; as amended by and by Ord. 09-00, 10/2/2000]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.