[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Mountain
Lakes 6-23-1980 as Sec. 3-7 of the 1980 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
No person shall operate any type of unlicensed motor-driven
vehicle or conveyance, including but not necessarily limited to two-wheel
motor vehicles commonly known as "minibikes," rail bikes, motor scooters,
motorcycles, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and four-wheel motor vehicles
commonly known as "go-carts," upon any public property or Borough-owned land,
or lakes in the Borough.
B.
No person shall operate any motor vehicle, whether licensed
or unlicensed, on any Borough-owned lands or public property other than streets,
roads or highways or such trails designated by the Borough.
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used herein shall be defined
as follows:
All parks, recreation areas, ball parks, lake areas, storage facilities,
garage areas, Board of Education property, and any and all other Borough-owned
land and premises.
All streets, sidewalks, easements or any other areas dedicated or
commonly used for vehicular or pedestrian traffic or other public use.
The operation of motorcycles or unlicensed motor-driven vehicles, except
maintenance vehicles, shall be additionally prohibited upon private property,
unless the operator of the motor-driven vehicle shall have in his possession
expressly written permission to operate the vehicle on the private property
by the owner of the property.
No person shall operate any motorcycle or unlicensed motor-driven vehicle
in a manner so as to create loud, unnecessary or unusual noise so as to disturb
or interfere with the peace and quiet of other persons.
No person shall operate any motorcycle or unlicensed motor-driven vehicle
in a careless, negligent or reckless manner so as to endanger the safety or
property of any person.
A.
Any employee of the Borough may operate a motorcycle
or unlicensed motor-driven vehicle for the purpose of maintaining, repairing
or doing any public work within the scope of his employment.
B.
The provisions of this chapter shall not prohibit motorized
bicycles, commonly known as "mopeds," from being operated on Borough streets.
No parent, guardian or any person having the care, custody and control
of any child under the age of 17 years shall permit such child to operate
a motor-driven vehicle in violation of the terms of this chapter.
