It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any type of unlicensed
motor driven vehicle or conveyance, including, but not necessarily limited
to, snowmobiles, two-wheel motor vehicles known as minibicycles, trail bicycles,
motor scooters and four-wheel motor vehicles, commonly known as go-carts,
upon any public property or Borough owned land in the Borough of Berlin, New
Jersey.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
BOROUGH OWNED LAND
Includes all parks, recreation areas, ball parks, lake areas, storage
facilities, garage areas, Board of Education property and any and all other
Borough or publicly owned land and premises.
PUBLIC PROPERTY
Includes all streets, sidewalks, easements or any other areas dedicated
or commonly used for vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
The operation of said motor driven vehicle, as defined in §
320-1 of this chapter, is additionally prohibited upon private property, unless the operator of said motor driven vehicle has in his possession an expressly written permission to operate said vehicle on said private property by the owner of said property.
It shall be unlawful to operate any unlicensed motor driven vehicle, as defined in §
320-1, 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.
It shall be unlawful to operate any unlicensed motor driven vehicle, as defined in §
320-1, in a careless, reckless or negligent manner so as to endanger the safety of any person or the property of any person.
It shall not be unlawful for any employee of this Borough to operate motor driven vehicles, as defined in §
320-1, for the purpose of maintaining, repairing or doing any public work within the scope of his employment.
It shall be unlawful for the parent, guardian or any person
having the care, custody and control of any child under the age of 17 years
to permit such child to operate a motor driven vehicle in violation of the
terms of this chapter.
Any child, operator or parent, as defined in this chapter, who shall
violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to a fine not exceeding $500 or to imprisonment for any term
not exceeding 90 days, or both.