It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motorcycle, motorbike,
minibike, trail bike, motorized bicycle, snowmobile or similar type vehicle
on the sidewalks, footpaths, parks or real property owned by East Bradford
Township, other than upon the public streets, roads and highways of said township.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motorcycle, motorbike,
minibike, trail bike, motorized bicycle, snowmobile or similar type vehicle
on any real property within East Bradford Township belonging to any person
or persons, corporation or other type of entity, other than that owned by
the operator of the type of vehicle hereinbefore described, or the parents
thereof or the person standing in loco parentis thereto, unless said operator
has obtained prior written permission to do so from the owner of said real
property.
This chapter shall not apply to the operation of lawn-cutting equipment
or snow-removal equipment.
It shall be unlawful for any parent or parents or the person or persons
who stand in loco parentis to permit the operation of any vehicle as herein
described by an operator under the age of 17 years in violation of this chapter.
The operation of any such vehicle as herein described by an operator
under the age of 17 years in violation of the chapter shall be presumed to
be with the consent of the parent or parents of such operator or the person
or persons who stand in loco parentis.
[Amended 12-11-1984 by Ord. No. 76-1984]
Any operator violating the provisions of §§
107-1,
107-2 or
107-4 hereof, as well as any person permitting such violation under the provisions of §§
107-5 and
107-6 hereof, shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such fine, to suffer imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
In addition to all of the foregoing penalties, and not in substitution thereof, the operation of any motorcycle, minibike, trail bike, motorized bicycle, snowmobile or other similar type of vehicle in violation of §§
107-1,
107-2 and
107-3 hereof is declared to be a public nuisance enjoinable in court of equity, and the Township Supervisors are authorized to prosecute an action in equity to enjoin the same.