This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Streets and Public Places Law of the Village of Pleasantville."
Ballplaying and all other similar uses and games
which unreasonably interfere with use of public streets and places
intended for general public use are prohibited, except in athletic
fields and playgrounds designated for such purposes.
[Added 7-31-2000 by L.L. No. 5-2000]
A. Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
SKATEBOARD
A narrow board of wood, plastic, fiberglass or similar material
with roller skate or other type of wheels attached to each end and
used for gliding or moving on any hard surfaces, with or without a
mechanism or other device for steering while being used, operated
or ridden.
ROLLER SKATES
Shoes, skates or footwear with two or more rows of roller
wheels.
B. Unlawful activities. No person shall use or operate
a skateboard/in-line skates/roller skates upon any public streets
(including the entire paved and improved surfaces thereof, including
gutter areas, from curb-to-curb, where curbs exist), sidewalks or
on any public lands within the Village of Pleasantville:
(1) In a careless manner without due caution and circumspection.
(2) While endangering, or in any manner to create a risk
or danger to, any person or property.
(3) In any manner to impede or interfere with pedestrian
or vehicular traffic.
C. Precautions.
(1) Every person operating a skateboard/roller skates/in-line
skates shall operate the same in strict observance of Article 34 of
the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law relating to the operation
of bicycles and play vehicles, except as to those provisions which
by their nature can have no application.
(2) The operator of a skateboard/roller skates/in-line
skates emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall, upon approaching
a sidewalk, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching
said walk.
(3) Whenever any person shall operate a skateboard/roller
skates/in-line skates upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the
right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before
overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
(4) No person shall operate a skateboard/roller skates/in-line
skates at nighttime unless he or she is wearing reflective clothing,
which is visible from a distance of not less than 50 feet and a maximum
of 300 feet from the front, side and rear when directly in front of
the lawful beams of headlights on a motor vehicle. Reflective clothing
shall be defined, for the purposes of this section, as any shirt,
vest or jacket or any other readily visible piece of apparel equipped
with a reflective surface.
(5) Persons one or more years of age and under the age
of 14 operating in-line skates, roller skates and skateboards shall
wear a protective helmet.
(6) No person shall operate a skateboard on the following
sidewalks:
(b)
Washington Avenue between the Firehouse and
Manville Road.
(c)
Manville Road between Tompkins Avenue and Memorial
Plaza.
(d)
Bedford Road between Tompkins Avenue and Cooley
Street.
(e)
In either of the park areas on Wheeler Avenue
or through the railroad overpass connecting Wheeler Avenue and Memorial
Plaza.
D. Penalties. Any person violating any provision of this
section shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $25 for the first offense
and not more than $50 for each offense thereafter.
No person shall move any building, part of a
building or oversize load, as specified in Vehicle and Traffic Law
§ 385, over, across or through any village street, lane
or alley, except with written permission of the Superintendent of
Public Works. Every such permit may designate the route to be traversed
and contain any other restrictions or conditions deemed necessary
by the Superintendent of Public Works. All permits issued shall be
revocable by the Superintendent of Public Works at his or her discretion
without a hearing or the necessity of showing cause.
No person shall, without permission of the Superintendent
of Public Works, dig, remove or carry away any stone, earth, sand
or gravel from any street or public place or any material or refuse
placed on or near a sidewalk or public street for collection by the
Department of Public Works.
No person shall throw any stones or other things
at or shall commit any act which in any way injures or tends to injure
the streetlights or street signs of the village.
No person shall obstruct or cover by bridge,
plank, stone or other material any gutter of any street in the village
without first having obtained permission from the Superintendent of
Public Works; and when such a bridge or cover is laid, it shall be
laid in such manner and the drain and passage underneath of such size
as shall be directed by the Superintendent of Public Works. If such
drain should at any time become obstructed or if it becomes necessary
to clean the gutter, such cover shall, on order of the Superintendent
of Public Works, be removed by the party owning or occupying the adjoining
property.
[Added 4-28-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997]
A violation of this article shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $500, imprisonment for not more than 15
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.