[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of West
Carthage 7-11-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is in the public interest and a matter of public safety to provide
for the regular flow of traffic on public thoroughfares and to otherwise regulate
the use of skateboards, in-line skates and roller skates in the Village of
West Carthage, so as to promote the health and welfare of the citizens of
the Village, in particular young children using these devices on sidewalks
and public roads.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Shoes, skates or footwear with a single row of roller wheels and
commonly referred to as "roller blades."
Shoes, skates or footwear with two or more rows of roller wheels.
A narrow board f 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, without a mechanism or other device for steering
while being used, operated or ridden.
It shall be unlawful to operate skateboards, in-line skates or roller
skates within the Village of West Carthage at any of the following locations:
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Street
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Side
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Location
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Bridge Street
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North
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From the bridge to North Jefferson Street
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Bridge Street
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North
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From Potter Street to Broad Street
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Bridge Street
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South
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From the bridge to South Jefferson Street
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High Street
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Both
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From Potter Street to Broad Street
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North Broad Street
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Both
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Entire length
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South Broad Street
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Both
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Entire length
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Village municipal and adjacent paved parking and driving areas
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No person shall use or operate a skateboard, in-line skates or roller
skates upon any permitted 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 West Carthage:
A.
In a careless manner without due caution and circumspection;
B.
While endangering or in any manner to create a risk or
danger to any person or property; or
C.
In any manner which impedes or interferes with pedestrian
or vehicular traffic. Persons operating a skateboard, in-line skates or roller
skates shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and vehicular traffic.
D.
In violation of any provisions of Article 34 of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
A.
Every person operating a skateboard, in-line skates or
roller skates shall operate in the same in strict observance of Article 34
of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law relating to the operation of
bicycle and play vehicles, except as to those provisions which by their nature
can have no application.
B.
The operator of a skateboard, in-line skates or roller
skates emerging from any alley, driveway or building shall, upon approaching
a sidewalk, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians on said sidewalk and
any motor vehicles operating in the vicinity of the sidewalk.
C.
Whenever any person shall operate a skateboard, in-line
skates or roller skates upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right-of-way
to any pedestrian and shall give an appropriate audible signal before overtaking
and passing such pedestrian.
D.
No person shall operate a skateboard, in-line skates
or roller skates at nighttime unless he or she is wearing reflective clothing,
which shall be visible from a distance of not less than 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 chapter, as any shirt, vest or jacket or any other readily visible
piece of apparel equipped with a reflective surface.
Any person who permits a minor to violate any provision of this chapter
and any person violating any provision of this chapter shall each 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.
