It shall be unlawful 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,
four-wheel motor vehicles known as go-carts and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs)
under the following circumstances:
A. On private property of another without the express permission
to do so by the owner or occupant of said property.
B. On any street located within the Town of Phillipsburg.
C. On public grounds without the express provisions or permission
to do so by the proper public authority.
D. 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.
E. In a careless, reckless or negligent manner so as to
endanger or be likely to endanger the safety of any person or the property
of any other person.
This chapter shall not apply to police and emergency vehicles.
This chapter shall not be applied to any recognized organization which
has applied to the Town Council of the Town of Phillipsburg for specific use
privileges to specified Town-owned lands and premises for the purpose of having
organized and supervised activities conducted thereon, so long as an insurance
policy is filed with the Town Clerk of the Town of Phillipsburg for which
the Town Council of the Town of Phillipsburg has given its specific approval
and for which the Town of Phillipsburg shall be held harmless for any such
use of its lands and premises.
The police shall immediately confiscate the unlicensed motor-driven vehicle operated in the prohibited areas or in the prohibited manner described in §
610-1 of this chapter. The unlicensed motor-driven vehicle shall be returned upon payment of the fine or upon direction of the court.
[Amended 6-5-1984 by Ord. No. O:84-18]
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this chapter shall be punished as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalty.