Borough of Washington, NJ Article IX Minibikes and Other Unlicensed Vehicles

[Adopted 1-8-1974 by Ord. No. 30-73]

§ 75-52 Operation on public property prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any type of unlicensed motor-driven vehicle or conveyance, including, but not necessarily limited to, 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 Washington, New Jersey.

§ 75-53 Definitions.

For the purpose of this article, the terms used herein are defined as follows:

BOROUGH-OWNED LAND

All parks, recreation areas, ball parks, lake areas, storage facilities, garage areas, Board of Education property and any and all other Borough-owned or publicly owned land and premises.

PUBLIC PROPERTY

All streets, sidewalks, easements or any other areas dedicated or commonly used for vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

§ 75-54 Operation on private property.

The operation of said motor-driven vehicle, as defined in § 75-52 of this article, 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.

§ 75-55 Noise or other disturbances.

It shall be unlawful to operate any unlicensed motor-driven vehicle, as defined in § 75-52, 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.

§ 75-56 Careless or negligent operation.

It shall be unlawful to operate any unlicensed motor-driven vehicle, as defined in § 75-52, in a careless, reckless or negligent manner so as to endanger the safety of any person or the property of any person.

§ 75-57 Exceptions.

It shall not be unlawful for any employee of this Borough to operate motor-driven vehicles, as defined in § 75-52, for the purpose of maintaining, repairing or doing any public work within the scope of his employment.

§ 75-58 Responsibility of parent or guardian.

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 article.

§ 75-59 Violations and penalties.

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to a fine not exceeding $500 or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 90 days, or both.