As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
HOVERBOARD
A narrow horizontal board with wheels at each end, on which
a person may stand upright.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
ROLLER BLADES
A single platform which is mounted on a single roll of wheels
running from front to rear and having no mechanism or other device
with which to steer or control the direction of movement thereof while
being used, operated or ridden.
SEGWAY®
A two-wheeled, self-balancing personal transporter.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
SKATEBOARD
A single platform which is mounted on wheels, having no mechanism
or other device with which to steer or control the direction of movement
thereof while being used, operated or ridden.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No person shall use or ride upon any skateboard,
roller blades, Segway® or hoverboard
in any public park or public parking lot or street or sidewalk within
the Village of Yorkville.
[Added 5-25-2016 by L.L.
No. 6-2016]
A. No portable
sports apparatus, hoop, pole, backboard, net or other attachments
may be placed in or on any public roadway, or encroach upon any Village
of Yorkville right-of-way or thoroughfare. In no event shall any such
apparatus, hoop, pole, backboard, net or other attachment be placed
within 10 feet of any Village Street or property.
B. Any such
sports apparatus found to be in violation of this restriction may
be removed by Village of Yorkville personnel, upon 10 days' written
notice to the property owner.
C. In the
event that the Village of Yorkville Police Department shall determine
that a public hazard and a threat to public safety and motor vehicle
traffic exists, the sports apparatus may be removed immediately.
Any police officer or peace officer who shall
observe any person using, operating or riding upon a skateboard or
roller blades in violation of this chapter shall take possession of
the skateboard or roller blades and issue a dated, written notice
of such violation to the person, if over 18 years of age, and to the
person and his or her parent or guardian, if under 18 years of age,
together with a copy of this chapter at the Police Station. In case
of the first offense, the skateboard or roller blades will be returned
to the rider at the Police Station upon the appearance of the rider,
if the rider is of the age of 18 years or older, or the appearance
thereof of the rider accompanied by his or her parent or guardian,
if the rider is under the age of 18 years. In the case of a second
offense, the skateboard or roller blades shall be taken from the rider
and not returned to him or her for 15 days upon appearance at the
Village Police Station aforesaid. In the case of a third offense,
the skateboard or roller blades shall be taken from the rider and
not returned to him or her for 60 days, upon appearance at the Village
of Yorkville Police Station as set forth above; and in the case of
any further events, the skateboard or roller blades shall be taken
from the rider, forfeited to the Village of Yorkville and destroyed.