[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Tinicum 4-16-1973 by Ord. No. 458. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Every motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of operators
and/or riders and designed to travel on not more than three wheels
in contact with the ground, and shall include bicycles with gas- or
diesel-operated motors attached, scooters with gas- or diesel-operated
motors attached, and other similar vehicles; except, however, any
such vehicle as may be included within the term "tractor" as defined
in the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
No person who resides in the Township of Tinicum
shall operate, propel or ride, as either operator or passenger, any
minibike on any street, public alley or any public path in the Township
of Tinicum unless such minibike shall have first been registered as
provided herein.
No person, not a resident of the Township of
Tinicum, shall operate, propel or ride, as either operator or passenger,
any minibike, ordinarily kept within the limits of the Township of
Tinicum, on any street, public alley or any public path in the Township
of Tinicum, unless such minibike shall have been registered as provided
herein.
Every owner of a minibike, or the parent or
guardian of a minor owner thereof, shall on or before the first day
of April in each and every year register such vehicle by providing
to the Police Department of the Township of Tinicum the name and address
of the owner and the manufacturer's serial number of such vehicle.
The Chief of Police of Tinicum Township shall
maintain a current listing of those minibikes registered in the Township
of Tinicum and shall issue a receipt to the owner of each vehicle
so registered. There shall be no charge for the registration.
If any minibike shall be found in any street,
public alley or any public path in the Township of Tinicum that has
not been registered as set forth herein, it shall be prima facie evidence
that such minibike is being operated without proper registration.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
a minibike upon any street, public alley or any public path in the
Township of Tinicum in violation of any traffic ordinance of the Township
or in violation of the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
a minibike upon any street, public alley or any public path in the
Township of Tinicum after the hours of 7:00 p.m. and prior to 7:00
a.m. without a head lamp and a rear lamp on said minibike.
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride
on a minibike upon any street, public alley or any public path in
the Township of Tinicum as a passenger unless said minibike is equipped
with a passenger's seat and back rest.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
a minibike upon any street, public alley or any public path in the
Township of Tinicum without reflectors prominently displayed on the
rear fender.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
or ride as a passenger on a minibike upon any street, public alley
or public path in the Township of Tinicum without wearing a motorcycle
helmet secured to the head by means of a chin strap.
It shall be unlawful for any person at any time
to operate a minibike upon any sidewalk in the Township of Tinicum.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon summary conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution, and,
in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment in the
county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days.
