[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Harrisburg
by Ord. No. 37-1990. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person upon roller skates or riding
on or by means of a coaster, skateboard, toy vehicle, or similar device
to go upon the sidewalk or public plaza in the central business district[1] or upon an inclined ramp or other surface area of any
City-owned or privately owned parking garage or lot, any publicly
operated garage, or any publicly operated parking lot, where signs
forbidding such activity are displayed at the ground level elevator
entrance and at each vehicular entrance to the parking garage or parking
lot.
B.
Any person upon roller skates or riding on or by means of a coaster,
skateboard, toy vehicle, or similar device on any sidewalk or right-of-way
not open to public vehicular traffic shall exercise due care and shall
yield the right-of-way to pedestrians.
C.
No person shall go upon roller skates or ride on or by means of a
coaster, skateboard, toy vehicle, or similar device on any sidewalk
or right-of-way not open to public vehicular traffic at a speed greater
than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for pedestrian traffic,
and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or
property.
D.
Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, nothing contained
herein shall operate to prohibit the use of skateboards, roller skates
or similar devices in permitted parades, organized business promotions
or other organized permitted events such as the Fourth of July or
Kipona.
