[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Mount Morris 2-1-1990 by L.L. No. 1-1990. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
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.
No person shall use, operate or ride upon any skateboard in
any public park or public parking lot within the Village of Mount
Morris or on any street or sidewalk in the Village. Skateboarding
shall be permitted by residents of the Village of Mount Morris only
in areas designated by resolution of the Board of Trustees of the
Village of Mount Morris.
A.
Registration required. No person who is a resident of the Village
of Mount Morris shall operate a skateboard unless such skateboard
has been inspected and registered by the Chief of Police of the Village
or his designee and a certificate or tag of such inspection and registration
containing a distinctive identification number shall be attached to
such skateboard. Skateboards must be registered before being used
or operated.
B.
Registration application. Application for skateboard registration
and inspection and for a certificate or tag of registration and inspection
shall be made upon a form provided by the Village and shall be made
to the Chief of Police or his designee. An annual registration fee
as shall be set from time to time by resolution of the Village Board
of Trustees shall be paid to the Village before each registration
or renewal thereof is granted.[1]
[Amended 9-9-2004 by L.L. No. 2-2004]
[1]
Editor's Note: The current fee resolution is on file
in the office of the Village Clerk.
C.
Issuance of registration. The Chief of Police or his designee, upon
receiving the proper application therefor, is authorized to issue
a skateboard registration, which shall be effective until the first
day of May of the year next succeeding the year of such registration.
D.
Nonissuance of registration. The Chief of Police or his designee
shall not issue a registration for any skateboard when he knows or
has reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant is not the owner
of or is not entitled to the possession of such skateboard. Registration
by the Village shall not be deemed to be determinative of title to
a skateboard.
E.
Record of registration. The Chief of Police or his designee shall
keep a record of the number of each skateboard registration, the date
issued, the name and address of the person to whom it was issued and
the name of any child under 16 for whose use the skateboard is being
registered and such other matters as the Chief of Police or his designee
deems necessary, in his discretion.
F.
Registration tag. The Chief of Police or his designee, upon issuing
a skateboard registration, shall also issue a registration certificate
or tag bearing the registration number assigned to the skateboard
for the period for which it is issued and shall cause such certificate
or tag to be attached to the skateboard.
G.
Inspection of skateboard. The Chief of Police or his designee shall
inspect or cause to be inspected each skateboard before registering
the same and shall refuse to register any skateboard which he determines
is in unsafe mechanical condition.
H.
Renewal of license. Upon the expiration of any skateboard registration,
the same may be renewed upon application and payment of the same fee
as upon the original application.
A.
Responsibility of parents. The parent of any child and the guardian
of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such child
or ward to violate any of the provisions of this chapter.
B.
Responsibility of registrant. The registrant of a skateboard shall
not operate or authorize or knowingly permit a skateboard registered
under this chapter to be operated in violation of this chapter.
C.
Report of accidents. Every resident of the Village of Mount Morris
operating a skateboard which is in any manner involved in an accident
within the boundaries of said Village in which any person is killed
or injured or in which property is damaged shall report the same to
the Village Police Department Failure to report an accident as herein
provided shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
Place of annual inspection. The place of annual inspection for
all skateboards in the Village of Mount Morris will be the Mount Morris
Police Department Office at 117 Main Street, in the Village of Mount
Morris. The times for such inspection shall be established by the
Chief of Police or his designee. Renewals of registrations shall be
effected at the time and place of the annual inspection.
Penalties for offenses. Any police officer who shall observe
any person using, operating or riding upon a skateboard in violation
of this chapter shall take possession of the skateboard. In the case
of a first offense, the skateboard will be returned to the violator
at the Mount Morris Police Station upon the appearance of the violator,
if the violator is of the age of 18 years or older or appearance there
of the violator accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, if the
violator is under the age of 18 years. In the case of a second offense,
the skateboard shall be taken from the violator and not returned to
him or her for 15 days, upon appearance at the Mount Morris Police
Station as aforesaid. In the case of a third offense, the skateboard
shall be taken from the violator and not returned to him or her for
60 days upon appearance at the Mount Morris Police Station as set
forth above, and, in the case of any further offense, the skateboard
shall be taken from the violator, forfeited to the Village of Mount
Morris and destroyed or otherwise disposed of.
