No person shall knowingly fail or refuse to comply with any
lawful order or direction of a Police Officer or Fire Department official.
Every person propelling any pushcart or riding an animal upon
a roadway, and every person driving any animal-drawn vehicle, shall
be subject to the provisions of this Title applicable to the driver
of any vehicle, except those provisions of this Title which by their
very nature can have no application.
No person upon roller skates, or riding in or by means of any
coaster, toy vehicle, or similar device, shall go upon any roadway
except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and when so crossing
such person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject
to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians. This Section shall
not apply upon any street while set aside as a play street as authorized
by ordinance of the City.
[R.O. 1992 § 310.045; Ord. No. 368 §I, 10-14-1999; Ord. No. 439 §§1 – 3, 10-23-2003]
A. For
the purpose of this Section, the phrase "skateboard or other like
instruments" shall be deemed to refer to any non-motorized instrument
used to transport person or persons by means of wheels, rollers, etc.,
propelled solely by the force of its rider and shall not include any
wagon or other device not so propelled.
B. The use of any skateboard or other like instrument is hereby prohibited on all sidewalks, streets and other public ways within the commercial districts of the City as defined in Chapter
405, Article
IV, of the Municipal Code.
C. Provided,
however, that any person who shall use or operate any skateboard or
like instrument on any street, sidewalk or public way, other than
as prohibited herein and as designated above, shall do so in a careful
and prudent manner so as not to cause or be likely to cause danger
to any person or property.
D. The
use of any skateboard or other like instrument is hereby prohibited
in any park of the City.
The provisions of this Title shall apply to the driver of any
vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Government,
this State, County or City and it shall be unlawful for any said driver
to violate any of the provisions of this Title, except as otherwise
permitted in this Title.
The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident within the City
resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage
to an apparent extent of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more to
one (1) person shall give or cause to be given notice of such accident
to the Police Department as soon as reasonably possible.
The driver of a vehicle which is in any manner involved in an
accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or total
property damage to an apparent extent of five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or more to one (1) person shall, within five (5) days after such accident,
forward a written report of such accident to the Police Department.
The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable when the accident
has been investigated at the scene by a Police Officer while such
driver was present thereat.