[Adopted 12-17-1987 by Ord. No. 163 (Ch. 62, Art. II, Div. 2, of the 1995
Village Code)]
The purpose of this article is to protect the general health,
safety and welfare of pedestrians shopping and/or patronizing the
Central Business District within the Village.
The provisions of this article shall apply whenever a bicycle,
roller skates, skateboards and roller blades are operated upon a sidewalk
within the Central Business District of the Village, described as
follows: The streets within the Village which shall constitute the
designated business district for purposes of this article are Main
Street between Washington Street and the 100 block of North Main Street;
Prairie Street between Richardson Street and Michigan Avenue, and
the 100 block of South Kalamazoo Avenue.
[Amended 7-16-2007 by Ord. No. 258]
A.
The riding of bicycles, tricycles, or other pedal-powered devices
upon the sidewalks within the designated business district are prohibited.
B.
The use of any skateboard, roller skates or roller blades within
the designated business area is prohibited.
C.
Sporting equipment.
(1)
No person shall erect or cause to exist any sporting equipment device
in the public street, alley, sidewalk, right-of-way, bicycle path,
space between the property line and street curb, or public easement
of any kind. "Sporting equipment," for purposes of this section, shall
include, but is not limited to, basketball hoops on stands, poles
or the like, whether affixed to the ground or portable; hockey nets,
soccer nets, goal posts and/or nets, batting cages, or nets or walls,
batting equipment; skateboard or bicycle ramps, walls, or tracks (whether
fixed to the ground or portable); or any other similar device.
(2)
Exception: May be placed on the shoulder of the circular portion
only in a residential cul-de-sac.
(3)
A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction,
and the sporting equipment may be impounded by the Village.
A.
Section 406-10 shall not apply during special events, which are specifically approved by the Village Council.
B.
The riding of tricycles by children under the age of seven in the
accompaniment of an adult shall be allowed. An adult is considered
a person 18 years old or older designated as responsible for the child
at the time.
The Village Chief of Police is hereby authorized to designate
such signs and other devices as may be necessary to be installed to
warn persons of the prohibition of riding bicycles, using roller skates,
skateboards or roller blades upon the sidewalks within the designated
business district.
