[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Beach Haven 10-10-2017 by Ord.
No. 2017-32C. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle along
or upon any public sidewalk within the territorial limits of Beach
Haven.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a cycle having
more than two wheels on Bay Avenue from Pearl Street to 12th Street.
Riders shall abide by all traffic laws.
A.
Violations. Any person having not yet attained the age of 18 years who violates any provision of this chapter pertaining to bicycles shall also be punished as provided in Subsection B. Any person age 18 or above shall also be punished as provided in Subsection B. Any parent or guardian of any person not yet having attained the age of 16 years whose child or ward shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, on the first violation, receive written notification of the violation; on the second violation, he or she shall be summoned to appear before the Chief of Police or his or her duly authorized representative and shall, upon the third violation by his or her child or ward, be issued a summons as provided in Subsection B.
B.
Penalties.
(1)
Any person not having attained the age of 18 years who violates any
of the provisions of this chapter shall, for the first offense, be
reprimanded, in writing, by the Police Department, with a copy of
such reprimand addressed to the parents or guardian of the offender
stating the nature of the violation and warning that a repetition
of the violation, or any other violation, must be prevented by the
parents or guardian, and further advising that a repetition may result
in a complaint to the Chancery Division, Family Part, of Ocean County
and may also result in a complaint against the parent or legal guardian.
(2)
Any person not having attained the age of 18 years who commits a
second violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be summoned
to appear before the Chief of Police or his or her duly authorized
representatives and shall then and there have his or her privilege
to operate a bicycle in the Borough suspended for such reasonable
period as the Chief of Police or his or her duly authorized representative
may impose. This suspension shall be enforced by the parent or legal
guardian of the person so charged, and the parent or legal guardian
shall be summoned to accompany such person not having reached the
age of 18 years at his or her appearance before the Chief of Police
or his or her duly authorized representative.
(3)
Any person not having attained the age of 18 years who violates any
of the provisions of this chapter for the third time shall have a
complaint made against him or her in the Chancery Division, Family
Part, of Ocean County, such complaint charging the person with juvenile
delinquency. In addition, a complaint shall issue against the parent
or legal guardian of such child, and upon conviction of a violation
of the provisions of this chapter, the parent or legal guardian shall
be fined in an amount not to exceed $100.
(4)
Any person having attained the age of 18 years or over who violates
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be fined
not more than $100 or be imprisoned in the Ocean County Jail for a
period not to exceed 15 days, or shall suffer both such fine and such
imprisonment.
