For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined
as follows:
MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICLE
Includes but is not expressly limited to minibikes, motor
scooters, mopeds, swamp buggies, and snowmobiles and any other motor-driven
vehicle designed primarily for the carrying of a passenger or passengers
not capable of being licensed or registered under Title 39 (Motor
Vehicles and Traffic Regulation) of the State of New Jersey Revised
Statutes as amended, excepting also from this chapter such vehicles
as are expressly exempt from registration under Title 39.
It is unlawful for any person to operate or permit or suffer
to be operated or to own any motor-driven vehicle, as defined herein,
within the Township under the following circumstances:
A. Private ground. On private property of another, without the express
prior written consent of the owner and/or occupant of said property
or such express prior written ongoing consent as has been obtained.
The operator shall keep the same on his person, available for immediate
display, during the period of such operation;
B. Public ground or quasi-public grounds. On any public or quasi-public
grounds or property;
C. Carelessly. In a careless, reckless or negligent manner so as to
endanger or be likely to endanger the safety or property of another
person;
D. Without registration. Without first having registered the vehicle
with the Police Department of the Township in conformity with the
other provisions of this chapter;
E. Without obeying all rules and regulations of Title 39.
[Amended by Ord. No. 6-97; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art.
III)]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or part thereof shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalty in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty, of the Code of the Township of Edgewater Park.
Anyone between the age of 15 and 17 years old can obtain a special
permit to operate a moped. Anyone in violation of this section will
be charged as a juvenile delinquent.