Self-propelled wheelchairs, electrical mobility devices operated
by and designed for the exclusive use of a person with a mobility-related
disability, or those devices used for medical purposes only, including
those devices known as "motorized scooters" or "scooters," shall be
permitted to be operated on Borough sidewalks and crosswalks. This
does not include those "scooters" or "motorized scooters" that are
not used for medical purposes or that have not been operated by and
designed for the exclusive use of a person with a mobility-related
disability.
Bicycles shall be permitted to be operated on Borough sidewalks
and crosswalks so long as each bicycle has a horn device.
All bicycle operators must utilize aforementioned horn device
prior to passing any pedestrian on a Borough sidewalk or crosswalk.
Any bicycle operator who operates a bicycle on a Borough sidewalk
or crosswalk between dusk and dawn must utilize a sufficient lighting
device that is visible to all pedestrians or vehicle operators.
Any person in violation of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof before a Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced to pay a
fine of no more than $300, nor less than $25 plus costs, and in default
of payment of such fines and costs, to be imprisoned in the county
jail for not more than five days at the discretion of the Magisterial
District Judge and a like fine or imprisonment shall be imposed upon
any person aiding or abetting in the violation of the intent and purpose
of this article.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent shall be
in the same expressly repealed.
In the event any provision, section, sentence, clause or part
of this article shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect or impair any remaining provisions, sections, sentences,
clauses or parts of this article, it being the intent of this Borough
that such remainder shall be and shall remain in full force and effect.