No driver of a motor vehicle or person having care, custody
or control of a motor vehicle shall cruise. For the purpose of this
chapter, the person having care, custody or control of a motor vehicle
shall also be considered a person cruising, regardless whether that
person was actually driving the motor vehicle. For the purposes of
this chapter, the person having the care, custody or control of a
motor vehicle shall be the owner of such vehicle, if present at the
time of the violation, or, if the owner is not present, the person
or persons having the owner's authority to use the vehicle.
This chapter shall not apply to emergency or police vehicles,
licensed taxicabs for hire, other commercial or passenger vehicles
driven for business purposes and for residents in the designated area
traveling to a specific destination.
[Amended 7-14-2020 by Ord. No. 1024]
A. Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon summary
conviction thereof, be sentenced, for a first offense within the calendar
year, to pay a fine of not more than $300 and not less than $600 and/or
be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding 90 days.
B. Upon conviction for a second offense within the calendar year, such
person shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $500 and
not more than $1,000 and/or be imprisoned in the county jail for a
period not exceeding 90 days.
C. Upon conviction for a third or subsequent offense within the calendar
year, such person shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
$1,000 and not more than $3,000 and/or be imprisoned in the county
jail for a period not exceeding 90 days.
D. Any vehicle
found to be without proper registration, insurance, inspection or
whose operator is without an owner's card or valid driver's license
will have the vehicle impounded. Release of said vehicle will only
be made available to the owner with proof of ownership, payment of
a fine of $250, along with the costs associated in towing and impounding
the vehicle.