[Amended 6-17-2019 by L.L. No. 4-2019]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BICYCLE
Every two- or three-wheeled device upon which a person or
persons may ride, propelled by human power, or with electric or other
assisted power, through a belt, a chain or gears, with such wheels
in a tandem or tricycle, except that it shall not include such a device
having solid tires and intended for use only on a sidewalk by pre-teenage
children.
ROLLER SKATES
Shoes, skates or footwear with two or more rows of roller
wheels.
SKATEBOARD
A narrow board of wood, plastic, fiberglass or similar material
with rollerskate or other type of wheels attached to each end and
used for gliding or moving on any hard surfaces, without a mechanism
or other device for steering while being used, operated or ridden.
[Amended 6-17-2019 by L.L. No. 4-2019]
The operation of bicycles on roads is allowed pursuant to New
York State Vehicle and Traffic Law. However, no person shall use or
operate a bicycle, skateboard, in-line skates, or roller skates upon
any public streets (including the entire paved and improved surfaces
thereof, including gutter areas, from curb-to-curb, where curbs exist)
or on any public lands within the Village of Tarrytown in the following
ways:
A. In a careless manner without due caution and circumspection;
B. While endangering, or in any manner to create a risk or danger to,
any person or property.
[Added 6-17-2019 by L.L.
No. 4-2019]
No person shall use or operate a bicycle, skateboard, in-line
skates, or roller skates upon any of the below listed public sidewalks
within the Village of Tarrytown except minors 12 years of age or younger
or disabled persons who cannot walk, or parents or guardians accompanying
such persons, at slow speeds that do not constitute a hazard for pedestrians
on the sidewalks, on the following streets:
B. Broadway, South (west side of the street) from Franklin Street to
Main Street.
C. Broadway, North (west side of the street) from Main Street to Cobb
Lane.
G. Main Street, from Broadway to Depot Plaza.
J. Washington Street, North.
K. Washington Street, South.
Any person violating any provision of this article
shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be subject to a fine not to exceed $25 for the first offense and not
more than $50 for each offense thereafter.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, word, section
or part of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such judgment
shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall
be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, word,
section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which
said judgment shall have been rendered.