City of Haverhill, MA
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2024-01-09
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 222 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article X Skateboards, Roller Skates and In-Line Skates
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 6 Authorities
- Ch 11 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 18 Claims Approval
- Ch 21 Committees
- Ch 25 Councils
- Ch 32 Departments
- Ch 34 Emergency Management
- Ch 36 Fees and Receipts
- Ch 39 Flag, City
- Ch 43 Fundraising
- Ch 54 Historic Districts
- Ch 60 Libraries
- Ch 66 Meetings
- Ch 70 Officers and Employees
- Ch 72 Ordinances, Adoption of
- Ch 75 Pensions and Other Benefits
- Ch 77 Personnel Policies and Regulations
- Ch 80 Purchasing and Contracts
- Ch 83 Revolving Funds
- Ch 85 Schools
- Ch 87 Seal, City
- Ch 94 Veterans' Services
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 97 Alarm Systems
- Ch 100 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 101 Ambulance Service; Chair Car Service
- Ch 104 Amusements
- Ch 108 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 110 Auditorium
- Ch 113 Bicycles
- Ch 116 Boats and Boating
- Ch 120 Building Construction
- Ch 122 Building Maintenance
- Ch 123 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 125 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 128 Charges and Fees, Miscellaneous
- Ch 130 Citizens' Center
- Ch 131 Composting Program, Municipal
- Ch 132 (Reserved)
- Ch 137 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 141 Electrical Standards
- Ch 143 Employment by City
- Ch 145 Explosives and Firearms
- Ch 150 Fire Prevention
- Ch 156 Fortune-Telling
- Ch 160 Graffiti
- Ch 163 Hazardous Waste Facilities
- Ch 167 Junk Dealers
- Ch 171 Licensing
- Ch 173 Littering
- Ch 175 Loitering
- Ch 182 Noise
- Ch 185 Parades and Processions
- Ch 187 Pawnbrokers; Secondhand Articles; Old Gold
- Ch 189 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 191 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 193 Playgrounds, Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 196 Property, City
- Ch 200 Rental Permits
- Ch 202 Renting to Minors
- Ch 204 Sales, Special
- Ch 206 Senior Citizen Tax Incentive Program
- Ch 208 Sewers and Drains
- Ch 213 Signs
- Ch 216 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 219 Stormwater Management
- Ch 222 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 222 Art X Skateboards, Roller Skates and In-Line Skates
- § 222-55 Use on certain sidewalks or public ways prohibited.
- § 222-56 Use on certain public facilities prohibited.
- § 222-57 Interference with use of streets.
- § 222-58 Use on public buildings and grounds.
- § 222-59 Mandatory helmet use.
- § 222-60 Enforcement.
- § 222-61 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 225 Swimming Pools
- Ch 227 Tag Days
- Ch 230 Taxicabs and Buses
- Ch 235 Trick or Treat
- Ch 240 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 241 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 242 Vehicles, Storage and Impoundment of
- Ch 244 Vehicles, Unregistered or Abandoned
- Ch 248 Wastewater Lift Station
- Ch 249 Wastewater Treatment
- Ch 250 Water
- Ch 253 Wetlands
- Ch 255 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A258 Acceptance of General Laws
- Ch A259 Special Acts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-29-1997 by Doc. 61 (Ch. 222, Art. X, of the 1980
Code)]
No person shall operate a skateboard, roller
skates or in-line skates in or along any sidewalk, public street or
way from a point beginning at the railway trestle in Railroad Square,
thence running easterly along Washington Street and Merrimack Street
to a point ending at the intersection commonly known as "White's Corner"
(Route 125, Merrimack Street and Water Street).
No person shall operate a skateboard, roller skates or in-line skates in or along any public facility with frontage on Washington Street or Merrimack Street as described in § 222-55.
No person shall operate a skateboard, roller
skates or in-line skates in a manner interfering with the safe and
convenient use of streets or ways by any persons traveling or passing
along the same.
[Added 10-14-1997 by Doc. 154]
No person shall operate a skateboard, roller
skates or in-line skates around and on City property surrounding the
following City buildings:
[Added 7-10-2007 by Doc. 76]
Any person 16 years of age or under operating
a skateboard, roller skates or in-line skates shall comply with the
helmet requirements of MGL c. 85, § 11B 1/2.
When requested by a police officer who is on duty, no person or group of persons shall perform the actions as described in §§ 222-55 through 222-57, unless such person or group of persons has obtained written permission from the Chief of Police or from any other lawful authority empowered for such purposes by virtue of any ordinance of the City of Haverhill or Statute of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Anyone who violates this article shall be subject
to a civil penalty with the first offense not to exceed $10 and the
second and subsequent offenses not to exceed $25 for each offense.
Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed
a separate offense.
