[Added 4-19-2005 by Ord. No. 17-2005]
The purpose of this article is to regulate the
manner in which all persons shall conduct themselves on the Maurice
River Bicycle and Walking Trail to insure the protection of the public
health, safety and welfare, and the protection of private and public
property, including the protection of the animal and plant environment.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
that a different meaning is intended.
A transportation vehicle with two wheels, one in front of
the other, steered by a handlebar and driven by pedals propelled solely
by human power.
The first appearance of daylight in the morning.
The state or period of partial darkness between day and night.
Being within a linear strip of public lands designated as
a pedestrian and bikeway trail and further described as being located
along the westerly side of the Maurice River running for a distance
of approximately one mile from Brandriff Avenue to Sharp Street Park
including intermediate access points at Mulford Avenue and Main Street
(Mount Pleasant vicinity). Said trail facility in its entirety also
includes all public infrastructure, including but not limited to asphalt
paving, stone particle surfaces, timber bridges, timber pilings, underdrain
pipes, and vegetated edges.
A natural person, association, corporation, firm, partnership,
trust, or other legal entity.
A transportation vehicle with three wheels, steered by a
handlebar and driven by pedals propelled solely by human power.
A.
Bicycles and tricycles are vehicles permitted to be
operated on the trail.
B.
Every person operating a permitted vehicle on the
trail shall do so at a safe speed and in a safe manner so as not to
endanger the safety of themselves or others or to cause damage to
any private or public property including the environment.
C.
No person shall operate a device or a vehicle on the
trail that is propelled in any way other than by human power.
D.
Emergency vehicles and work vehicles shall be permitted
on the trail, provided the operators are engaged in the performance
of official duties.
E.
No person shall litter (as defined in Chapter 60 of the Municipal Code) on the trail or on the adjacent lands and waterways.
F.
No person shall leave the trail to trespass on wetlands
adjacent thereto.
G.
No person shall damage or injure the asphalt trail,
boardwalks, or adjacent lands, trees and vegetation.
H.
No person shall harass or harm the animal life located
on the trail or the adjacent lands or waterways.
I.
No person shall camp or sleep on the trail or the
adjacent lands.
J.
No person shall ride a horse or other similar animal
on the trail or the adjacent lands.
K.
No person shall swim in the waterways adjacent to
the trail.
L.
No person shall possess or consume alcoholic beverages
on the trail or on the adjacent lands or waterways.
M.
No person shall sell or offer for sale beverages,
food, merchandise, or other tangible personal property on the trail
or on the adjacent lands or waterways.
N.
No person shall move or remove any temporary or permanent
barriers, directionals, fences, gates, or signs from the trail or
the adjacent lands.
O.
No person shall be on the trail or the adjacent lands
between dusk and dawn.
