As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ENGINE-POWERED VEHICLE
Includes all wheel- and belt-driven vehicles powered by internal
combustion engines, including but not limited to motorcycles, motorbikes,
trail bikes, motor scooters, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, etc., but
shall not be construed to include properly licensed motor vehicles operated
upon the public highways, streets, roads and private driveways in accordance
with law, agricultural equipment used in the course of farming, commercial
equipment being properly used in the trade or business of the owner by such
owner's employees or agents, or lawn cutting or snow removal equipment.
OFFICER
Any uniformed policeman authorized to act within Bern Township, any
constable authorized to act within Bern Township, any game warden or similar
state official or any officer appointed by the Bern Township Board of Supervisors
to act as an agent of enforcement hereunder.
The operation of any engine-powered vehicle by an operator under the
age of 18 years, whether or not the same is in violation of this chapter,
shall be conclusively presumed to be with the consent of the parent(s) or
guardian(s) with whom that operator resides.
In addition to all of the foregoing penalties, and not in substitution
thereof, the operation of any engine-powered vehicle in violation of this
chapter, is declared to be a public nuisance enjoinable in a court of equity,
and the Bern Township Supervisors are authorized to prosecute an action in
equity to enjoin the same.