This article shall be known and may be cited
as the "City of Bangor Ordinance Regulating the Operation of Human-Propelled
Conveyances."
For purposes of this article, the following
words shall have the following meanings:
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (DDD)
That portion of the City of Bangor designated as the "Downtown Development District" (DDD) in Chapter
165, Land Development, of the Code of the City of Bangor and in the Zoning Map of the City of Bangor, as they may be amended from time to time.
HUMAN-PROPELLED CONVEYANCE
Every device used for the propulsion of people by human power,
not subject to registration under state motor vehicle laws, which
contains one or more wheels, tracks or other mechanical or operational
devices, whether in a single unit or not, including but not limited
to bicycles, scooters, skateboards, air-cushioned skateboards, roller
skates, roller blades or cross-country training skis capable of being
propelled at a speed exceeding three miles per hour. This term does
not include any device operated by a person, or a person directly
assisting a person, who is unable to walk or otherwise ambulate without
the assistance of a human-powered conveyance.
OPERATE
To ride upon, drive, propel or otherwise convey oneself or
others by the use of a human-propelled conveyance.
VEHICLE
Any human-propelled conveyance.
No person shall operate a human-propelled conveyance
on any street, sidewalk or other public way, as that term is defined
at 17-A M.R.S.A. § 505, as amended, in any portion of the
City designated as the Downtown Development District, except that
bicycles may be operated on such streets and public ways, subject
to state motor vehicle law restrictions.
[Added 11-13-2002 by Ord. No. 02-375]
This Article
VI does not apply to members of the Bangor Police Department or the Bangor Fire Department while in the performance of their duties.
Violation of this article may be punishable
by a civil penalty of not less than $50 and not to exceed $200 or
by impoundment of the vehicle which was operated in the commission
of such violation for a period not to exceed 30 days, or both.