[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Massena 5-21-1996
by L.L. No. 2-1996. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Shoes, skates or footwear with a single row of roller wheels.
Shoes, skates or footwear with two or more rows of roller wheels.
A narrow board of wood, plastic, fiberglass or similar material with
roller skate or other type of wheels attached to each end and used for gliding
or moving on any hard surface, without a mechanism or other device for steering
while being used, operated or ridden.
No person shall use or operate a skateboard or in-line skate or roller
skates upon any public streets, including the entire paved and improved surfaces
thereof, including gutter areas, from curb to curb, where curb exists, sidewalks
or on any public lands within the Village of Massena:
A.
Every person operating a skateboard or in-line skates
or roller skates shall operate the same in strict observance of Article 34
of the NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law related to the operation of bicycles and
play vehicles, except as to those provisions which by their nature can have
no application.
B.
The operator of a skateboard or in-line skates or roller
skates emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall, upon approaching
a sidewalk, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching said walk.
C.
Whenever any person shall operate a skateboard or in-line
skates or roller skates upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right-of-way
to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaking and passing
such pedestrian.
D.
No person shall operate a skateboard or in-line skates
or roller skates at nighttime unless he or she is wearing reflective clothing,
which shall be visible from a distance of not less than 50 feet and a maximum
of 300 feet from the front, side and rear when directly in front of the lawful
beams of headlights on a motor vehicle. Reflective clothing shall be defined,
for the purpose of this chapter, as any shirt, vest or jacket or any other
readily visible piece of apparel equipped with a reflective surface.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter 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.