[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Glassboro 3-28-1972 by Ord. No. 5-72. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
any type of unlicensed motor-driven vehicle or conveyance, including
but not necessarily limited to snowmobiles, two-wheel motor vehicles
known as "minibicycles," trail bicycles, motor scooters and four-wheel
motor vehicles commonly known as "go-carts," upon any public property
or Borough-owned land in the Borough of Glassboro, New Jersey.
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used
herein are defined as follows:
All parks, recreation areas, ballparks, lake areas, storage
facilities, garage areas, Board of Education property, and any and
all other Borough-owned or publicly owned land and premises.
All streets, sidewalks, easements or any other areas dedicated
or commonly used for vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
The operation of a motor-driven vehicle, as defined in § 451-1 of this chapter, is additionally prohibited upon private property unless the operator of said motor-driven vehicle has in his possession an express written permission to operate said vehicle on said private property by the owner of said property.
It shall be unlawful to operate any unlicensed motor-driven vehicle, as defined in § 451-1, in a manner so as to create such loud, unnecessary or unusual noise as to disturb or interfere with the peace and quiet of other persons.
It shall be unlawful to operate any unlicensed motor-driven vehicle, as defined in § 451-1, in such a careless, reckless or negligent manner as to endanger the safety of any person or the property of any person.
It shall not be unlawful for any employee of the Borough to operate motor-driven vehicles, as defined in § 451-1, for the purpose of maintaining, repairing or doing any public work within the scope of his employment.
It shall be unlawful for the parent, guardian
or any person having the care, custody and control of any child under
the age of 17 years to knowingly permit such child to operate a motor-driven
vehicle in violation of the terms of this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any child, operator or parent, as defined in
this chapter, who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to a fine not exceeding
$2,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or to
community service for not more than 90 days, or any combination thereof.
