[Adopted 1-3-1978 by L.L. No. 1-1978]
[Amended 9-15-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992; 12-2-1997 by L.L. No.
14-1997]
A.
Vehicles and horses. The use of motor vehicles, snowmobiles
and horses on grounds generally known as the "Mohawk River Trail,"
Niskayuna's hike-and-bike trail, is expressly prohibited, except that
the Chief of Police of the Town of Niskayuna may at his discretion
grant permission, in writing only, for the use of a motor vehicle
when, in his judgment, such use of the motor vehicle would promote
the health, safety or welfare of persons using the hike-and-bike trail.
Such written permission shall not exceed a twenty-four-hour period.
B.
Animal traps.
(1)
No leg-hold or body-gripping animal trap shall be
used on land that lies within 200 feet of the center line of the pavement
of the Niskayuna Hike and Bike Path. Nothing herein shall prevent
the use of traps underwater within the two-hundred-foot limit.
(2)
The use on land of any body-gripping animal trap whose
diameter, when set, is seven or more inches, is prohibited within
the geographical boundaries of the Town of Niskayuna.
Said Mohawk River Trail is that land of the
former railroad right-of-way along the Mohawk River as described in
a deed recorded in the Schenectady County Clerk's office on December
2, 1974, in Book 984 of Deeds, at page 634.
[Amended 11-19-1991 by L.L. No. 13-1991]
Any person committing an offense against any
provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty
of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York,
punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The
continuation of an offense against the provisions of this article
shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate
and distinct offense hereunder.
