[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.
(3) 
Owners of land lying within the two-hundred-foot limit referred to in Subsection B(1) above may apply to the Town Clerk for a permit of limited duration to allow for trapping of pests or nuisance animals upon such terms and conditions as shall hereafter be fixed by resolution of the Town Board.
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.