[Added 3-5-2001 by Ord. No. 2-01]
A. 
No person shall use or operate or ride on a skateboard or roller skates upon or in any of the places states in § 141-54A hereof.
B. 
No person shall use or operate or ride on a skateboard or roller skates within the Borough of Brooklawn:
(1) 
In a careless manner without due caution and circumspection;
(2) 
While endangering or in any manner to create a risk or danger to any person or property; or
(3) 
In any manner to impede or interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
C. 
No person shall place, locate or leave a skateboard ramp in any public roadway, including the entire paved and improved surface thereof, including gutter areas, from curb to curb where curbs exist, or on any public sidewalk in any manner which constitutes a traffic hazard or which endangers or creates a risk to any person or property.
D. 
No person shall use or ride or operate a skateboard or roller skates upon any public roadway in the Borough of Brooklawn unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet which meets the standards of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI Z90.4 bicycle helmet standard) or the Snell Memorial Foundation's 1990 Standard for Protective Headgear in Bicycling.
The places referred to in § 141-53A are:
A. 
All public and private sidewalks, roadways, including the entire paved and improved portion thereof, including gutter areas, from curb to curb where curbs exists, curbs, parking lots, driveways and courtyard within the boundaries of U.S. Route 130, and the portions of real property lots abutting and/or adjoining said street.
B. 
The municipal parking lot at the municipal complex inclusive of the Brooklawn Borough Hall, Brooklawn Public School and the Brooklawn Community Center, together with the curbs, ramps and courtyards at, around, leading to and/or adjacent thereto.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ROLLER SKATES
Roller skates has its usual and common meaning; it includes a shoe or a device which is affixed to a shoe or any other type of footwear upon which wheels are attached for the purposes of movement on a surface. This definition shall also include footwear commonly referred to as “rollerblades” or “in-line skates.”
SKATEBOARD
Skateboard has as its usual and common meaning: it includes a single platform mounted on wheels designed or suitable or in fact used for riding underfoot or a board with roller skate wheels or other similar wheels attached to the underside. This definition shall also include devices commonly referred to as “scooters” or “razor scooters.”
SKATEBOARD RAMPS
Include all ramps commonly referred to as such platforms manufactured or contrived surfaces of any and every pattern or configuration and other similar devices and things designed for use for riding a skateboard upon or above any area.
A. 
A police officer of the borough who shall observe any person using, operating or riding upon a skateboard or roller skates in violations of this article shall:
(1) 
Upon the first violation, take possession of the skateboard or roller skates for a minimum period of 48 hours, after which the skateboard or roller skates shall be returned to the parent or guardian of a minor violator or, in the case of an adult violator, to the violator himself.
(2) 
Upon a subsequent violation, take possession of the skateboard or roller skates for a minimum of 72 hours, after which the skateboard or roller skates shall be returned to the parent or guardian of a minor violator or, in the case of an adult violator, to the violator himself. Additionally, a summons shall be issued to the violator returnable before the Brooklawn Municipal Court, which shall treat and dispose of such summons in accordance with Subsection B of this section.
B. 
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine, the amount of which shall be within the discretion of and shall be fixed by the Municipal Court or other court or judicial officer having appropriate jurisdiction, but which shall in no case be greater in amount than that permitted by N.J.S.A. 40:49-5, as amended and supplemented, and other applicable law; or a period of community service, within the meaning and limits of and as referred to in N.J.S.A. 40:49-5, as amended and supplemented, and other applicable law; or both.
C. 
With respect to every skateboard ramp on a public street or sidewalk which a police officer observes to be a traffic hazard or endangering or creating a risk to any person or property and in violation of this article, if the violator or violators of this article can be identified and notified immediately, he, she or they shall be given reasonable opportunity to remove the ramp to a lawful place. If the notice cannot be immediately given for any reason, the Borough Department of Public Works shall remove the ramp and, if unclaimed within seven days thereafter, the ramp shall be deemed abandoned and shall be disposed of in accordance with law and borough procedures as appropriate.