[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17]
Whereas the Township Council has the authority
to prevent nuisances and to otherwise protect the health, safety,
welfare and comfort of its residents; and whereas it has determined
that the use of certain motorized vehicles in the nature of motorcycles,
minibikes and mopeds (defined as "motorcycles," "motor-driven cycles"
and "motorized pedalcycles" in the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code) upon certain private and public property constitutes
a severe annoyance, nuisance and hazard to persons and property; and
whereas the operation of said vehicles on the places other than public
highways is not otherwise regulated by statute or ordinance it is
therefore deemed appropriate and necessary to establish the following
regulations.
The following terms, for the purposes of this
chapter, are defined as follows:
PERSONS
Includes natural persons, corporations, partnerships, public
utilities, religious, educational and other institutions and governmental
entities, including the Township of Bristol, the Bristol Township
School District, the County of Bucks and municipal authorities.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any lands or real estate owned by persons other than governmental
entities and including the lands of public utilities. Such lands include
the parking areas and driveways thereof, power line rights-of-way,
railroad rights-of-way, private roadways and greenbelt areas.
PUBLIC PROPERTY
Any lands or real estate owned by a governmental entity,
including greenbelt, recreation areas, median strips, parking areas
and driveways thereof.
VEHICLE
Includes vehicle, motorcycle, motor-driven cycle and motorized
pedalcycle as said terms are defined in Section 102 of the Vehicle
Code of 1976, Title 75 of Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Annotated.
It is hereby prohibited for any person who is the owner of a vehicle to permit another person to operate said vehicle in violation of §
194-3 above, and to do so is a violation of this chapter.
Any person who operates a vehicle on private
property or public property, where otherwise authorized under the
provisions of this chapter, in a careless disregard for the safety
of persons or property shall be in violation of this chapter. In prosecutions
under this section, due consideration shall be given to the age and
capacity of the operator and the conditions of the property.
[Amended 7-9-1991 by Ord. No. 91-15; 10-20-1992 by Ord. No.
92-17]
A. Any person who violates the provisions of §
194-3,
194-4 or
194-5 hereof shall, upon a determination of a violation, be ordered to pay to Bristol Township a penalty of no more than $100 for the first finding of a violation, plus the costs of enforcing this chapter; for the second finding of a violation of this chapter, said person shall be ordered to pay to Bristol Township a penalty of not more than $500 plus the cost of enforcing this chapter; and for each and every subsequent determination of a violation of this chapter by the same person, that person shall be ordered to pay a penalty to Bristol Township of not more than $1,000, plus the cost of enforcing this chapter. In default of payment of any fine and costs, said person shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding 30 days.
B. This chapter shall be enforced pursuant to the recently
adopted amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure for District Justices.
All language within this chapter which does not conform to the recent
amendments is hereby deemed to now conform.
Any person over the age of 16 years charged with a violation of any provision of this chapter shall have all the rights of an adult and may be prosecuted under the provisions of this chapter in the same manner as an adult. The parent or guardian of any child under the age of 18 years who shall knowingly permit the child to violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, in addition to said child, be in violation hereof and be subject to the fines as set forth in §
194-6 above.