(A) No person shall ride or operate a unicycle, bicycle, tricycle, four-wheeled cycle, scooter, or other motor or human powered vehicle within the boundaries of any public park. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person may ride or operate the following vehicles within any portion of a public park which is not a skate park: a tricycle, stroller, or baby carriage.
(B) No person shall ride a skateboard, roller blades, or roller skates within the boundaries of any public park, provided, however, that a person may ride a skateboard, roller blades or roller skates in those portions of a skate park designated for such use.
(C) Any person riding a skateboard, roller blades, or roller skates in a skate park shall wear a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads, which are in serviceable condition and properly fastened in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations for such equipment.
(D) The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to apply to the following: (1) the operation or riding of any vehicle used to provide mobility to any disabled person; or (2) the operation or riding of a motor vehicle on a paved driveway from the street to a parking lot on the public park; or (3) the wheeling of a bicycle or other human powered vehicle from outside the boundaries of a public park to a place within the public park designated for parking such vehicle if such transportation occurs solely on paved paths within the public park and the vehicle is not ridden during such operation.
(E) Any violation of this section shall be an infraction, subject to the provisions of § 10.99 of this Code.
(Ord. 1219, passed 11-5-03; Am. Ord. 1220, passed 11-19-03)