§ 444.12 SKATEBOARDS.
   (a)   No person shall use or operate a skateboard upon a public street or sidewalk within the Village of Commercial Point.
   (b)   No person shall park, leave, store or otherwise place a skateboard anywhere within the Village of Commercial Point in such a manner as to obstruct or hinder the normal or customary entrances to or exits from any building or place or in such a manner as to obstruct or hinder the normal or customary use of any sidewalk or walkway.
   (c)   The term SKATEBOARD shall, without limitation, include any vehicle or device consisting basically of a board or platform mounted on wheels or rollers, whether powered by gravity, muscle power or mechanical or motorized means, which is not equipped with a positive, mechanical means of steering such vehicle or device.
   (d)   (1)   Whoever violates this section and has not been previously convicted of or plead guilty to a violation of this section within the year immediately preceding this violation shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
      (2)   If within one year of the offense, the offender previously convicted of or plead guilty to a violation of this section, the offense shall be a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
      (3)   If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or plead guilty to two or more violations of this section, then the offense shall be a misdemeanor of the third degree.
      (4)   The maximum penalties for a violation of this section shall be set forth under Ohio R.C. § 2929.21.
(Ord. 04-22, passed 11-1-2004)