(a) No person shall ride a bicycle, skate board, roller skates, roller blades, play vehicles or other similar devices on the sidewalks of the 300 block of Rice Street.
(b) Whenever any such moving device as described in subsection (a) hereof is operated by any minor in violation of subsection (a) hereof, a member of the Police Division is hereby authorized to cite such violator for such offense. For the first offense, a letter describing the offense committed shall be forwarded by the Chief of Police or his designee to the parent or guardian of the minor.
For the second offense a member of the Police Division is authorized to impound the bicycle, or other moving device mentioned in subsection (a) hereof. The impounded item shall be surrendered to the parent or guardian of such minor upon the payment of a five dollar ($5.00) fee after full explanation to the parents or guardian of such minor of the reason for such impoundment.
For a third or subsequent offense a member of the Police Division is hereby authorized to impound the moving device. The device so impounded shall be surrendered to the parent or guardian of such minor upon the payment of a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) fee after full explanation to the parent or guardian of such minor for the reasons of such impoundment.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 014-94. Passed 9-26-94.)