Section
71.01 Operation of bicycles in the Downtown Business District
71.02 Portable recreational structures
71.03 Skateboards, roller skates, scooters, roller blades, coasters, and similar devices; definitions
71.04 Operation of skateboards
71.05 Parental responsibilities
71.06 Taking device into physical custody as an alternative to prosecution
71.99 Penalty
(A) A person shall not operate a bicycle in the Downtown Business District on the sidewalks or on Battle Alley.
(B) Any person operating a bicycle who approaches the Downtown Business District shall dismount from said vehicle and shall walk the bicycle through the Downtown Business District.
(C) The Downtown Business District shall include Saginaw Street from Maple Street to the railroad tracks and include Battle Alley.
(D) Any person violating these provisions shall be responsible for a civil infraction.
(1984 Code, § 2-02-020) (Ord. 119, passed 10-13-1981; Ord. 466, passed 6-22-2021) Penalty, see § 71.99
(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PORTABLE RECREATIONAL STRUCTURE. Any man-made object, excluding motor vehicles, having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land whether or not affixed to land and includes basketball poles, support structures, and nets and street hockey nets and skateboard ramps.
STREET. Includes streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, highways, freeways, parkways, lanes, alleys, and other ways used for or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private.
(B) Prohibited conduct. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, erect or cause to be placed or erected any portable recreational structure on any street for a period exceeding 24 hours.
(1984 Code, § 2-02-050) (Ord. 119, passed 10-13-1981; Ord. 419, passed 10-3-2012) Penalty, see § 71.99
For the purpose of §§ 71.04(A), 71.06, and Ch. 76, Sch. II, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OPERATE. To move or propel a skateboard, roller skates, roller blades, coasters, or a similar device with the operator riding thereon or without a rider thereon while such device is not under the immediate physical control of an operator.
SKATEBOARDS, ROLLER SKATES, SCOOTERS, ROLLER BLADES, COASTERS, or SIMILAR DEVICE. Every device, except for a bicycle, propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, which has wheels and which is being used for recreational purposes.
(1984 Code, § 2-02-060) (Ord. 219, passed 12-10-1991; Ord. 466, passed 6-22-2021)
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