(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
VEHICLE. Any device in, upon, or by which a person or property is, or may be transported or moved upon school grounds.
SCHOOL GROUNDS. All real property which is owned or controlled by the East Porter County School Corporation, which is located within the boundaries of the town and surrounds or is adjacent to any school corporation building.
(B) Vehicle and traffic regulations.
(1) No vehicle shall be driven upon school grounds at a speed greater than 15 miles per hour.
(2) No vehicle shall accelerate in such a manner as to deliberately cause the tires to spin and lose traction upon the paved surfaces of the school grounds.
(3) No vehicle, with the exception of wheel chairs, school maintenance or administrative vehicles, school district coach’s vehicles, emergency vehicles, or other school corporation authorized vehicle, may be driven upon the unpaved areas of any school corporation grounds.
(4) The use if all terrain vehicles (ATV), snowmobiles, skateboards, mini-bikes, go-carts, roller skates, roller blades, golf carts, or other such vehicles, is prohibited on both the paved and unpaved areas of any school corporation grounds.
(5) All vehicles operating on school grounds shall adhere to posted traffic signs and established traffic flow patterns.
(C) Enforcement and penalties.
(1) The regulations specified herein are considered infractions and may be enforced by the Police Department in the same manner as any other traffic ordinance adopted by the town.
(2) Violations of these traffic regulations shall be punishable as provided in § 10.99.
(Ord. 2011-4, passed 8-15-11)