373.11 RIDING ON SIDEWALK.
   (a)   No person shall ride a bicycle, a skateboard, a scooter, in line skates or roller skates upon a sidewalk within an area bounded by Sturges Avenue and Bowman Street on the west, Fourth Street on the north, Adams Street on the east and Second Street on the south and all City- owned property, excepting City-owned parks outside the Central Business District.
   (b)   No person shall ride a bicycle, a skateboard, a scooter, in line skates or roller skates upon a sidewalk or within the area commonly known as “Central Park”.
   (c)   No person shall ride a bicycle, a skateboard, a scooter, in line skates or roller skates upon a sidewalk where the Chief of Police or officer designated by him has prohibited the riding of them thereon and has erected signs on or along such sidewalks setting forth such prohibition.
   (d)   Whenever a person is riding a bicycle, a skateboard, a scooter, in line skates or roller skates upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before attempting to overtake and pass such pedestrian.
   (e)   The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to bicycles operated by Mansfield police officers on duty.
(Ord. 98-210. Passed 9-1-98.)
   (f)   Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.