(a) As used in this section "skateboard" means 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. However, "skateboard" shall not include motorized or other wheelchairs.
(b) No person shall ride on or operate a skateboard, rollerskates, toy vehicle, or similar device on any of the streets or highways listed in Traffic Schedule VII.
(c) No person shall ride on or operate a skateboard, rollerskates, toy vehicle, or similar device upon a sidewalk within a business district, upon any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking within a business district, upon a sidewalk within a shopping center, or upon a sidewalk where signs are erected prohibiting the same.
(d) Every person lawfully riding on or operating a skateboard, roller skates, toy vehicle, or similar device within the City shall obey at all times all traffic-control devices, signals, and regulations of the City including, without limitation, the duty to operate the same on the right side of the street, highway, alley, or sidewalk. (1978 Code 75.11)
(e) 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.