[Amended 8-12-2024 by Ord. No. 47-2024]
A. Operation.
(1) No person shall operate, park, stop, stand, place or maintain any all-terrain vehicle and/or motorized vehicle on any public sidewalk, street or any public property, including without limitation any park or recreation facility, except where expressly authorized by law; provided that the owner or a person with lawful permission of the owner may temporarily place an all-terrain vehicle and/or motorized vehicle on the sidewalk abutting his or her house or abutting any premises where the vehicle is lawfully stored, for purposes of lawfully transporting the vehicle to a location outside the City within 48 hours of notice to the Reading Police Department Police Chief or his designee.
(2) Nothing in this section prohibits the lawful transport of an all-terrain vehicle and/or motorized vehicle on a licensed trailer or other safe carrier, or the manual transport of a vehicle onto or off of such a carrier, so long as the motor or engine of the vehicle remains off at all times. Additionally, this does not grant the operator authority to state or local highways to gain access to a permitted ATV area of operation.
B. Permitting another to drive, possess or ride. No owner or other person in control or custody of a dirt bike, ATV or other motorized vehicle prohibited by this Part may permit it to be driven, possessed or ridden by any other person on any public or private property that is located within the City of Reading or regulated by the City of Reading.
C. Parents and Guardians. No parent or guardian of a minor may knowingly permit the minor to violate any provision of this Part.
D. Motor Fuel Sales.
(1) In general - no service station, business selling motor fuel or any other person may sell, transfer, or dispense motor fuel for delivery into any unregistered dirt bike, ATV or other motorized vehicle prohibited by this Part.
(2) All service stations and businesses selling motor fuel shall prominently post signs notifying the public about this prohibition at fuel pumps and pay stations.
E. Nuisance.
(1) An ATV and/or motorized vehicle operator must remain at least 100 feet from any adjoining or adjacent property line, and must remain at least 150 feet from an off-site residential dwelling.
(2) No person shall operate an ATV and/or motorized device without an effective and suitable muffling device on its engine which efficiently deadens or muffles the noise of the exhaust.
(3) This does not include municipal, emergency and law enforcement vehicles or vehicles used exclusively for agricultural or in support of a licensed commercial business operations.