(a) No person shall drive or operate any automobile or other vehicle from one public street to another by means of driving across private property within 300 feet of an intersection of two or more public streets in order to avoid driving through an intersection or to avoid compliance with any traffic control device there situated for the purpose of regulating traffic.
(b) No operator of a motor vehicle shall enter upon private property for the sole purpose of driving over or across such property, between abutting streets or other public ways thereof.
(c) For purposes of this section, the failure to stop on such private property in connection with or in furtherance of the objects of enterprise or activities being conducted on the property or such operation without first obtaining the consent of the person or persons in charge or control of such private property and without bringing such vehicle to a full stop before again entering the street or highway beyond such street or intersection, shall constitute prima facie evidence of the violation.
(Ord. 95-97. Passed 11-25-97.)
(Ord. 95-97. Passed 11-25-97.)
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.