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No person shall ride on any vehicle upon any portion thereof not designed or intended for the use of passengers. This provision shall not apply to an employee engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty, or to persons riding within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.
(1953 Code, ch. 17, § 16)
(a) No person upon roller skates, or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle, or similar device shall go upon any roadway, except while crossing a street in a crosswalk, and, when so crossing, such person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of duties applicable to pedestrians.
(b) Unless otherwise provided for in this section, it shall be a civil infraction for any person upon or by means of any skateboard or similar device, to operate or cause to be operated any such device upon any publicly owned property, including streets or sidewalks, within the area described as: That area bounded by the following streets: On the north by the intersection of Alameda and Granada Avenue, east along Alameda to Church Avenue, south along Church Avenue to Cushing Street, west along Cushing Street to Grenada Avenue and north along Granada Avenue to Alameda Street.
(c) It shall be a civil infraction for any person upon or by means of any skateboard or similar device, to operate or cause to be operated any such device upon any Tucson-Pima Library property or facility, including adjacent streets or sidewalks, when such prohibition is clearly and conspicuously posted by the city.
(1953 Code, ch. 17, § 9; Ord. No. 8474, § 1, 3-27-95; Ord. No. 8588, § 1, 10-23-95; Ord. No. 8862, § 1, 4-14-97; Ord. No. 9198, § 1, 2-1-99)
Sec. 20-29(1). No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall ride a bicycle or be a passenger on a bicycle, ride in a restraining seat attached to a bicycle, or ride in a trailer towed by a bicycle unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet which meets the current standards of the American National Standards Institute for protective headgear.
Sec. 20-29(2). It shall be unlawful for any person to rent or lease any bicycle to or for the use of a person under the age of eighteen (18) years unless:
(a) The person is in possession of a protective helmet meeting the standards set out above in section 20-29(1) at the time of such rental or lease; or
(b) The rental or lease includes a protective bicycle helmet meeting the standards set out above in section 20-29(1) and the person agrees to wear the helmet at all times while operating or riding as a passenger on the bicycle.
Sec. 20-29(3). A person regularly engaged in the business of selling bicycles shall provide any purchaser of a bicycle with a written explanation, either on the receipt of sale or on a separate form indicating receipt of a written explanation of the provisions of section 20-29(1) and (3).
Sec.20-29(4). Any person in violation of this section shall be found guilty of a civil infraction and be required to pay a minimum fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) which cannot be suspended except pursuant to subsection 20-29(5).
Sec. 20-29(5). The penalty provided in this section for a violation of section 20-29(1) may be waived if an offender presents suitable proof that an approved helmet has been purchased or otherwise obtained since the time of the violation and that the minor uses or intends to use said helmet whenever required to do so by this section.
(Ord. No. 8167, § 1, 11-22-93)
A. Purpose and intent. It is the purpose and intent of this enactment to provide for the regulation of motorized skateboards and motorized play vehicles in order to protect the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, motor vehicle drivers and operators of motorized skateboards and motorized play vehicles alike. The increasing prevalence of motorized skateboards and growing concerns about their safe uses requires local regulation in order to protect the public safety.
The state has granted municipalities express authority to regulate or prohibit the operation of motorized skateboards. Therefore, the mayor and council find it is in the public interest to prohibit the operation of motorized skateboards and motorized play vehicles except on private property.
B. Definitions. In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
Motorized play vehicle means a coaster, scooter, any other alternatively fueled device, or other motorized vehicle that is self-propelled by a motor or engine, gas or electric, and which is not otherwise defined in A.R.S. title 28, as a "motor vehicle," "motorcycle," "motor-driven cycle," "motorized wheelchair" or "electric personal assistive mobility device."
Motorized skateboard means a self-propelled device that has a motor, gas or electric, a deck on which a person may ride and at least two (2) tandem wheels in contact with the ground, and which is not otherwise defined in A.R.S. title 28, as a "motor vehicle," "motorcycle," "motor-driven cycle," "motorized wheelchair" or "electric personal assistive mobility device."
C. Prohibited operation.
1. No motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle may be operated on any public sidewalk, roadway, or any other part of a highway or on any bikeway, bicycle path or trail, equestrian trail, or shared-use path.
2. No motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle may be operated on any private property of another without the written permission of the owner, the person entitled to immediate possession of the property, or the authorized agent of either.
3. No person shall operate a motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle on any private property in a manner causing excessive, unnecessary, or offensive noise which disturbs the peace and quiet of any neighborhood or which causes discomfort or annoyance to a reasonable person of normal sensitivity.
D. Responsibilities of parents, guardians, and legal custodians.
1. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of any minor shall not authorize or knowingly permit such minor to violate any of the provisions of this section.
2. If a fine is imposed upon a minor who is found to be in violation of this section, the parents or legal guardian having custody or control of the minor shall be jointly and severally liable with the minor for payment of the fine, whether or not the parents or guardian knew of, or anticipated, a violation of this section.
(Ord. No. 9962, § 1, 5-10-04)
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