(A) No person shall use a skateboard, bicycle, roller skates, roller blades, or scooters, whether self-propelled or motorized, for any purpose on any public sidewalk along Main Street between Cherry Street and Chestnut Street on the east side and between Cherry Street and the south side of ingress of parking lot on the west side and Grand River Avenue between Howard Street and Clark Street in the village.
(B) No person shall use a skateboard, bicycle, roller skates, roller blades, or scooters, whether self-propelled or motorized, for any purpose on or in any parking lot leased or owned by the village or Downtown Development Authority (DDA).
(C) For the purpose of this schedule, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BICYCLE. A device propelled by human power upon which a person may ride, having either two or three wheels in tandem or tricycle arrangement, all of which are over 14 inches in diameter, Michigan Vehicle Code, M.C.L.A. § 257.4.
SKATEBOARD. Coasters and similar devices.
(D) No person shall use a skateboard, bicycle, roller skates, roller blades, or scooter, whether self-propelled or motorized, on the private property of another person which is posted with signs prohibiting the use without first obtaining and carrying the written consent of the owner of the property. Failure of a person who has been using a skateboard, bicycle, roller skates, roller blades, or scooters, whether self-propelled or motorized, on posted private property to produce written permission on the request of a police officer shall constitute prima facie evidence that the person is in violation of this division (D).
(E) The village shall erect appropriate signs which designate when and where skateboards, bicycles, roller skates, roller blades, or scooters, whether self-propelled or motorized, are prohibited.
(F) No parent, guardian, or other person having charge of, custody, or control of any minor under the age of 18 shall permit that minor to violate the provisions of this schedule. A written warning or citation that a minor has violated this schedule shall be prima facie evidence that the minor's parent, guardian, or custodian has failed to exercise reasonable parental control.
(G) This schedule shall take effect immediately upon publication.
(Ord. 174, passed 5-20-2002; Ord. 195, passed 1-8-2007) Penalty, see § 70.99