(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PEDESTRIAN.
Any person afoot.
SIDEWALK.
That portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians.
(B) No person shall drive, ride, or operate a motor driven wheeled vehicle of any description upon any sidewalk within the city except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway.
(C) No person shall drive, ride, or operate a bicycle, skate board, or other human propelled device of any description upon the sidewalks within the following business area of the city: Main Street, 100 block west through the 100 block east.
(D) No person shall drive, ride, or operate a bicycle, skate board or other human propelled device of any description upon the sidewalks within the city when approaching a pedestrian on such sidewalk and shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing any child, elderly person or incapacitated person upon any sidewalk within the city.
(E) No parent, guardian, or custodian of a ward or child shall permit his or her child or ward to ride or operate a device described under any of the provisions of this sections upon the sidewalks of the city in violation of the provisions of this section.
(F) Any officer of the Police Department having probable cause to believe that a person has violated the provisions of this section shall have the authority to seize the wheeled device and arrest the violator without warrant. The officer may hold the wheeled device as evidence for court purposes or may release it to the parent, guardian, or custodian of a child or ward accused of violating the provisions of this section.
(G) Applicability. The provisions of this section do not apply to the following:
(1) persons operating emergency vehicles to include but not limited to police, fire and ambulance personnel or employees of the city, county or state when operating within the scope of their duties.
(2) Persons operating devices such as fork lifts or moving dollies used in the movement of merchandise or property.
(3) Persons using motorized or human propelled wheel chairs and similar devices that are either temporarily or permanently handicapped or disabled.
(Ord. 696, passed 7-12-88) Penalty, see § 10.99