377.02 PROHIBITIONS.

   (a)   No person shall ride a skateboard, roller blades, roller skates or a scooter up a sidewalk or public parking area, in a one-mile radius of the downtown area, or where signs are erected prohibiting such operation.

   (b)   Every person riding a skateboard, wearing roller blades, wearing roller skates, or riding a scooter shall yield the right of way to all pedestrians at all times, and shall pass them, without causing injury or reasonable fear to pedestrians, even if dismounting or stopping shall be necessary.

   (c)   Every person riding a skateboard or scooter shall dismount the skateboard or scooter at a street intersection and shall walk as a pedestrian across such intersection.

   (d)   During the time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise or when there is insufficient natural light which prevents persons from being clearly discernible at a distance of 300 feet, every person using a skateboard, roller blades, roller skates, or scooters along or upon a roadway shall wear between the neck and waist, material such as a vest, sash band, or tape which is reflectorized so as to be clearly discernible during said time at a distance of 300 feet.

   (e)   Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor.

(Ord. 03-168. Passed 6-16-03.)

CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF YOUNGSTOWN