Chapter 10.36 — WHEELED TOYS

For the purposes of this chapter, "wheeled toy" means and includes all wheeled objects, regardless of motive power, not classified as bicycles in this code nor as vehicles in the Vehicle Code of the state and shall specifically include, but without limitation, roller skates, skateboards, coasters, scooters, and toy vehicles.

(Prior code § 4-13.01)

No person shall use or operate any wheeled toy upon any sidewalk, public street, public parking lot, or private parking lot within the city, including riding in tandem, towing or being towed, and engaging in racing or in any form of trick riding, in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property. Any person found in violation of the provisions of this section may be subject to citation and/or impoundment of his or her wheeled toy.

(Ord. 556 § 2FF, 2004: prior code § 4-13.02)

No person shall use or operate any wheeled toy upon any private property, private drive, private walkway or other private property in the city when such private property is posted to prohibit such use and operation by the owner of the property or by the owner's designated agent.

(Ord. 566 § 3G, 2004)

It is unlawful and an infraction for any person to use or operate any wheeled toy on the sidewalks along Branch Street in any portion of the downtown village area extending from Wesley Street on the west to the foot of Crown Hill on the east.

Violation of this section shall be an infraction; provided, however, that two or more violations within any twelve (12) month period shall be prosecutable as a misdemeanor. In the event that any juvenile is cited for a misdemeanor pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the wheeled toy of any such juvenile so cited shall be impounded and thereafter returned only to the parent or guardian of the juvenile, or otherwise at the direction of the court, probation officer or chief of police.

(Prior code § 4-13.02.1)

No person shall park or leave any wheeled toy upon any street or alley, nor upon any sidewalk in such manner as to obstruct or hinder the free passage of pedestrians or other vehicles or devices permitted to use the same. Any wheeled toy found in violation of the provisions of this section may be impounded by the police department and returned to the owner under such reasonable conditions as may be established by the chief of police.

(Prior code § 4-13.03)

Devices designed, intended and used solely for the transportation of infants, invalids, or incapacitated persons, and devices designed, intended and used for the transportation of merchandise to or from the place of purchase, and other wheeled devices when being used for either of such purposes, shall be excepted from the regulations imposed by this chapter. Likewise, the regulations specified in this chapter shall not apply to a place of public assembly when it is not open or in use, nor shall they apply if the person in charge of such place of public assembly expressly waives the same.

(Prior code § 4-13.04)