Section I.
Definition.
Rollerblades: The
term rollerblades includes any device marketed as such,
and also includes skateboards, roller skates, street
skates, or any other similar device which has coasters or
wheels. This definition does not include bicycles.
Section 2.
Use of Rollerblades.
The
following uses of rollerblades are prohibited:
- In any
manner or location which shall deface or damage any
private or public property .
-
Upon planter
boxes, windowsills, benches, curbs, or in close
proximity to doorways so as to hamper the entrance or
exit of pedestrians.
- In any
careless or reckless manner which may endanger another.
- Clinging
to a bicycle or to any motor driven device.
- In such
a manner that the person using the rollerblades fails to
yield the right of way to pedestrians.
Section 3. Penalty.
Any person
violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be
responsible for a municipal civil infraction subject to a
fine not to exceed Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, plus
Court costs. The police shall impound the rollerblade of
any individual under the age of seventeen years of age
which shall be released to any parent or legal guardian of
the violator. In the event of a second offense by any
individual under the age of
seventeen, the rollerblades will be released to any parent
or guardian of the minor upon payment of a cost
reimbursement of Fifty Dollars. If an impounded roller
blade is not claimed within ninety days, it will be deemed
abandoned property and may be sold by the Police
Department.
Section 4. Severability.
All
ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herein are
hereby repealed, only to the extent necessary to give this
ordinance full force and effect.
Section 5. Effective Date.
This
ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the
date of its passage by the Wyandotte City Council, and a
Sun1nlary of said ordinance shall be published in a
newspaper generally circulated in the City of Wyandotte
within fifteen (15) days after adoption. The summary shall
designate the location in the City where a true copy of
the ordinance can be inspected or obtained.
On
the question, "SHALL THIS ORDINANCE NOW PASS?", the
following vote was recorded:
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