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Bicycles,
Roller Skates and Skateboards
Chapter 75
Article I
Bicycles
75-2. Registrations
and inspections.
A. All bicycles,
unicycles or adult tricycles owned by residents of the City of Ventnor
City and operated on the highways and Boardwalk of the city shall be
inspected by and registered with the Department of Public Safety.
Registration shall take place at the same time the bicycle is inspected,
which inspection shall take place at the Ventnor City fire house on
Winchester Avenue in the city of Ventnor City, New Jersey, on Fridays at
the prescribed times as designated by the Commissioner of Public
Safety. Such initial registration and inspection will be considered
permanent to the effect that only in the event of a change in ownership
shall a new registration and inspection be required.
B. Registration
certificates shall be maintained on file with the Police Department.
Upon registering and inspecting the bicycle, unicycle or adult tricycle,
a registration decal and inspection sticker to be placed on the bicycle,
unicycle or adult tricycle will be issued by the inspecting personnel,
shall show the date of registration and inspection only and shall be
maintained on the bicycle, unicycle or adult tricycle at all times.
75-3. Audible
signaling devices.
No person shall operate a
bicycle, unicycle or adult tricycle unless it is equipped with a bell or
other device capable of giving a signal audible for a distance of at
least 100 feet, except that a bicycle shall not be equipped with nor
shall any person use upon a bicycle, unicycle or adult tricycle any
siren or whistle.
75-4. Lights and
reflectors.
No person shall operate a
bicycle, unicycle or adult tricycle at nighttime unless it is equipped
with a lamp on the front which shall emit a white light visible from a
distance of at least 500 feet to the front and a lamp on the rear which
shall emit a red light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to
the rear. In addition to the red lamp, a red reflector may be mounted
on the rear which shall be visible from all distances from 50 feet to
300 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of
headlamps on a motor vehicle.
75-5. Brake
requirements.
No person shall operate a
bicycle, unicycle or adult tricycle unless it is equipped with a brake
which will enable the operator to make the brake wheel skid on dry,
level and clean pavement.
75-6. Riding
restrictions.
A person propelling or
riding on a bicycle, unicycle or adult tricycle shall not ride other
than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto, nor
shall he/she ride with his/her feet removed from the pedals or with both
hands removed from the handlebars. No bicycle, unicycle or adult
tricycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number
for which it is designed and equipped.
75-7. Attaching to
other vehicle prohibited.
No person riding upon any
bicycle, unicycle or adult tricycle shall attach the same or
himself/herself to any vehicle upon a roadway, and no operator of any
such vehicle shall knowingly allow any person riding upon any bicycle,
unicycle or adult tricycle to attach the same or himself/herself to any
such vehicle.
75-8. Caution and
circumspection required.
It shall be unlawful to
operate a bicycle, unicycle or adult tricycle on any public highway, the
boardwalk or the approaches thereto or on any other public right-of-way
or public grounds in a careless manner or without due caution and
circumspection or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger
any person or property.
75-9. Time and place
restrictions.
A. It shall be unlawful
to operate a bicycle, unicycle or adult bicycle upon the Boardwalk or
the approaches thereto, except in the designated bicycle path. The
aforementioned vehicles shall be permitted to operate in the designated
bicycle path during the daylight hours from Labor Day to June 30. From
July 1 to Labor Day, the aforementioned vehicles shall be permitted to
operate from 6:00 am to 12:00 noon from Sunday to Saturday, with
additional hours on Monday through Friday from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm,
prevailing time.
B. It shall be lawful to
operate a bicycle, unicycle or adult tricycle upon any sidewalk.
Article II
Roller Skates and
Skateboards
75-14. Roller-skating in
designated areas only; skateboarding prohibited.
A. It shall be lawful for any
person to be upon roller skates upon the Boardwalk or the approaches
thereto in the City of Ventnor City as long as said such person or
persons wearing said skates are in the designated bicycle path area.
They shall be permitted to operate in the designated bicycle path area
only during the hours specified under 75-9A of this Code.
B. It shall be unlawful for any
person to operate or use in any manner a skateboard on the Boardwalk,
the Boardwalk ramps or on any city-owned park located on the beach
blocks or at the beach front in Ventnor City.
Motorized Scooters and
Skateboards
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