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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND
TITLE 10
OF THE CODE OF EMMITSBURG
ENTITLED
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
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BE IT RESOLVED, ENACTED AND ORDAINED by the Mayor
and Board of Commissioners of the Town of Emmitsburg,
Maryland, pursuant to the authority granted to them by
the laws of Maryland and the Charter of the Town of
Emmitsburg, that Title 16 ; Section 16.48 of the
Emmitsburg Municipal Code, be amended as follows.
The
amended section of this regulation reads as follows with
new wording indicated in BOLD, CAPITAL letters and deleted words in strike out.
10.24.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter,
the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
"Bicycle"
shall have that meaning as defined for the term
"bicycle" in title 11 of the TRANSPORTATION
ARTICLEof the Annotated Code of Maryland and any
subsequent amendments thereto.
"Roller
skate"--Any device worn on or attached to feet and
which has two or more wheels attached for the purpose of
gliding or rolling on a floor, sidewalk or other ground
surface. "Roller skate" includes those devices
commonly known as "roller skates,"
"roller blades," and "in-line
skates."
"Scooter"--Any
wheeled, non-motorized device, similar in nature to a
skateboard, which includes in its construction a
vertical bar and handles which are used by the rider or
operator for purposes of control and/or support.
"Skateboard"--A
short oblong board having two or more wheels at each end
which is intended to be ridden.
(Ord. 09-08, § I)
10.24.020 Helmets
required.
A. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION APPLY:
1. AT ALL TIMES WHILE A BICYCLE IS BEING OPERATED
ON ANY HIGHWAY, BICYCLE WAY, OR OTHER PROPERTY OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC OR USED BY THE PUBLIC FOR PEDESTRIAN OR
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; AND
2. TO A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 16 WHO IS RIDING
ON A BICYCLE, INCLUDING A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 16 WHO
IS A PASSENGER ON A BICYCLE; OR
a. IN A RESTRAINING SEAT ATTACHED TO THE BICYCLE;
OR
b. IN A TRAILER BEING TOWED BY THE BICYCLE.
B. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION DO NOT APPLY TO PASSENGERS IN COMMERCIAL BICYCLE
RICKSHAWS.
C.
A person TO WHOM THIS SECTION APPLIES may not operate, use or ride upon
as an
operator or a passenger ON
a bicycle , skate board, scooter or roller skates
within the corporate limits of the town of Emmitsburg
unless the person is wearing a helmet which THAT meets or exceeds the standards of the American National
Standards Institute, the Snell Memorial Foundation,'s standard, or the standards of the American Society
of Testing and Measurements MATERIALS
for protective headgear for use in bicycling.
(Ord. 09-08, § I)
10.24.030 Violations and
penalties.
A violation of the
requirements of this chapter shall be a municipal
infraction. For a first violation, the offender shall be
issued
THIS
SECTION SHALL BE ENFORCED BY THE ISSUANCE OF a
warning advising
THAT INFORMS the offender of the requirements of
this chapter SECTION
AND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ABOUT BICYCLE HELMET
USE. For a second, and each
subsequent offense,an individual violating this chapter
shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00). (Ord.
09-08, § I)
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED, ENACTED AND ORDAINED that
this Ordinance shall take effect on the date on which
the Mayor approves the Ordinance after passing by the
Board of Commissioners or on the date on which the Board
of Commissioners pass the Ordinance over the veto of the
Mayor.
PASSED
this 16th day of June, 2014 by a vote of 4 for, 4
against, 0 absent, and
0 abstain.
ATTEST:
EMMITSBURG
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
By: Vickie
Felix, Recording Secretary
Timothy
O’Donnell, President
__XX_____APPROVED
_______VETOED
this
16th day of June, 2014
Donald N.
Briggs, Mayor
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