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It shall be public nuisance and a threat to public safety for any person to operate a motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle on any private property or private roadway in violation of any of the following restrictions:

A. No person shall operate a motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle in a manner causing excessive, unnecessary, or offensive noise which disturbs the peace and quiet of any neighbor or neighborhood or which causes discomfort or annoyance to a reasonable person of normal sensitivity.

B. No person shall operate a motorized skateboard or play vehicle at any time between sunset and sunrise.

C. No child under the age of fourteen (14) years shall operate a motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle.

D. No person shall operate a motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances then existing.

E. The operator of a motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle approaching a sidewalk, bicycle path, bicycle lane, or multi- use path in order to cross such, shall yield the right-of-way to all other users.

F. No operator of a motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle shall allow passengers when the motorized skateboard is in operation or motion.

G. No person operating or riding upon a motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle shall attach himself or herself or the motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle in any manner to any other vehicle.

H. No person shall operate a motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle while carrying any package, bundle, or article which prevents the operator from keeping both hands upon the steering mechanism at all times.

I. No person, other than the owner, shall operate a motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle on private property or on a private roadway without the written permission of the property owner.

J. No person shall operate a motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle that has been mechanically or structurally altered from the original manufacturer’s design.

K. No person shall operate a motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle except in compliance with all duties applicable to the driver of the vehicle by the laws of this state declaring rules of the road applicable to vehicles, or by the traffic laws of the Town applicable to the driver of a vehicle except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application provided, however that nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to require the licensing or registration of motorized skateboards or motorized play vehicles, the licensing of motorized skateboard or motorized play vehicle operators, or the carrying of insurance covering accidents involving motorized skateboards or motorized play vehicles. (05-15, Amended, 11/03/2005, Previous title: Responsibility of Parents, Guardians and Custodians; 98-35, Added, 12/17/1998)