97-9837 Traffic Motor VehiclesCane9Wptl .
(Published in the Salina Journal November 15, 1997)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 97-9837
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 38 OF THE SALINA CODE
PERTAINING TO TRAFFIC AND MOTOR VEHICLES.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Chapter 38 of the Salina Code is hereby amended as follows:
"Sections 38-8 — 38-9. Reserved.
Sections 38-23 — 38-24. Reserved.
Section 38-29. Riding bicycles in Salina Business Improvement District
No. 1 and on publicly and privately owned property.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle on any sidewalk within
the boundaries of Salina Business Improvement District No. 1 as established by
city ordinance.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle upon any street, alley,
sidewalk, parking lot or other property, either publicly or privately owned and
open to the public, when a sign prohibiting such activity is conspicuously posted
on the property.
Section 38-30. Duties when riding bicycle on sidewalk.
In residential districts, no person shall ride a bicycle on a sidewalk except with due
care for the safety of pedestrians, and the rider of a bicycle on a sidewalk, when
approaching or passing a pedestrian, shall slow or stop the same, if necessary, to
avoid colliding with or interfering with the passage of any pedestrian on such
sidewalk.
Section 38-31. Riding human powered wheeled devices on publicly and
privately owned property.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or ride upon a skateboard,
roller skates, roller blades or other human powered device designed primarily for
recreational use upon any public street, alley, sidewalk, parking lot or other
publicly owned property located within the boundaries of Salina Business
Improvement District No. 1 as established by city ordinance.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or ride upon a skateboard,
roller skates, roller blades or other human powered wheeled device designed
primarily for recreational use upon any street, alley, sidewalk, parking lot or other
property, either publicly or privately owned and open to the public, when a sign
prohibiting such activity is conspicuously posted on the property.
Section 38-32. Parental responsibility for violations by children.
Any parent or guardian of any child under the age of sixteen (16) years who
permits such child to ride or operate any vehicle; bicycle; or skateboard, roller
skates, roller blades or other human powered wheeled device designed primarily
for recreational use in the city shall be responsible for the obedience of such child
to the requirements of this chapter, and it shall be unlawful for any parent or
guardian of any such child to knowingly permit the violation by such child of any
of the provisions of this chapter, or to furnish to or permit the use by any such
child of any vehicle; bicycle; or skateboard, roller skates, roller blades or other
human powered wheeled device designed primarily for recreational use in violation
of the provisions of this chapter, and the continued violation by any such child of
any provisions of this chapter after notice of such violation has been brought to the
attention of such parent or guardian shall be presumed to be with the knowledge
and consent of such parent or guardian.
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Section 38-33. Police to take up vehicles, bicycles or other devices.
If any child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall operate or ride on any vehicle;
bicycle; or skateboard, roller skates, roller blades or other human powered wheeled
device designed primarily for recreational use in violation of the provisions of this
chapter or if any such vehicle, bicycle or device, or the equipment involved in its
operation, fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter, any police officer
of the city may take possession of such vehicle, bicycle or device and take the same
to the police headquarters in the city, and there keep the same until the parents
or guardian of such child are notified and until arrangements are made by such
parent or guardian to comply with the requirements of this chapter."
Section 2. That the existing sections 38-8, 38-9, 38-23 and 38-24 are hereby
repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: November 3, 1997
Passed: November 10, 1997
stin M. Seaton, Mayor
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