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 Ship Bottom Borough
 Code of Ordinances
 Title 10. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
 Chapter 10.28. BICYCLES

  § 10.28.030. Penalties.

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  • A.

    Any person not having attained the age of eighteen (18) years who violates any of the provisions of this chapter relating to bicycles shall for the first offense be reprimanded in writing by the police department with a copy of such reprimand addressed to the parents or guardian of the offender stating the nature of the violation and warning a repetition of the violation, must be prevented by the parents or guardian and further advising that a repetition may result in a complaint to the juvenile court of Ocean County and may result in a complaint against the parent or legal guardian.

    B.

    Any person, not having attained the age of eighteen (18) years, who commits a second violation of the provisions of this chapter relating to bicycles shall be summoned to appear before the chief of police in the borough or his or her duly authorized representatives and shall then and there have his or her privilege to operate a bicycle in the borough suspended for such reasonable period as the chief of police or his or her duly authorized representative may impose. The suspension shall be enforced by the parent or legal guardian of the person so charged and the parent or legal guardian shall be summoned to accompany the person not having reached the age of eighteen (18) years at that person's appearance before the chief of police of the borough or his or her duly authorized representative.

    C.

    Any person, not having attained the age of eighteen (18) years, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter relating to bicycles for the third time shall have a complaint made against him or her in the Ocean County juvenile and domestic relations court, such complaint charging such person with juvenile delinquency. In addition, complaint shall be issued against the parent or legal guardian of such child and upon conviction of a violation of the terms of this chapter such parent or legal guardian shall be fined in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).

    D.

    Any person, having attained the age of eighteen (18) years or over, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter relating to bicycles shall upon conviction of such violation be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or be imprisoned in the Ocean County jail for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) days or shall suffer both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 73-10 § 2 (part), 1973: prior code § 3-12.3)