City of Philadelphia - File #: 120725-A

• File #: 120725-A
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 9/20/2012
• In control: Committee on Public Safety
• Final action: 10/25/2012
• Title: Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by providing for prohibitions relating to all-terrain vehicles, and for penalties and enforcement, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
• Indexes: TRAFFIC CODE
• Code sections: Title 12 - TRAFFIC CODE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/13/2012	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/25/2012	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	15:2
10/18/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
10/18/2012	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.
10/18/2012	1	CITY COUNCIL	AMENDED
10/4/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
10/4/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
10/4/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
10/3/2012	0	Committee on Public Safety	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/3/2012	0	Committee on Public Safety	HEARING HELD
10/3/2012	0	Committee on Public Safety	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
9/20/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

Title
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by providing for prohibitions relating to all-terrain vehicles, and for penalties and enforcement, all under certain terms and conditions.

Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:

TITLE 12. TRAFFIC CODE

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CHAPTER 12-1100. MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES

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§ 12-1133. All-Terrain Vehicles.

(1) "All-Terrain Vehicle" shall have the same meaning as used in Section 7702 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa. C.S. § 7702.

(2) No person shall operate, park, stop, stand, place or maintain any all-terrain vehicle on any public sidewalk or any public property, including without limitation any park or recreation facility, except where expressly authorized by law; provided that the owner or a person with lawful permission of the owner may temporarily place an all-terrain vehicle on the sidewalk abutting his or her house or abutting any premises where the vehicle is lawfully stored, for purposes of lawfully transporting the vehicle to a location outside the City. Nothing in this Section prohibits the lawful transport of an all-terrain vehicle on a licensed trailer or other safe carrier, or the manual transport of a vehicle onto or off of such carrier, so long as the motor or engine of the all-terrain vehicle remains off at all times.

(3) The penalty for a violation of this Section, or for violation of any regulation of the Department of Parks and Recreation relating to operating, parking, stopping, standing, placing or maintaining any all-terrain vehicle, shall be forfeiture of the vehicle; provided that, if the value of the vehicle, in its current condition, is in excess of two thousand dollars ($2,000), or if the defendant does not own the vehicle and the owner did not know and could not reasonably have known that the vehicle would be used in viol...