ZELIENOPLE — Skateboarding on many of the borough’s streets now is allowed.

Borough council Monday approved an ordinance permitting the use of skateboards on the less busy streets.

The ordinance replaces the 2003 ordinance that prohibited skateboarding on all streets.

The use of skateboards, in-line skates, scooters or “other like instruments” now will be permitted on streets and sidewalks.

But the ordinance maintains the ban on many of the busiest roads. This includes Routes 19, 288, 588 and 68, several side streets within one block of Route 19 and select other streets including High Street and Clay Street.

Skateboarding still is permitted on private property if the skateboarder has consent of the property owner.

Council heard from Tom Grant of East New Castle Street who opposed the ordinance, saying he has concerns with young people skateboarding and causing problems near his house.

Grant said he is in favor of building a skate park in Zelienople Community Park instead. That would give skateboarders somewhere safe and nondisruptive to go.

“My suggestion would be take the money you have and build these young people something they can use in the park,” he said.

Though the ordinance goes into effect immediately, council Vice President Drew Matthew said Police Chief Jim Miller and his officers would give warnings and spread the word about the new rules.

Miller said the ordinance has been posted to the borough’s website for about a month, and parents also should be responsible to make sure their children obey the law.

Also at the meeting, council members postponed a vote on an ordinance that would make two streets one-way only after hearing concerns from residents.

It would make Marion Drive one-way only to the north. This would force all traffic exiting the Rosewood development to use Zelie Drive, thus avoiding the potentially dangerous intersection of Route 288 and Marion Drive.

Several residents who would be affected by the change spoke at the meeting to request the borough take a different action.

Marion Drive resident Pam Kiulan said the sight distance at the intersection of Marion and Route 288 could be fixed by removing tall grass and brush.

She cited state Department of Transportation regulations that say that the agency has the right to remove, with or without the permission of the property owner, any plants in the road’s right of way that obstruct visibility.

Further exploring that action could eliminate the need for an ordinance, which would create an inconvenience for some residents, Kiulan said.

“I would have to go half a mile out of my way every time I want to leave my house,” she said.

Council member Ralph Geis said the intersection still is potentially dangerous because westbound traffic on Route 288 comes over a hill just before Marion Drive.

At the suggestion of Matthew, council decided to table the vote and to contact PennDOT officials to have them look into removing tall grass and brush that would improve visibility at the intersection.

The ordinance would also make Spruce Street one-way west only between West Beaver Street and Linden Street.

Borough Manager Don Pepe said the residents on that street had voiced no issues with the proposed change.