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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2179 ORDINANCE NO.2] 79 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING ARTICLE III, CHAPTER 3 OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIP AL CODE BY ADDING PART 4 PERMITTING SKATING AND SKATEBOARDING IN A PORTION OF BONITA PARK THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Article III, Chapter 3 of the Arcadia Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Part 4, to read as follows: "PART 4. PERMITTED SKAT]NG AND SKATEBOARDING IN DESIGNATED AREAS 3340. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings as set forth herein: 3340.1. "Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area" shall mean that certain portion of Bonita Park generally located at Second Avenue and Huntington Drive in the City on which skating and skateboarding facilities have been constructed and which is designated by this Code for the use of roller skates, in-line skates and/or skateboards. 3340.2. "Roller Skate" or "In-line Skate" or "Skate" means any shoe, boot or other footwear to which one or more wheels are attached and includes roller blades. "Roller Skating" or "In-line Skating" or "Skating", or their derivatives, when used as a 2179 verb, shall include operating, driving, riding, propelling or otherwise using roller skates or, respectively, in-line skates. 3340.3. "Skateboard" shall be defined as any platform of any composition or size to which two or more wheels are attached and which is intended to be ridden or propelled by one or more persons standing or kneeling upon it and to which there is not affixed any seat or any other devise or mechanism to turn and control the wheels. "Skateboarding" or its derivatives when used as a verb shall include operating, driving, riding, propelling, or otherwise using a skateboard. 334]. EST ABLISHING DESIGNATED SKATING AND SKATEBOARDING AREA. The City Council hereby designates the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area for the use ofroller skates, in-line skates and/or skateboards. The Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area shall be posted with signs setting forth the regulations contained in section 3342. 3342. REGULATIONS. The following regulations shall apply within the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area: a. No person shall skate or skateboard at times other than those established as the hours of operation. The hours of operation shall be 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.l11., unless the City Manager determines, for good cause and upon finding that there will be minirnal inconvenience to persons and minirna] interference with the quiet enjoyment of nearby property, that the hours of operation shall be increased on a particular day or 2 2179 a period of days on a Iirnited basis. b. No person shall use the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area for uses other than for skateboarding and skating. c. No person shall use the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area unless they wear proper safety equipment including a helmet, elbow pads, and kneepads. d. No person shall ride or cause to be ridden bicycles or scooters on the skating surf~\ce of the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area. e. No pcrson shall use alcoho] or drugs, or smoke any legal or illegal substance in the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area. f. No person shall skate or skateboard on the curbs or driveways of City- owned areas surrounding the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area. g. No person shall cause graffiti or tagging in or on the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area. h. No person shall skate or skateboard in the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area in a reckless manner or with willful disregard for (hc safety of persons or property, or cause such skates or skateboards to bc ridden or used in such manncr. I. No person shall allow or cause any animal of any kind to be brought into the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area. 3 2179 J. All persons using the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area must place trash in receptacles provided by the City. k. No person shall have in his or her possession any glass container in the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area. I. No person shall place jumps, ramps or other obstacles in the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area. 3343. PENALTIES. Failure to comply with any provision of this part shall result in immediate removal of the violator from the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area. A violation of any section of this part is deemed to be an infraction and is punishable as such according to the provisions of this code and state I " a\v. SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause a copy of the same to be published in the official newspaper of said City within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. The Ordinance shall take effect on the thirty-first (31 st) day after its enactment. [SIGNATURES ON NEXT PAGE] 4 2179 Passed, approved and adopted this 20th day of Mav ,2003. ATTEST: Q~ ,j 7~ CiiClerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: c~ (l r%U 5 2179 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) SS: CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, JUNE D. ALFORD, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2179 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 20th day of May, 2003 and that said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote, to wit: A YES: Councilmembers Kovacic, Marshall, Segal Wuo and Chang NOES: None ABSENT: None }y G:i-tY Clerk of th 6 2179