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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Passed, approved and adopted this 20th day of Mav
,2003.
ATTEST:
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CiiClerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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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
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G:i-tY Clerk of th
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