HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 11d - Prohibit Bicycles and Wheeled Toys on Recreation Courts
DATE: June 17, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Sara Somogyi, Recreation and Community Services Director
By: Ashley Marston, Management Analyst
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE NO. 2407 AMENDING ARTICLE III, CHAPTER 3, PART 2,
SECTION 3320 (PUBLIC SAFETY) OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE
TO PROHIBIT BICYCLES AND WHEELED TOYS ON ALL RECREATION
COURTS
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: Introduce
SUMMARY
The Arcadia Municipal Code prohibits the use of bicycles and wheeled toys upon public
tennis courts. Ordinance No. 2407 extends the prohibition of bicycles and wheeled toys
from public tennis courts to all public recreation courts.
It is recommended that the City Council determine that this action is not a project under
the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”); and introduce Ordinance No. 2407 to
prohibit bicycles and wheeled toys on all recreation courts by amending Article III, Chapter
3, Part 2, Section 3320 of the Arcadia Municipal Code.
BACKGROUND
On February 3, 1976, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1572, amending Section
3320 of the Arcadia Municipal Code to prohibit the operation of any bicycle or wheeled
toy upon any sidewalk in a business district, adjacent to any place of public assembly, or
upon any public tennis court. In the ensuing years, the type of courts offered by the City
have expanded—most commonly, pickleball courts—resulting in a need for a broader
regulation that encompasses these new offerings.
DISCUSSION
Since 1976, the City has built several new types of recreation courts, including basketball
courts, handball courts, and pickleball courts. Given this expansion of park amenities, the
Arcadia Municipal Code should also expand to protect these new types of courts. Further,
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it is recommended that ordinance verbiage should read “recreation courts”, rather than
list specific court types to allow for the creation of future park amenities.
By amending the Arcadia Municipal Code to prohibit the use of bicycles and wheeled toys
on all public recreation courts, the City will be able to better preserve the courts’ original
intent and purpose, for public use and safety.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
The proposed action does not constitute a project under the California Environmental
Quality Act (“CEQA”), as it can be seen with certainty that it will have no impact on the
environment.
FISCAL IMPACT
The recommended action has no impact on the General Fund.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council determine that this action does not constitute a
project under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”); and introduce
Ordinance No. 2407 amending Article III, Chapter 3, Part 2, Section 3320 (Public Safety)
of the Arcadia Municipal Code to prohibit bicycles and wheeled toys on all recreation
courts.
Attachment: Ordinance No. 2407
ORDINANCE NO. 2407
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLE III, CHAPTER 3, PART 2, SECTION
3320 (PUBLIC SAFETY) OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE TO
PROHIBIT BICYCLES AND WHEELED TOYS ON ALL RECREATION
COURTS
WHEREAS, the Arcadia Municipal Code prohibits the operation of bicycles and
wheeled toys upon public tennis courts; and
WHEREAS, the City has since constructed several other recreation courts,
including basketball courts, handball courts, and pickleball courts; and
WHEREAS, all public recreation courts should have their original intent and
purpose preserved for public use and safety.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article III, Chapter 3, Part 2, Section 3320 of the Arcadia Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
“3320. BUSINESS SIDEWALK AND RECREATION COURT OPERATION. No
person shall use or operate any bicycle or wheeled toy upon any sidewalk in a business
district, adjacent to place of public assembly or upon any public recreation court.”
SECTION 2. The City Council determines that this Ordinance is not subject to the
California Environmental Quality Act (”CEQA”) pursuant to Sections 15060 (c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060 (c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulation, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it
has no potential for a resulting physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.