For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed below:
"Private property"
means real property owned or operated by a person or persons and which is used primarily for business, industrial, commercial or recreational purposes.
"Public property"
means any property owned or maintained by the city or any other government agency or entity.
"Roller-skate"
means any footwear, or device which may be attached to the foot or footwear, to which wheels are attached and which may be used to aid the wearer in moving about or traveling along a surface with human inertia.
"Skateboard"
means a short, narrow board or other rigid material to which wheels are attached and on which a person may stand or kneel and be propelled along primarily by human inertia.
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It is unlawful for any person to utilize or ride upon roller-skates, a skateboard or similar device on, in or about property when the area has been designated as a "no skateboarding or roller-skating area" by the city manager in accordance with Section 10.32.040 or 10.32.050.
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Any devices designed, intended and used solely for the transportation of infants, the handicapped or incapacitated persons, or devices designed, intended and used for the transportation of merchandise to and from the place of purchase and other wheeled devices, when being used for either of these purposes, shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter. Furthermore, the city manager may, by department order, suspend the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter to accommodate special events when so requested by the event organizer.
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The city manager may, by department order, designate any private property which is primarily used for business, industrial, commercial or recreational purposes, as a no skateboarding or roller-skating, etc., area. The city manager may so designate this private property subject to the following:
A. 
If the property is owner/occupied property, the property owner shall submit a written application requesting a designation of a no skateboarding or roller-skating area.
B. 
If the property is occupied by tenants of the owner, then the tenants shall submit a written petition or application signed by a majority of tenants on the property supporting a designation of a no skateboarding or roller-skating area and the application shall also contain the written consent of the property owner.
C. 
The city manager shall cause notice of the consideration of this application to be mailed to all tenants in the subject private property as well as to the owner at least ten days prior to making a determination. The notice shall invite written comments.
The city manager may approve or deny the request for designation of the no skateboarding or roller-skating, etc., area based upon the merits of the request and such other criteria as are deemed relevant.
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A. 
Any person may appeal to the city council any order or decision of the city manager made pursuant to Section 10.32.050 in the manner provided herein.
B. 
Appeals shall be made in writing and filed with the city clerk within 20 days after the date of the department order and shall include a statement specifically setting forth the portion(s) of the decision with which the appellant disagrees and the reason or basis in each case for such disagreement. The written appeal statement shall be accompanied by a fee which will be set by resolution of the city council. Upon receipt of notice of the appeal and fee, the city clerk shall set a time within 30 days after the receipt of the notice for a hearing on such appeal. Notice of such hearing shall be given as follows:
A notice of an appeal from a determination under Section 10.32.050 shall be published once in a news-paper of general circulation in the city and written notice shall also be mailed to the property owner and all tenants of the affected property.
C. 
At the hearing the city council shall consider the information and testimony presented and shall at the conclusion of the hearing affirm, reverse or modify the decision of the city manager.
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Prior to the enforcement of the prohibition on skateboarding or roller-skating, etc., the area so designated shall be posted with signs which provide substantially as follows:
Skateboarding or roller-skating etc., is prohibited by Los Alamitos City Code Section 10.32.020. Any violation is punishable by a fine of $25.00 for a first offense.
Such prohibition shall apply to the property or area so designated once posted in plain view at all entrances to the property or area, and on signs which are not less than 17 by 21 inches in size with lettering not less than one inch in height.
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The city council may, by resolution, establish fees for the receipt and processing of applications and petitions for no skateboarding or roller-skating, etc. areas. In addition, the city council may, by resolution, establish fees sufficient to cover the costs of developing, printing and posting the areas designated pursuant to this chapter.
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The city manager is authorized to delegate in writing the responsibility for decisions under Section 10.32.050 to any city department head. If such delegation is made, any appeal from a decision of a department head shall be made directly to the city council in accordance with Section 10.32.060.
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Any violation of this chapter is deemed an infraction, punishable by a fine of $25. A second violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of $50, and a third and subsequent violation shall be deemed a misdemeanor punishable and in accordance with Section 17.54.130 (B).
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