A. It
is unlawful for any person to ride a skateboard, roller skate, in-line
skate or any other similar nonmotorized device on public property,
or on private property open to the public, where there has been posted
in conspicuous places a sign (or signs) not less than 17 inches by
22 inches, with lettering not less than one-inch high, that states
that skateboarding, or in-line skating, on the property is prohibited
pursuant to this section.
B. In those areas designated by subsection
A of this section and in those areas designated in Section
11.54.020 of this chapter, it is unlawful to ride a skateboard or to in-line skate on any sidewalk, street, mall, parking lot, parking garage, park or other public place.
(Ord. 1342 § 1, 1987; Ord. 1594 § 1, 1993; Ord. 1730 § 2, 1997)
The following areas are designated as prohibited areas for riding
skateboards, in-line skating, roller skates, or using similar, self-propelled
devices:
A. Publicly
owned tennis courts;
B. Publicly
owned walls, park and street furniture, steps, railings, public art
installations, and fountains;
C. Any
portion of construction projects, whether or not completed, located
on public property.
(Ord. 1342 § 1, 1987; Ord. 1730 § 2, 1997)
Skateboards, in-line skates and similar nonmotorized devices
propelled or ridden in the roadways are subject to
Vehicle Code Section
21967, and must:
A. Stop
at all stop signs and red signals;
B. Yield
to all vehicles at yield signs;
C. Yield
to pedestrians at marked and unmarked crosswalks;
D. Not
impede traffic or interfere with the flow of vehicular traffic;
E. Yield
to approaching vehicles when entering any roadway;
F. Not
be towed by a motor vehicle at any speed nor by a bicycle at any unsafe
speed;
G. Yield
bicycle lanes to bicycles and not use bicycle lanes in any way contrary
to the free and open use of those lanes by bicyclists;
H. Not
suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and travel into the
path of a vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate
hazard.
(Ord. 1342 § 1, 1987; Ord. 1730 § 2, 1997)
When skateboarding or in-line skating on sidewalks on which
skateboarding or in-line skating is permitted, persons riding skateboards,
in-line skating or propelling similar nonmotorized devices shall:
A. Yield
to all other pedestrians;
B. Proceed
with due care and at a safe speed when in the presence of pedestrians
or on any sidewalk where there is the possibility of a pedestrian
suddenly emerging into the sidewalk from a business or residence.
(Ord. 1342 § 1, 1987; Ord. 1730 § 2, 1997)
Violation of this chapter shall be punishable as an infraction as provided in Section
1.12.020 of this code.
(Ord. 1342 § 1, 1987)