A. 
It is unlawful for any person within or upon posted public property to operate, drive, park, ride or leave standing any skateboard, push-scooter or motor-driven scooter, where notice of such prohibition has been properly posted and is visible at a minimum of one entrance to the prohibited area, or in the immediate area where such activity is prohibited. This section shall not apply to persons participating in any City-approved and/or sponsored program, event or class in which use of the human-powered or motor-driven wheeled devices described herein are utilized, permitted or required.
B. 
It is unlawful for any person, within or upon posted private property in commercial and industrial zones open to the public, to operate, drive, park, ride or leave standing any skateboard, push-scooter or motor-driven scooter, where such prohibition has been properly posted and is visible at a minimum at one entrance to the prohibited area, or in the immediate area where such activity is prohibited. This section shall not apply to persons participating in any City-approved and/or sponsored program, event or class in which use of the human-powered or motor-driven wheeled devices described herein are utilized, permitted or required.
C. 
It is unlawful for any person, at any time, operating or riding any skateboard, push-scooter or motor-driven scooter to engage in grinding on any monument, sign, building, roof railing, fence, gate, table, bench, planter, curb, bleachers, stairway, rail, handrail, fountain or any other angled object or structure on public property or on private property, without the expressed permission of the property owner. This section shall not apply to persons participating in any City-approved and/or sponsored program, event or class in which use of the human-powered or motor-driven wheeled devices described herein are utilized, permitted or required. Subsections A through C of this section shall not apply to persons using human-powered or motor-driven wheeled devices as their basic form of transportation.
(Ord. 1522, Exh. A, 2002; amended during 2008 republication; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have meanings as set forth below:
"Grinding"
is a recognized slang skate term and means an alternative skate sport, which refers to the act of sliding on any monument, sign, building, roof railing, fence, gate, table, bench, planter, curb, bleachers, stairway, rail, handrail, fountain or any other angled object or structure with defined edges by a person utilizing or riding upon any non rolling portion of the skateboard.
"Private property"
means any real property held by private interests which is used primarily for business, commercial, industrial, residential or recreational purposes.
"Public property"
means any real property owned, leased or maintained by a government, special district, public benefit corporation or other public entity, including the City.
"Sidewalk"
means that portion of a highway or roadway set apart by curbs, barriers, markings or other delineation for pedestrian travel and shall include any driveway, curbing, retaining wall or other works for the protection of any sidewalk, as well as any paved or improved pathway for pedestrian travel, whether or not abutting highway.
"Skateboard"
means any board or flat object, including push-scooters and motor-driven scooters, composed of any material, which has wheels attached to it by any means whatsoever, with or without an upright steering handle attached to the front wheel, and is intended to be propelled by pushing, pulling, the natural forces of gravity, or mechanical energy, which is further intended to be ridden by standing or sitting thereon.
(Ord. 1522, Exh. A, 2002; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
Norwalk Sheriffs' Deputies and Norwalk Public Safety Officers are authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter, respond to complaints of violations, act on observations of violations, and to issue citations to persons found in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 1522, Exh. A, 2002; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction and subject to the penalties stated in Section 1.16.010(C). Any skateboard used in the violation of any provision of this chapter shall be seized by the enforcing Sheriffs Deputy or Public Safety Officer and held pending a determination by the prosecuting attorney that such skateboard is no longer needed for evidentiary purposes. At such time as the prosecuting attorney determines that such skateboard is no longer needed for evidentiary purposes, the Sheriffs Department shall notify the owner or person from whom such skateboard was seized that such skateboard may be reclaimed. If such owner or person is a juvenile, then notice shall be to the parent or legal guardian of said juvenile.
(Ord. 1522, Exh. A, 2002; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
A. 
To prohibit skateboarding activity, signs shall be posted prohibiting the use of skateboards on the property. Such signs shall be posted in plain view at a minimum of one entrance to the prohibited area, or in the immediate area where such activity is prohibited. This procedure shall apply to both public and private property. The City Engineer is authorized to post or cause to be posted signs prohibiting skateboarding in the areas noted in this chapter or on other public property. On private property, the property owner is responsible for obtaining the signs in compliance with this chapter.
B. 
The signs shall not be less than 18 inches by 24 inches in size, with lettering of not less than one inch in height which prohibits the operation of skateboards. The sign shall state that violators may be subject to citation per Section 9.28.040 of this chapter.
(Ord. 1522, Exh. A, 2002; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)