For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the meanings ascribed:
"Bicycle"
is defined in California
Vehicle Code Section 231 as a device
upon which any person may ride, propelled exclusively by human power
through a belt, chain, or gears, and having one or more wheels.
"Nuisance"
means any activity which is injurious to health, or is indecent
or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property,
so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property,
or unlawfully obstructs the free passage or use, in the customary
manner, of any public park, square, street, or highway.
"Private property"
means any property held by private interests which is used
primarily for business, commercial, office space, business park, religious,
multifamily, or recreational purposes. This shall also include the
parking facilities for these "private property" areas.
"Public property"
means any property owned or maintained by the city of Glendora,
any public agency or public school district, and any public utility
within the geographical boundaries of the city of Glendora.
"Roller skates" or "roller blades"
means any footwear, or device which may be attached to the
foot or footwear, to which wheels are attached, including wheels that
are "in line" and where such wheels may be used to aid the wearer
in moving or propulsion.
"Skate facility"
as used in this chapter, the term "skate facility" means
a facility owned and operated by the city of Glendora that is identified
by a sign as a Glendora skate facility.
"Skateboard"
means a board of any material, which has wheels attached
to it and which, if propelled or moved by human, gravitational, or
mechanical power, and to which there is not fixed any device or mechanism
to turn or control the wheels.
(Ord. 1641 § 2, 1995; Ord. 1698 § 6, 1999)
Owners of private property may designate their property as a no skateboarding, roller-skating or bicycling area by posting same in conformance with Section
10.17.050 of this chapter.
(Ord. 1641 § 2, 1995)
Public agencies may designate any public roadway, sidewalk, parking lot, or other public property as a no skateboarding, roller-skating, bicycling or similar activity area by the posting of appropriate signage in accordance with Section
10.17.050 of this chapter.
(Ord. 1641 § 2, 1995)
Prior to the enforcement of the prohibition on skateboarding, roller-skating, bicycling or similar activity, as listed in Section
10.17.010 (a) the area so designated shall be posted with signs which provide substantially as follows:
"Skateboarding, roller-skating, bicycling or similar activity
is prohibited by Glendora Municipal Code Section 10.17. Any violation
is punishable by a fine of $25 for the first offense. Glendora Police
Department 914-8250."
The sign may contain only those items which the agency or property
owner wishes to prohibit. For example, if there is no desire to limit
bicycling, the posting would not contain the word "bicycling."
Such prohibition shall apply to the property or area so designated
once the property or area has been posted with signs in plain view
at all entrances to the property or area. Signs so posted at the entrances
to the property or area, shall comply with the California Vehicle
Code Section 22658a(1). These signs will be a minimum of seventeen
inches by twenty-two inches with lettering not less than one inch
in height. Public sidewalks or other surfaced areas may be painted
with this warning in lieu of the foregoing signage requirement. It
shall be the responsibility of the property owner or tenant(s) to
post and maintain all signs prohibiting skateboarding, roller-skating
or bicycling.
(Ord. 1641 § 2, 1995)
A violation of any section or subsection in this chapter is
deemed to be an infraction and is punishable as such according to
the provisions of this code and state law.
(Ord. 1641 § 2, 1995; Ord. 1698 § 5, 1999)
Any device designated, intended, and used solely for the transportation
of infants, the handicapped, or incapacitated persons, 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 exempted from this chapter. Police
officers who are performing duties in their official capacity are
exempt from provisions of this chapter. Furthermore, the city council
may, by resolution, suspend the enforcement provisions of this chapter
to accommodate special events when so requested by the event organizer.
(Ord. 1641 § 2, 1995)