(a) 
It is unlawful and subject to punishment in accordance with Section 10.17.060 of this chapter, for any person utilizing or riding upon any skateboard, roller skates, bicycle, roller blades, or any similar device to ride or move about in or on any public or private property when the same property has been designated and posted as a no skateboard, roller-skating, roller blading, bicycling, or similar activity area, provided, however, nothing in this chapter shall be construed or deemed to negate or abrogate any right granted to bicycle riders by the California Vehicle Code.
(b) 
No person shall use a skateboard, roller blades, roller skates, bicycle or similar device outside of a designated no skateboarding, roller-skating, bicycling or similar activity area in a manner which creates a nuisance as defined in Section 10.17.020 of this chapter.
(c) 
No person shall place a ramp or foreign matter including but not limited to wax, grease or other lubricant, friction reducing agent or other physical aid which enhances or enables skateboarding, bicycling or roller-skating performance, on any sidewalk, step, hand rail, bench, wall or other improvement on public property or on other than their own property without consent of the owner.
(Ord. 1641 § 2, 1995)
(a) 
Definition of Skate Facility. An area designated by ordinance which is designed to be used exclusively for skating, rollerblading and skateboarding and which requires that specific safety equipment is to be used and properly worn for protection of the users. The skate facility will be posted with rules governing hours of use, the personal conduct by users or other persons in and around the facility and warnings of the consequences for failure to abide by the rules.
The skate facility located in the Finkbiner Park is hereby designated as a "skate facility." The skate facility shall be posted with signs stating that all persons using such areas are required to wear a helmet, elbow pads, and kneepads, pursuant to the California Health and Safety Code Section 115800 and failure to do so is a violation of this section and is punishable pursuant to Section 10.17.060 of this chapter.
(b) 
Skate Facility Rules.
(1) 
The hours of operation shall be daylight, unless amend by council resolution and properly posted.
(2) 
While using a skate facility, an individual shall comply with the posted rules governing the hours of use of the facility and safety requirements.
(3) 
No person shall use a skate facility for uses other than for skateboarding and rollerskating.
(4) 
No person shall use a designated skate facility unless they wear proper safety equipment as designed to be worn for roller sports use, including a helmet, elbow pads, and kneepads. Wrist guards are highly recommended. All wheels for the skating equipment shall be of a composite type. Metal wheels or any other equipment, which could damage the skating surface, are prohibited.
(5) 
No person shall ride or cause a bicycle to be on the skating surface.
(6) 
No person shall use alcohol, drugs, or tobacco products in a designated skate facility.
(7) 
All persons using a skate facility must place trash in trash receptacles provided by the city.
(8) 
Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter, or who uses profanity, threatens other persons, or who acts in disregard for the safety of others using a skate facility, may be ordered to leave the skate facility and/or park by any authorized city employee. Failure to leave the skate facility or park after being ordered to do so, or returning to the skate facility or to the adjoining park the same day is a violation of this section.
(9) 
No person shall cause graffiti or tagging of a skate facility.
(10) 
No person shall skate on curbs, sidewalks, bleachers or parking or any other area of the city property surrounding a skate facility.
(11) 
The posted rules shall state that any person failing to abide the required safety regulations and/or code of conduct as listed in the posted rules shall be guilty of an infraction.
(Ord. 1698 § 4, 1999)
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.
"Business district"
is defined as designated in Section 235 of the California State Vehicle Code.
"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)
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)