As used in this chapter:
"Place of public assembly"
includes all publicly-owned property where persons congregate from time-to-time including, but not limited to, schools, parks, parking lots and civic facilities.
"Rollerskates"
includes any device, including but not limited to rollerblades, worn on the feet having three or more wheels, or rollers, for use on a sidewalk, street or other surface offering traction.
"Skateboards"
includes all wheeled objects, except bicycles, including coasters, scooters, conveyances or similar devices, used for transportation or sport, which are propelled by human power or mechanical power and which are not classified elsewhere in this chapter.
"Sidewalk"
means that area adjacent to a traveled roadway, whether hard surfaced or not, upon which the public is customarily invited or permitted to walk or otherwise use.
"Wheeled toys"
includes all other wheeled objects used for the transportation of a person, regardless of motive power, and not classified as bicycles nor as vehicles in the Vehicle Code of the state. Exclusions from this definition shall include baby strollers, baby buggies, wheelchairs and/or other devices which aid in the mobility of the handicapped, elderly and/or disabled.
(Ord. 196 §1(part), 1991)
A. 
Use of skateboards and/or other wheeled toys shall be prohibited on Angeles Crest Highway, and on all public sidewalks of Angeles Crest Highway, between Foothill Boulevard and the 210 Freeway, but use of rollerskates shall not be so prohibited.
B. 
Use of skateboards, rollerskates and/or other wheeled toys shall be prohibited on all public rights-of-way, streets, sidewalks and places of public assembly located in the city of La Cañada Flintridge not specified in this chapter, where such use is declared by resolution of the city council to be hazardous to pedestrians, motorists or other persons.
(Ord. 196 § 1, 1991)
Provisions of this chapter shall apply to any privately owned property in the city of La Cañada Flintridge once signs prohibiting the use of skateboards, rollerskates and/or other wheeled toys have been properly posted and the city manager has been notified in writing of such posting. Signage must adhere to requirements as set forth in Section 4.62.040(B) of this chapter. Costs for signage and posting shall be borne by the private property owner.
(Ord. 196 § 1, 1991)
A. 
The city manager is authorized to post or erect, or cause to be posted or erected, signs prohibiting the use of skateboards, rollerskates and/or other wheeled toys on public sidewalks, authorized private properties and/or other areas designated by this chapter and/or resolution of the city council.
B. 
The prohibition against using or operating skateboards, rollerskates and/or other wheeled toys shall be deemed properly posted when the prohibition is displayed, in plain view at all entrances to the property, on a sign not less than eighteen by 24 inches in size, with lettering not less than one inch in height.
(Ord. 196 § 1, 1991)
No person shall operate a skateboard, rollerskates and/or other wheeled toy in a reckless fashion so as to be a danger to the health, safety or welfare of him or herself or others.
(Ord. 196 § 1, 1991)
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine as follows:
A. 
Twenty-five dollars for a first violation;
B. 
Fifty dollars for a second violation occurring within a 12 month period following the first violation;
C. 
One hundred dollars for a third or more violations occurring within a 12 month period following the first violation.
(Ord. 196 § 1, 1991)