For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the meanings ascribed below:
means any property held by private interests which is used
primarily for business, commercial, or recreational purposes.
means any property owned, controlled or maintained by the city of Lawndale (including any park as defined in Section 12.32.010 of this title) or any property owned or maintained by a public entity other than the city.
means any device, including, but not limited to, roller blades,
worn on the feet, having three or more wheels, or rollers, for use
on a sidewalk, street, or other surface providing traction.
means all wheeled objects, except bicycles (as elsewhere
defined in this code), including coasters, scooters, conveyances or
similar devices used for transportation or sport, and which is propelled
or moved by human, gravitational or mechanical power.
means all other wheeled objects used for transportation or
sport, regardless of the method of power, and not classified as bicycles
or skateboards or as vehicles in the California Vehicle Code; provided,
however, that baby strollers, baby buggies, wheelchairs and/or other
devices which aid in the mobility of the handicapped, elderly and/or
disabled, shall be excluded from this definition.
(Ord. 847-98 § 2; Ord. 892-01 § 2)
It is unlawful, and subject to punishment in accordance with Section 12.33.060 of this chapter, for any person to utilize or ride upon skateboards, roller skates or other wheeled toys, in, on, or about any public or private property when the same has been posted as a no skateboarding, rollerskating and/or wheeled toys area(s).
(Ord. 847-98 § 2; Ord. 892-01 § 3)
Prior to the enforcement of the prohibition on skateboarding,
the property owner of the area so designated shall cause to be posted
a sign which provides substantially as follows:
Skateboarding and/or roller skating and/or wheeled toys is/are prohibited by Chapter 12.33 of the Lawndale Municipal Code. Any violation is punishable by a fine of twenty-five dollars.
Such prohibition shall apply to the property so designated once
posted in plain view at all entrances to the property, and on a sign
which is not less than seventeen inches by twenty-one inches in size
with lettering not less than one inch in height.
(Ord. 847-98 § 2; Ord. 892-01 § 4)
The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit
persons from engaging in organized special events conducted and scheduled
by the property owner, nor to prohibit the property owner from conducting
such special events.
(Ord. 847-98 § 2)
No person shall operate a skateboard, roller skates or other
wheeled toys in a reckless fashion so as to be a danger to the health,
safety or welfare of such operator or other persons or property.
(Ord. 847-98 § 2; Ord. 892-01 § 5)
Any violation of this section is deemed an infraction, and punishable
by a fine of twenty-five dollars for a first violation, fifty dollars
for a second violation occurring within a twelve-month period following
the first violation, and one hundred dollars for a third or more violation(s)
occurring within twelve months following the first violation.
(Ord. 892-01 § 6)
