No person upon roller-skates, or riding in, on, or by means of any coaster, skateboard, or toy vehicle or similar device shall go upon a publicly owned lot, or posted private parking lot, or the roadway of any arterial street or transit coach route, except while crossing such street at a crosswalk; nor shall any person engage in any sport, amusement exercise or play in the roadway of any street; nor shall any person use or operate a coaster, skateboard, toy vehicle or similar device in the area designated as the Neighborhood Center, Highway Commercial and Commercial area, as defined in Pacific Municipal Code, except upon private property with permission of the property owner or person in control of said property; or, in designated areas for skate park use. These prohibitions shall not apply to handicapped persons using wheeled equipment in order to be ambulatory.
(Ord. 1536 § 1, 2003)
It is unlawful for every parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of any minor child under 18 years of age to knowingly permit such minor to violate this chapter.
(Ord. 1536 § 1, 2003)
Every person using a skateboard, roller-skates, coaster, toy vehicle, or similar device shall use the same in a careful and prudent manner and at a rate of speed no greater than is reasonable and proper under the conditions existing at the point of operation, taking into account the amount and character of pedestrian traffic, grade and width of sidewalk or public path, and condition of surface, and shall obey all traffic-control devices. Every person using a skateboard, roller-skates, coaster, toy vehicle, or similar device upon a sidewalk or public path shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian thereon.
(Ord. 1536 § 1, 2003)
A violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a class 3 civil infraction.
(Ord. 1536 § 1, 2003; Ord. 2008 § 3 (Exh. B), 2019)