Arcadia Municipal Code Part 4 Permitted Skating and Skateboarding in Designated Areas

For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings as set forth herein:

"Designated skating and skateboarding area" shall mean that certain portion of Bonita Park generally located at Second Avenue and Huntington Drive in the City on which skating and skateboarding facilities have been constructed and which is designated by this Code for the use of roller skates, in-line skates and/or skateboards.

"Roller skate" or "in-line skate" or "skate" means any shoe, boot or other footwear to which one or more wheels are attached and includes roller blades. "Roller skating" or "in-line skating" or "skating", or their derivatives, when used as a verb, shall include operating, driving, riding, propelling or otherwise using roller skates or, respectively, in-line skates.

"Skateboard" shall be defined as any platform of any composition or size to which two or more wheels are attached and which is intended to be ridden or propelled by one or more persons standing or kneeling upon it and to which there is not affixed any seat or any other devise or mechanism to turn and control the wheels. "Skateboarding" or its derivatives when used as a verb shall include operating, driving, riding, propelling, or otherwise using a skateboard.

The City Council hereby designates the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area for the use of roller skates, in-line skates and/or skateboards. The Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area shall be posted with signs setting forth the regulations contained in section 3342.

The following regulations shall apply within the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area:

a. No person shall skate or skateboard at times other than those established as the hours of operation. The hours of operation shall be 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m., unless the City Manager determines, for good cause and upon finding that there will be minimal inconvenience to persons and minimal interference with the quiet enjoyment of nearby property, that the hours of operation shall be increased on a particular day or a period of days on a limited basis.

b. No person shall use the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area for uses other than for skateboarding and skating.

c. No person shall use the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area unless they wear proper safety equipment including a helmet, elbow pads, and kneepads.

d. No person shall ride or cause to be ridden bicycles or scooters on the skating surface of the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area.

e. No person shall use alcohol or drugs, or smoke any legal or illegal substance in the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area.

f. No person shall skate or skateboard on the curbs or driveways of City-owned areas surrounding the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area.

g. No person shall cause graffiti or tagging in or on the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area.

h. No person shall skate or skateboard in the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area in a reckless manner or with willful disregard for the safety of persons or property, or cause such skates or skateboards to be ridden or used in such manner.

i. No person shall allow or cause any animal of any kind to be brought into the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area.

j. All persons using the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area must place trash in receptacles provided by the City.

k. No person shall have in his or her possession any glass container in the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area.

l. No person shall place jumps, ramps or other obstacles in the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area.

Failure to comply with any provision of this part shall result in immediate removal of the violator from the Designated Skating and Skateboarding Area. A violation of any section of this part is deemed to be an infraction and is punishable as such according to the provisions of this code and state law.

(Part 4 added by Ord. 2179 adopted 5-20-03)