El Monte Municipal Code Ch. 10.32 Skateboards and Similar Devices

No person upon rollerskates or riding in or by means of a coaster, toy vehicle or similar device shall go upon any street.

(Prior code § 3232)

"Skateboard" means any board or object that is mounted on roller skate type wheels and which lacks a hand-held steering mechanism and which is intended to be ridden by standing or sitting thereon.

(Prior code § 3420)

No person shall propel or ride a skateboard upon or cross any public sidewalk within a business district of the city.

(Prior code § 3421)

A. No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall ride upon a skateboard or wear as an item of footwear or recreational safety equipment and/or ride upon rollerskates or rollerblades or any other similar item of equipment, upon or across any public sidewalk or street unless that person is also wearing a properly fitted and fastened safety helmet upon his/her head.

B. The words "rollerskates" and "rollerblades" as used in this section mean and include any and all boot, shoe or metal frames having wheels or roller bearings mounted under the shoe-like apparatus that is worn by the user and provides a means of mobility to the user. The configuration of the wheels on the shoe-like apparatus may vary so that the design of the wheels would not remove the shoe-like apparatus from the definition. The word "skateboard" as used in this section has the same meaning as found in Section 10.32.020 and includes any contrivance on which rollerskate or rollerblade wheels are attached and on which a person may stand, kneel or lay while riding with or without the rider being attached to the skateboard by means of a shoe-like apparatus.

C. The words "safety helmet" as used in this section means and includes all head gear which has been designed and tested for protection to satisfy the standards set by either the American National Standards Institute ANSI Z 90.4 (bicycle helmet standard), the Snell Memorial Foundation label standard for protective headgear for use in bicycling or the American Society standard for testing materials (ASTM F-1447 standard). The manufacturers' certification label of the applicable safety standards must be conspicuously attached to the safety helmet.

D. Any person under the age of eighteen (18) years who violates the provisions of subsection A of this section shall be guilty of committing an infraction and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The parent or legal guardian of the unemancipated minor whose conduct violates subsection A of this section shall be jointly and severally liable with the minor for the amount of the fine imposed pursuant to this subsection D of this section.

E. The provisions of subsection D of this section shall take effect on July 1, 1997.

(Prior code § 3422)