Grass Valley Municipal Code Ch. 10.64 Skateboards and Similar Devices

The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the use of wheeled devices, including, but not limited to, bicycles, scooters, rollerblades, roller skates, skateboards, and other similar wheeled devices not necessary for mobility, in parking lots, near commercial and multifamily residential buildings, and on and along pedestrian walks and public rights-of-way in designated areas of the city identified by posted signs.

(Ord. 486 § 4 (part), 1992; prior code § 13-16; Ord. No. 830, § 1, 10-22-2024)

"Pedestrian walk" means those areas of the city, usually a public sidewalk, but may include an alley, roadway, parking lot, or any way or place used for pedestrian foot traffic or for wheelchairs.

"Skateboard" means a mechanism having two or more sets of wheels, often resembling wheels on roller skates, which are fastened to a platform, commonly constructed to accommodate a standing person. Skateboards are normally propelled by the operator pushing off the ground with one foot or by the force of gravity, but may be operated by an engine, motor or similar device.

(Ord. 486 § 4 (part), 1992; prior code § 13-16.2; Ord. No. 830, § 2, 10-22-2024)

A. No person shall use or operate a skateboard within any parking lot of or within twenty feet of the entrance to any commercial building or multifamily residential building which has been posted by the property owner or manager with a sign(s) as described below.

1. Signs shall be posted along each exterior entrance to the parking lot and along each exterior entrance of the commercial building or multifamily residential building, in plain view of pedestrians and motor vehicle operators entering the parking lot or building at such entrances. Additional signs may be posted at the property owner's or manager's discretion. These signs shall be maintained by the property owner or manager.

2. Each such sign shall state: "SKATEBOARDING PROHIBITED" and underneath "City of Grass Valley Municipal Code Section 10.64.030." The signs shall be not less than one square foot in area and with letters not less than two inches in height.

3. A property owner or manager shall give written notice of such posting to the city chief of police not less than twenty-four hours before posting such signs.

4. A property owner or manager may withdraw from the provisions of this chapter by notifying the city chief of police, in writing, of such withdrawal, and removing the signs.

B. The director of public works shall post or erect or cause to be posted or erected signs prohibiting the use, operation, or riding of wheeled devices, such as bicycles, scooters, rollerblades, roller skates, skateboards, or other similar wheeled devices not necessary for mobility in places designated by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 486 § 4 (part), 1992; prior code § 13-16.3; Ord. No. 830, § 3, 10-22-2024)

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, a violation of this chapter shall constitute an infraction and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars for a first offense, twenty-five dollars for a second offense, and one hundred dollars for each offense thereafter.

(Ord. 486 § 4 (part), 1992; prior code § 13-16.4)