Lawndale Municipal Code Ch. 12.33 Skateboarding, Roller Skating, or Use of Other Wheeled Toys Prohibited…

For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed below:

"Private property"

means any property held by private interests which is used primarily for business, commercial, or recreational purposes.

"Public property"

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.

"Roller skates"

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.

"Skateboard"

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.

"Wheeled toys"

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)