Lodi Municipal Code Ch. 10.42 Skateboards

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

A. "Posted property" means any property specified in Sections 10.42.020 and 10.42.030 which is posted in the manner provided in Section 10.42.040.

B. "Signs" means a board, placard, card or similar device not less than twelve inches by eighteen inches in size with lettering not less than one inch in height, upon which appear the words "Skateboarding Prohibited" or which contains a picture of a skateboard over which appears the international symbol for prohibition, of a red circle and slash, along with reference to this chapter. Such sign may be painted directly upon a sidewalk, pavement or wall.

C. "Skateboard" means any device or conveyance with any number of wheels, with a riding surface of any design intended primarily for a person to stand upon with one or two feet, and which is designed to be or can be propelled by human power, and which is not classified as a bicycle or tricycle.

(Ord. 1670 § 2 (part), 1999)

No person shall use or ride any skateboard or other similar device, in, upon, or around any on-site roadways, sidewalks, parking facilities or pedestrian walkways located on any city-owned property which has been appropriately signed under this chapter, nor upon any other public or private property where appropriate signs, as prescribed herein, have been posted.

(Ord. 1670 § 2 (part), 1999)

It is unlawful for any person to use or ride skateboards on any posted property without the written permission of the owners, tenant or other occupant in legal possession or control thereof.

(Ord. 1670 § 2 (part), 1999)

Property may be posted against the use of or riding of skateboards on posted property in the following manner:

A. If the property does not contain any lineal dimension exceeding three hundred feet, by posting signs at each corner of the area and at intervals not exceeding one hundred feet and, if such property has a definite entrance or entrances, at each such entrance.

B. If the property has lineal dimensions exceeding three hundred feet, by posting signs at each corner of the area and at intervals not exceeding two hundred feet and, if such property has a definite entrance or entrances, at each such entrance.

C. Public sidewalks or walkways where skateboarding is prohibited shall be posted by the public works director with at least one sign per block, on each side where skateboarding is regulated, or every three hundred feet, whichever distance is less.

(Ord. 1670 § 2 (part), 1999)

A violation of this chapter of the municipal code shall be an infraction.

(Ord. 1670 § 2 (part), 1999)