Lomita Municipal Code Ch. 15 Rollerskating, Skateboarding, or Bicycling Prohibited in Certain…

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

Business district shall be defined as designated in Section 235 of the California Vehicle Code.

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

Public property shall mean any property owned or maintained by the City of Lomita.

Rollerskate shall mean any footwear or device which may be attached to the foot or footwear, to which wheels are attached and which wheels may be used to aid the wearer in movement or propulsion.

Skateboard shall mean a board of any material, to which wheels are attached and which if propelled or moved by human, gravitational or mechanical power, and there is not affixed thereto any device or mechanism to control the wheels.

(Ord. No. 619, § 1, 4-3-00)

It shall be unlawful and subject to punishment in accordance with section 3-15.14 of this chapter, for any person utilizing or riding upon rollerskates, bicycles, skateboards or similar devices to ride or move about in or on any public or private property when the same has been designated by resolution of the city council and posted as a no rollerskating, skateboarding, or bicycling area.

(Ord. No. 619, § 1, 4-3-00)

The city council may, upon review and recommendation by the city engineer, designate any public roadway, sidewalk, or other public property as a no rollerskating, skateboarding, or bicycling area. The city council shall designate such area by resolution and order the posting of appropriate signage in accordance with section 3-15.10 of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 619, § 1, 4-3-00)

The city council may, by resolution, designate any private property within a business district, or which is primarily used for commercial or recreational purposes, as a no rollerskating, skateboarding, or bicycling area. The city council may so designate this private property subject to the following:

(1) If the property is owner-occupied property, the property owner shall submit a written petition of application requesting a designation of a no rollerskating, skateboarding, or bicycling area.

(2) If the property is occupied by tenants of the owner, then the tenants shall submit a written petition of application by a majority of the tenants on the property supporting a designation of a no rollerskating, skateboarding, or bicycling area and the application shall also contain the written consent of the property owner.

(3) The city clerk shall cause notice of city council consideration of this application to be mailed to all tenants in the subject private property as well as to the owner at least five (5) days prior to city council consideration.

The city council may approve or deny the request for designation of the no rollerskating, skateboarding, or bicycling area.

(Ord. No. 619, § 1, 4-3-00)

Prior to the enforcement of the prohibition on rollerskating, skateboarding or bicycling, the area so designated shall be posted with signs which provide substantially as follows:

Rollerskating, skateboarding or bicycling is prohibited by Lomita Municipal Code Section 3-15.04. Any violation is punishable by a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the first offense.

Such prohibition shall apply to the property or area so designated once posted in plain view at all entrances to the property or area, and on signs which are not less than seventeen by twenty-one (17 × 21) inches in size with lettering not less than one (1) inch in height.

(Ord. No. 619, § 1, 4-3-00)

The city council may, by resolution, establish fees for the receipt and processing of applications and petitions for no rollerskating, skateboarding, or bicycling areas. In addition, the city council may, by resolution, establish fees sufficient to cover the costs of developing, printing and posting the areas designated pursuant to this chapter.

(Ord. No. 619, § 1, 4-3-00)

Any violation of this chapter is deemed an infraction, punishable by a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). A second violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00), and third and subsequent violation shall be deemed a misdemeanor punishable in accordance with section 1-2.01, et seq. of this Code.

(Ord. No. 619, § 1, 4-3-00)

Any devices designed, intended and used solely for the transportation of infants, the handicapped or incapacitated persons, or devices designed, intended and used for the transportation of merchandise to and from the place of purchase, and other wheeled devices when being used for either of these purposes, shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. Furthermore, the city council may, by resolution, suspend the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter to accommodate special events when so requested by the event organizer.

(Ord. No. 619, § 1, 4-3-00)