Sec. 12.4. - Restricted use of skateboards or similar devices.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person, upon roller skates or riding on, or by means of, a scooter, coaster, skateboard, toy vehicle, or similar device to go upon:

(1)

Any roadway; or

(2)

The Municipal Pier or the Municipal Pier ramps; or

(3)

Any sidewalk fronting upon any commercial establishment within the city proper; or

(4)

Any sidewalk within the Harbor District; or

(5)

The area described in subsection (d) below; or

(6)

Any public parking lot located within the city proper or within the Harbor District.

(7)

The Oceanside Civic Center complex defined as that public property in the City of Oceanside bounded to the north by Civic Center Drive (Fourth Street), to the south by Pier View Way (Third Street), to the east by Nevada Street, and to the west by Coast Highway (Hill Street).

(b)

No person shall ride any of the above-described types of devices on any sidewalk in such a manner as to interfere with or prevent the lawful use thereof by pedestrians.

(c)

The prohibition contained in subsection (a) above shall not apply to:

(1)

A motorized wheelchair while it is being utilized for transportation by a physically disabled person;

(2)

A bicycle being ridden upon a roadway; or

(3)

Roller skating on The Strand, except for the sidewalks, from the south side of the Oceanside Pier Amphitheater north to Breakwater Way (Ninth Street) and upon the concrete bandshell floor area immediately south of the Municipal Pier and immediately east of The Strand. Roller skating is expressly prohibited on the bandshell stage. The city engineer may designate, by signs or pavement markings, certain areas for roller skating use or where roller skating is prohibited; when the roadway is so signed or marked, skating shall be permitted or prohibited as designated.

(d)

The area referred to in subsection (a)(5) above is described as that area of the City of Oceanside contained within the following boundaries:

Bounded on the east by the west side of Pacific Street, excluding the sidewalk;

Bounded on the south by Wisconsin Street, including the sidewalks on the north and south sides;

Bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean; and

Bounded on the north by Breakwater Way (Ninth Street), excluding the sidewalks.

(e)

The above provisions may be waived for a special event (as defined in O.C.C. 30A.1(d)) by the special events committee upon written application to the special events committee in accordance with the application procedures set forth in Chapter 30A for a special event permit. Such written request shall be included on the application for a special event permit at the time such application is submitted.

(f)

As used in this section the term roller skates includes roller skates and in-line skates (roller blades).

(Ord. No. 21-OR0309-1, § 1(Exh. A), 5-5-2021)