Pleasanton Municipal Code Ch. 11.54 Skateboards

A. It is unlawful for any person to ride a skateboard, roller skate, in-line skate or any other similar nonmotorized device on public property, or on private property open to the public, where there has been posted in conspicuous places a sign (or signs) not less than 17 inches by 22 inches, with lettering not less than one-inch high, that states that skateboarding, or in-line skating, on the property is prohibited pursuant to this section.

B. In those areas designated by subsection A of this section and in those areas designated in Section 11.54.020 of this chapter, it is unlawful to ride a skateboard or to in-line skate on any sidewalk, street, mall, parking lot, parking garage, park or other public place.

(Ord. 1342 § 1, 1987; Ord. 1594 § 1, 1993; Ord. 1730 § 2, 1997)

The following areas are designated as prohibited areas for riding skateboards, in-line skating, roller skates, or using similar, self-propelled devices:

A. Publicly owned tennis courts;

B. Publicly owned walls, park and street furniture, steps, railings, public art installations, and fountains;

C. Any portion of construction projects, whether or not completed, located on public property.

(Ord. 1342 § 1, 1987; Ord. 1730 § 2, 1997)

Skateboards, in-line skates and similar nonmotorized devices propelled or ridden in the roadways are subject to Vehicle Code Section 21967, and must:

A. Stop at all stop signs and red signals;

B. Yield to all vehicles at yield signs;

C. Yield to pedestrians at marked and unmarked crosswalks;

D. Not impede traffic or interfere with the flow of vehicular traffic;

E. Yield to approaching vehicles when entering any roadway;

F. Not be towed by a motor vehicle at any speed nor by a bicycle at any unsafe speed;

G. Yield bicycle lanes to bicycles and not use bicycle lanes in any way contrary to the free and open use of those lanes by bicyclists;

H. Not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and travel into the path of a vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.

(Ord. 1342 § 1, 1987; Ord. 1730 § 2, 1997)

When skateboarding or in-line skating on sidewalks on which skateboarding or in-line skating is permitted, persons riding skateboards, in-line skating or propelling similar nonmotorized devices shall:

A. Yield to all other pedestrians;

B. Proceed with due care and at a safe speed when in the presence of pedestrians or on any sidewalk where there is the possibility of a pedestrian suddenly emerging into the sidewalk from a business or residence.

(Ord. 1342 § 1, 1987; Ord. 1730 § 2, 1997)

Violation of this chapter shall be punishable as an infraction as provided in Section 1.12.020 of this code.

(Ord. 1342 § 1, 1987)