Ripon Municipal Code Ch. 10.53 Skating or Skateboarding

For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: A. "Chief of police" means the chief of police of the city. B. "Skate" means a metal frame fitted to the sole of a shoe to which is attached a runner or set of wheels for gliding over a surface other than ice. C. "Skateboard" means a board made of any material to which is attached a set of runners or wheels for gliding over a surface other than ice upon which a person stands in order to propel such board with either foot for gliding over a surface while standing on the board, (Ord. 390 §1 (part), 1987)

The riding or propelling of skates or skateboards is prohibited on all public sidewalks and streets in the following designated areas: A. In the downtown business district on Main Street between Acacia Avenue and Industrial Avenue and on both the north and south sides of all side streets intersecting Main Street, from Main Street to the closest alleys paralleling Main Street, including both sides of Acacia Avenue one hundred feet north and south of its intersection with Main Street; B. On South Stockton Avenue between Main Street and Second Street; C. On Second Street on the overpass between South Stockton Avenue and northbound U.S. 99 Freeway, including any connecting on-ramps and off-ramps to the overpass; D. On East Main Street between Frontage Road and Oak Street; E. On the pedestrian overcrossing, crossing over the U.S. 99 Freeway between Acacia Avenue on the south side of the freeway and Frontage Road on the north side of the freeway, including any- connecting on-ramps and off-ramps to the pedestrian overcrossing; F. On all streets adjacent to any public or private schools and the public side walks on both sides of these streets from one hour before to one hour after the regular school hours on all days that the schools are in session; G. In any public parking lot or privately owned off-street parking facility which is open to public use, provided that official signs are posted or erected prohibiting such acts. (Ord. 390 § 1 (part), 1987)

The chief of police with the prior approval of the city council is authorized to post or erect, or cause to be posted or erected, signs prohibiting skating or the use of skateboards or other similar devices on the sidewalks, streets and areas designated in Section 10.53.020, or on any public or private streets,

Skating or Skateboarding (10/87) 182 - 2 bridges, underpasses, sidewalks, sidewalk spaces, walking areas or any public property or private commercial centers in the city when the safety of the skaters or skateboarders, the protection of private property, or the prevention of traffic congestion or traffic interference warrants the prohibition of such activities. (Ord. 390 § 1 (part), 1987)

In any area or areas where official signs are posted or erected prohibiting such acts, it is unlawful for any person to skate or use or ride any skateboard or any other similar device upon or over any private or public street, bridge, underpass, sidewalk, sidewalk space or public property or any private parking or shopping center parking lot in the city. Such sign must be posted at each entrance to such area and spaced at intervals not less than every two hundred feet along the area (Ord. 390 § 1 (part), 1987)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for a first violation. In the event of a second violation within a year of the first violation, the fine shall be not more than two hundred dollars. For each additional violation within a year period, the fine shall be not more than five hundred dollars for each additional violation. (Ord, 390 § 1 (part), 1987)

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