Rolling Hills Municipal Code Ch. 10.42 Skateboards and Roller Skates

As used in this chapter:

"Public facility" means any building, park, plaza, courtyard, parking lot, walkway, path, loading dock or other facility that is owned or maintained by the City of Rolling Hills, any public agency or public school district, or any public utility.

"Roller skate" means any shoe, boot or other footwear to which one or more wheels are attached.

"Skateboard" means any platform of any composition or size to which two or more wheels are attached and which is intended to be ridden or propelled by one or more persons standing or kneeling upon it and to which there is not affixed any seat or any device or mechanism to turn and control the wheels.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

Any person riding upon or propelling a skateboard or roller skates shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

It is unlawful for any person riding upon or propelling a skateboard or roller skates to fail to obey any traffic control signal or device or pedestrian traffic control signal.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

It is unlawful for any person to ride or propel a skateboard or roller skates on any ramp designed or built to afford access to buildings or structures by disabled persons.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

It is be unlawful to ride or propel a skateboard or roller skates in or on any public facility in the City.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).

This chapter shall not apply to any device designated, intended and used solely for: (1) the transportation of infants, or disabled or incapacitated persons; or (2) the transportation of goods or merchandise to and from the place of purchase or storage. Furthermore, the City Council may, by resolution, suspend the enforcement provisions of this chapter to accommodate special events when so requested by the event organizer.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).