Truckee Municipal Code Ch. 10.19 Skateboard Prohibitions

(a) It is unlawful for any person or persons to ride or propel skateboards on any public parking facility or private parking facility open to the public if the facility is posted with a sign stating that skateboarding is prohibited. For the purpose of this section, public parking facility or private parking facility open to the public include sidewalks adjacent to or within such parking facility.

(b) It is unlawful for any person or persons to willfully ride, propel or operate a skateboard on any sidewalk or private property open to public access in such a manner as to endanger the property, safety or well-being of any person.

The Director of Public Works is authorized and directed to erect and maintain, or cause to be erected and maintained, appropriate signs on Town property giving notice where deemed necessary.

(a) Notwithstanding any other Town ordinance to the contrary, the provisions of this ordinance shall only apply to public parking facilities, private property generally open to the public or to business premises if said property or premises is posted with signs expressly forbidding skateboarding. Such posting shall be located at all clearly defined entryways and shall not be required on any property not generally open to the public. Appropriate wording on such signs would be:

"NO SKATEBOARDING. VIOLATORS MAY BE CITED. TOWN OF TRUCKEE ORDINANCE NO. __________ "

A violation of any regulation set forth in this Chapter shall be punishable by a fine as provided in Section 1.02.040(b).

(ORD 94-11 08-18-94)