(a) “Skateboard” means any vehicle or device capable of being operated or ridden by a person and consisting of a board, plank or platform mounted on wheels or rollers, whether propelled by gravity, muscle power or mechanical means, which is not equipped with a positive, mechanical means of steering such vehicle or device.
(b) Skateboards may be ridden on sidewalks in areas zoned residential so long as they do not infringe on the safety of pedestrian traffic.
(c) No person shall operate or ride or cause to be operated or ridden, a skateboard upon a sidewalk within a business district of the City. No person shall operate or ride or cause to be operated or ridden, a skateboard on any street or alley within the City.
(d) Whoever violates this section who is a minor may have the skateboard impounded and a parent or guardian notified. The skateboard shall be released if requested within thirty days by a parent or guardian to such parent or guardian. A first violation by an adult or a second violation by a juvenile, shall constitute a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 0-13-88. Passed 4-18-88.)