(A) As used in this Ordinance, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended.
BUSINESS DISTRICT OR PROPERTY. Any area having a business zoning classification or any property used for a commercial, business or industrial activity or purpose.
PLAY VEHICLE. Any coaster, scooter, roller skates, tricycle, toy wagon, sled, toboggan, unicycle or any other non-motorized device with wheels or rollers upon which a person may ride; however, this definition shall not apply to wheel chairs and strollers or other devices designed and used for the purpose of transporting children, infants, physically challenged, or incapacitated persons or to bicycles, or to trailers, wagons, carts or other devices intended and used for transporting merchandise or materials, so long as they are used for the purpose for which they are intended.
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT OR PROPERTY. Any area having a residential zoning classification or any property used for single family or multiple family dwellings or other residential use.
(B) No person shall operate or ride a skateboard, roller skates or play vehicle upon any business property or property situated within a business district except for such business property as may be operated as a skating rink or otherwise designated and specifically posted with signs permitting such activity.
(C) No person shall operate or ride a skateboard, roller skates or play vehicle upon any public sidewalk, except sidewalks (including the crosswalk area upon a roadway) situated within a residential zoning district or upon residential property.
(D) (1) No person shall operate or ride a skateboard, roller skates or play vehicle upon any public street (excluding a crosswalk within a residential area); except however, a person 13 years of age or older may operate a skateboard or roller skates upon a public street within a residential zoning district or upon residential property if there is no sidewalk adjacent to such street, provided however, street riding shall be done as far to the right of the road as possible and in the same direction as traffic.
(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person shall operate a skateboard or roller skates upon any street or other public property during the hours of dusk to dawn, nor at any time upon any street posted with a sign prohibiting the operation of skateboards, roller skates, or play vehicles.
(E) No person shall operate or ride a skateboard, roller skates or play vehicle upon any public parking lot, nor upon any other public property unless signs are posted specifically permitting such activity.
(F) No person shall operate or ride a skateboard, roller skates, or play vehicle upon private property except with the permission of the owner, lessee or person in control or possession of the property.
(G) No person operating a skateboard, roller skates or play vehicle shall attach himself or herself to any vehicle at any time or place.
(H) No person shall operate a skateboard, roller skates or play vehicle in such a manner so as to damage or injure any publicly or privately owned property, including but not limited to, any table, bench, structure, tennis court, parking stop, retaining wall or other improvement which may suffer damage by such use.
(I) Any person operating a skateboard, roller skates or other play vehicle must yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian or lawfully operated motor vehicle, unless otherwise specifically provided by law.
(J) The City Manager is authorized to erect signs upon any sidewalk, street or other public property prohibiting the operation of skateboards, roller skates or play vehicles. No person shall operate or ride a skateboard, roller skates or play vehicle in violation of any sign.
(K) No parent, guardian, legal custodian or other person having care or control of a minor shall authorize or knowingly permit the minor to violate this Ordinance; violation of this Ordinance by a minor after verbal or written notice or warning to the parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person in control of the minor shall constitute prima facie evidence that the parent, guardian, legal custodian or other person in control of the minor has authorized or knowingly permitted the minor to violate this ordinance.
(L) Any person violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $200.00 for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each occasion during which a violation occurs; multiple offenses may occur on the same day if a violation occurs or continues after an offense has been cited. Complaint for the offense of unlawful operation of a skateboard, roller skates or play vehicle may be made by a traffic citation complaint or by other written complaint.
(Prior Code, Art. 18, § 18.14A)