(A) The following rules and regulations shall apply to the riding of skateboards at any facility or park owned or operated by the county that has been designated a skate park.
(B) Within the skate park, it shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Ride, operate, or use a skateboard unless that person is wearing a helmet designed for skateboarding with a chin strap, elbow pads designed for skateboarding with plastic elbow caps, and knee pads designed for skateboarding with plastic knee caps, which equipment shall be in good repair at all times during use;
(2) Ride, operate, or utilize a skateboard unless such equipment is in good repair at all times during use;
(3) Be on or use an individual apparatus within the skate park while another person is using it;
(4) Place or utilize additional obstacles or other materials, including, but not limited to, ramps or jumps within the skate park;
(5) Use the skate park amenities when the surfaces of the amenities are wet or other conditions exist which would adversely affect the safety of skateboarders;
(6) Use, operate, or possess any source of amplified music including, but not limited to, stereos, boom boxes, and amplifiers;
(7) Enter the skate park unless actively skateboarding in accordance with these regulations;
(8) Use, consume, or have within his or her custody or control, food or beverages, within the skate park;
(9) Use, consume, or have within his or her custody or control, alcohol, tobacco products, or illegal drugs within the skate park;
(10) Enter upon the skate park grounds while under the influence of alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs;
(11) Use or possess glass containers, bottles, or other breakable glass products within the skate park;
(12) Use or engage in profanity, reckless and boisterous behavior (including, but not limited to, tandem riding, pushing, horseplay, and bullying), or any activity which could endanger the safety of persons using the skate park or spectators;
(13) Engage in graffiti, tagging, or other defacing of the county property or the property of others;
(14) Ride, operate, or utilize any device other than a skateboard (prohibited devices include, but are not limited to, bicycles, roller skates, in-line skates, motor vehicles, motorized skateboards, and motorized skates) in or on skate park apparatus;
(15) No person shall enter or remain in or upon the skate park premises:
(a) While closed, as determined by the Parks and Recreation Department; or
(b) Between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and 8:30 a.m.
(16) Use or have within his or her custody or control, board wax, within the skate park; and
(17) No person shall enter in or upon the skate park premises with any animal.
(Ord. passed 1-5-2009) Penalty, see § 92.99