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AGENDA REPORT
ITEM 14o A*
TO:
Honorable
City Council
FROM:
Deborah S.
Traffenstedt,
ATCM /City Clerk J�
DATE: March 4, 2003 (Special CC Meeting of 3/5/03)
SUBJECT: Consider Ordinance Amending Title 10, Vehicles and
Traffic, by Adding New Chapter 10.20, Skateboard,
Motorized Skateboard, Motorized Scooter, Roller Skate
and In -Line Skate Regulations
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Staff has prepared the attached draft ordinance in response to a
request by Mayor Hunter. The ordinance, if approved, would add
a new chapter to Title 10 of the Municipal Code and would permit
prohibition of the use of skateboards, motorized skateboards,
motorized scooters, roller skates and in -line skates on both
public and private property where notice has been provided
through the use of stenciled signage on sidewalks or other paved
surfaces and the use of posted signs at all entrances to a
property. The minimum size specified for the notice sign in the
draft ordinance is based on the size required by the Vehicle
Code when a city or county finds and declares that there are
privately owned and maintained off - street parking facilities for
which the Vehicle Code will be enforced. The intent was to
provide signage consistency so as to ensure enforcement
consistency.
The attached ordinance has been drafted with similar language to
existing code sections for the cities of Camarillo and Thousand
Oaks. If the ordinance is introduced for first reading at the
March 5 Special Meeting, second reading could be scheduled for
the regular City Council meeting on March 19, 2003.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Introduce Ordinance No. for first reading and waive full
reading of the ordinance.
Attachment: Draft Ordinance
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, VEHICLES AND
TRAFFIC, BY ADDING NEW CHAPTER 10.20,
SKATEBOARD, MOTORIZED SKATEBOARD, MOTORIZED
SCOOTER, ROLLER SKATE AND IN -LINE SKATE
REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that regulations
are needed to allow prohibition of skateboarding, motorized
skateboarding, motorized scooter operation, roller skating and
in -line skating use on posted public and private property; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered first reading of an
ordinance amending Title 10, Vehicles and Traffic, by adding new
Chapter 10.20, Skateboard, Motorized Skateboard, Motorized
Scooter, Roller Skate and In -line Skate Regulations, at its
special meeting on March 5, 2003.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 10.20 is hereby added to Title 10,
Vehicles and Traffic, to read as follows:
"SKATEBOARD, MOTORIZED SKATEBOARD, MOTORIZED SCOOTER,
ROLLER SKATE AND IN -LINE SKATE REGULATIONS
Sections:
10.20.010
Definitions
10.20.020
Skateboarding, motorized
skateboarding,
motorized scooter use, roller skating and
in -line skating prohibited
where posted- -
Public property.
10.20.030
Skateboarding, motorized
skateboarding,
motorized scooter use, roller
skating and
in -line skating prohibited
where posted- -
Private property.
10.20.040
Violation — Penalty
10.20.010 Definitions.
Whenever any words or phrases used in this chapter are
not defined in this chapter, but are defined in the State
of California Vehicle Code, such definitions are
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incorporated in this chapter and shall be deemed to apply
to such words and phrases as used in this chapter as though
set forth herein in full.
10.20.020 Skateboarding, motorized skateboarding,
motorized scooter operation, roller skating and
in -line skating prohibited where posted -- Public
property.
A. No person shall ride, propel or in any manner operate
a skateboard, motorized skateboard, motorized scooter,
roller skate or in -line skates on, along, or over any
public street, on any bikeway, bicycle path or trail, or
hiking or recreational trail, sidewalk, right -of -way or
other public property of the city and its Redevelopment
Agency where the City Council has prohibited the same by
resolution.
B. The prohibition set forth in this section shall not
apply until notice has been provided in accordance with
this section.
1. Notices shall be provided in and about the area where
the activity is to be prohibited. Notices shall be placed
in locations and in sufficient numbers so that they are
reasonably likely to be seen by those engaging in the
prohibited activities. The notice may be stenciled
directly onto the sidewalk or other paved surfaces and
shall be provided on a sign that is displayed, in plain
view, at each entrance to the area where the activity is to
be prohibited.
2. Each notice stenciled directly onto the sidewalk or
other paved surfaces shall identify in uppercase letters at
least two (2) inches in height, which activities are
prohibited, and underneath shall provide in, print at least
one (1) inch in height, "Moorpark M.C. 10.20.020."
3. Each notice placed on a sign shall be not less than
seventeen (17) by twenty -two (22) inches in size, with
lettering not less than one (1) inch in height, and shall
identify which activities are prohibited and "Moorpark M.C.
10.20.020."
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Page 3
10.20.030 Skateboarding, motorized skateboarding,
motorized scooter operation, roller skating and
in -line skating where posted -- Private property.
A. No person shall ride, propel or in any manner operate
a skateboard, motorized skateboard, motorized scooter,
roller skates or in -line skates on, along or over any
privately owned property in the city where the owner,
manager, or other person in charge has prohibited the same.
B. The prohibition set forth in this section shall not
apply until notice has been provided in accordance with
this section.
1. Notices shall be provided in and about the area where
the activity is to be prohibited. Notices shall be placed
in locations and in sufficient numbers so that they are
reasonably likely to be seen by those engaging in the
prohibited activities. The notice may be stenciled
directly onto the sidewalk or other paved surfaces and
shall be provided on a sign that is displayed, in plain
view, at each entrance to the property where the activity
is to be prohibited.
2. Each notice stenciled directly onto the sidewalk or
other paved surfaces shall identify in uppercase letters at
least two (2) inches in height, which activities are
prohibited, and underneath shall provide in, print at least
one (1) inch in height, "Moorpark M.C. 10.20.030."
3. Each notice placed on a sign shall be not less than
seventeen (17) by twenty -two (22) inches in size, with
lettering not less than one (1) inch in height, and shall
identify which activities are prohibited and "Moorpark M.C.
10.20.030."
C. For the purposes of this section, "private property"
shall be deemed to include property owned by other public
agencies within the city of Moorpark.
10.20.040 Violation -- Penalty.
Violation of any provision of this chapter shall be
deemed a misdemeanor /infraction and shall be punishable in
accordance with Chapter 1.12 of this code."
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Ordinance No.
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SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase, part or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council declares
that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more section,
subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, parts or portions be
declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30)
days after its passage and adoption.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of
original ordinances of said City; shall make a minute of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of
the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and
shall, within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption
thereof, cause the same to be published once in the Moorpark Star
a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in Section 6008 of
the Government Code, for the City of Moorpark, and which is hereby
designated for that purpose.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of March, 2003.
Patrick Hunter, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk