HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2020 0205 REG CCSA ITEM 11ACITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA
City Council Meeting
of February 5, 2020
ACTION Adopted Ordinance No. 480. BY
B.Garza.
A. Consider Ordinance No. 480 Repealing and Replacing in its Entirety Section
12.16.190 of Chapter 12.16 (Parks and Open Space) of Title 12 (Streets,
Sidewalks And Public Places) of the Moorpark Municipal Code, and Making a
Determination Under CEQA. Staff Recommendation: Waive full reading, declare
Ordinance No. 480 read for the second time, and adopted as read. (ROLL CALL
VOTE REQUIRED)
Item: 11.A.
ORDINANCE NO. 480
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA, REPEALING AND REPLACING IN ITS
ENTIRETY SECTION 12.16.190 OF CHAPTER 12.16 (PARKS
AND OPEN SPACE) OF TITLE 12 (STREETS, SIDEWALKS
AND PUBLIC PLACES) OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL
CODE, AND MAKING A DETERMINATION UNDER CEQA
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that Section 12.16.190 (Skate
facility) of Chapter 12.16 (Parks and Open Space) of Title 12 (Streets, Sidewalks and
Public Places) of the Moorpark Municipal Code should be revised; and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Director has reviewed the contents of
this Ordinance and determined that adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from the
provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) by the general rule that
CEQA only applies to projects that may have a significant effect on the environment.
This Ordinance merely authorizes the City to rent its skate park for limited private and
public use and makes other minor changes to the manner in which the skate park is
operated. The Ordinance does not otherwise change the use or authorize any new
development or redevelopment of skate parks.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council has reviewed the Community Development
Director’s determination that this Ordinance is exempt from CEQA and concurs that the
Ordinance does not have the possibility of having a significant effect on the environment
and is therefore exempt from CEQA.
SECTION 2. Section 12.16.190 of Chapter 12.16 of Title 12 of the Moorpark
Municipal Code is hereby replaced in its entirety to read as follows:
“12.16.190 Skate facility.
The following provisions for skate facility use are in addition to the other
requirements of this chapter. Section 12.16.020, Hours of operation, Section
12.16.040, Animal control, and Section 12.16.160, Requirement and
enforcement of park rental permits, are modified by the following skate facility
use requirements.
A. Only individuals riding skateboards, roller skates, and in-line skates
are authorized to use the city’s skate facility. No bicycles, scooters, or
motorized vehicles are permitted to be operated in the skate facility.
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B. All users of the city’s skate facility must wear protective gear including
helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads at all times while using said facility.
Appropriate signage shall be displayed at the skate facility informing users of
the requirement to wear such protective gear and that a user failing to do so
will be subject to citation pursuant to Section 12.16.230.
C. Skate facility age restrictions for users may be established by city
council resolution.
D. Skate facility hours of operation and provisions for closure for city-
sponsored events, permitted rentals, or for potentially hazardous conditions
shall be established by city council resolution, and hours of operation for a
skate facility may vary from the hours of operation established by Section
12.16.020. The City Council may also establish, by resolution, a fee for the
use and/or rental of the skate facility.
E. No person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of any
dog, livestock, or other animal shall cause, permit, or allow the same to be
brought into, allow to be loose within, or run at large upon the skate facility.
Even with a chain or leash, such animals are prohibited within the skate
facility.
F. Ramps, jumps, or other obstacles, equipment, or structures may not
be brought into the skate facility, except in conjunction with a city-sponsored
event or if such equipment is approved on a rental permit.
G. All food and beverages are prohibited in a skate facility except water
in a plastic bottle or container, except in conjunction with a city sponsored
event or if food or beverages are approved on a rental permit.”
SECTION 3. 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 4. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its
passage and adoption.
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SECTION 5. 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 publish notice of adoption in
the manner required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of February, 2020.
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Janice S. Parvin, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Ky Spangler, City Clerk
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