HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1652B N.C.S. 06/16/19867 .
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JUL 18 1986
Introduced by
LARRY TENCER
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Seconded by
BRIAN SOBEL
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 11, CHAPTER 11.76
OF THE PETALUMA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING
TO THE USE OF SKATEBOARDS IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Petaluma as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 11.76 entitled "Skateboards" is hereby amended
in its entirety to read as follows
"CHAPTER 11.76
SKATEBOARDS
11.76.010 Restrictions on Use of Skateboards
11.76.020 Prohibition on Use of Skateboards
11.76.030 Penalty for Violations
11.76.010 Restrictions on Use of Skateboards.
It is unlawful for any person to skate, or use, or ride any
skateboard or other similar device on or over any public streets, bridge,
underpass, sidewalk, sidewalk space, park, public pedestrian walkway or
publicly owned parking facility within the city limits, in violation of the
following restrictions:
A. Such use shall not occur after sunset of one day and before
sunrise of the following day, unless the user is wearing reflective material.
B. Persons riding skateboards on streets shall ride as near to
the right side of the street as practicable.
C. No 'person riding a skateboard shall attach the same or
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himself or herself to any other vehicle .
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D . Persons riding skateboards shall yield the right-of-way to all
motor vehicles and pedestrians.
E. No person shall ride a skateboard when approaching or upon
the crest of a grade or a curve in a street, where the view of such person
is obstructed within such distance as to create a hazard from an
approaching motor vehicle.
F. Except as hereinabove provided, any person riding a
skateboard shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to a rider of a
bicycle, as provided by California Vehicle Code Section, 21200.
11.76.020 Prohibitions on the Use of Skateboards
It is unlawful for any person to skate, or use, or ride any
skateboard or similar device upon or over any public street, bridge,
underpass, sidewalk, sidewalk space, park, public pedestrian walkway, or
publicly owned parking facility in the central business district, or in those
shopping centers within the city limits as defined and listed herein. The
term "central business district" shall mean that area within the following
described boundaries:
The intersection of Washington Street and Water
Street, south on Water Street to Western Avenue
(north side of Petaluma Mill) ; west on Western
Avenue to Petaluma Boulevard; south on Petaluma
Boulevard to "D" Street; west on "D" Street to
Fourth Street; north on Fourth Street to the center
of "B" Street; west along the centerline of "B"
Street to the center of Keller Street; north along the
centerline of Keller Street to the center of
Washington Street; east along the centerline of
Washington Street to Water Street.
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Those "shopping centers" included herein shall have the
meaning given to "shopping centers" as described in Section
1-203 of Petaluma Zoning Ordinance No. 1072 N.C.S. , which is
"Shopping Center." Any combination of five (5) or more
separately owned and operated retail businesses on a single or
commonly owned or leased parcel of land, or a commercial use
or commercial complex occupying a site of at least two (2 )
acres."
Those shopping centers are listed as follows
Great Mill Payless
Golden Eagle Hagstroms
Petaluma Plaza Petaluma Plaza North
Washington Square Town and Country
11.76.030 Penalty for Violation
Any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be
punishable as provided in Section 1.04..060 of the Petaluma Municipal Code."
SECTION 2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to post/publish this
ordinance for the period and in the manner required by the City Charter.
INTRODUCED and ordered posted/published this 2nd day
of June 1986.
ADOPTED this 16th day of June 1986 by the following
vote:
AYES: Sobel, Cavanagh, Davis, Woolsey, Tencer,
Vice Mayor Balshaw, Mayor Mattei
NOES: None
ABSENT: None ~
ATTEST:
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Patricia E. Bernard, City Clerk
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Fred V. Mattei, Mayor
Approved as to
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City Attor 'e ,' Joseph A. Forest
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