HomeMy WebLinkAbout98-15 Regulation of the Riding of Skateboards in Public ParksORDINANCE NO. 98-15
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 12-
21 TO CHAPTER II OF TITLE 12 OF THE COSTA MESA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF
THE RIDING OF SKATEBOARDS IN PUBLIC PARKS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 12-21 is hereby added to the Costa Mesa Municipal
Code to read as follows:
"Sec. 12-21. Skateboard Park.
The following regulations shall apply to the riding of skateboards at any
facility or park owned or operated by the City of Costa Mesa which has been
designated a public skateboard park.
a. _ No person shall ride a skateboard at any facility owned or
operated by the City of Costa Mesa that is designed and maintained
for the purpose of recreational skateboard use and that is not
supervised on a regular basis, unless the person riding the skateboard
is wearing a helmet, elbow pads and knee pads.
b. There shall be posted at all facilities owned and operated by the
City of Costa Mesa which are designed and maintained for the purpose
of recreational skateboard use and which are not supervised on a
regular basis, signs which provide reasonable notice that any person
riding a skateboard in that facility must wear a helmet, elbow pads and
knee pads. Any person failing to do so will be subject to citation
pursuant to Costa Mesa Municipal Code section 1-33.
Section 2. Severability.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter
is held to be invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of
any other provisions of this chapter. The City Council of. the City of Costa Mesa
declares that the provisions of this chapter are severable and it would have passed
this chapter and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more of the same be declared invalid.
Section 3. Publication.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30)
days from and after its passage and, before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after
its passage, shall be published once in the NEWPORT BEACH -COSTA MESA PILOT,
a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa,
or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this
Ordinance and a certified copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the
office of the City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance,
and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be
published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of the City Clerk
a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names of the members of the
City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this r5 day of
ATTEST:
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Deputy City Jerk
of the City Costa Mesa
1998
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Ordinance No. 98-15 was introduced and considered section by section at a regular
meeting of the City Council held on the 18th day of May, 1998, and thereafter passed
and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day
of June, 1998, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Buffa, Monahan, Erickson, Cowan, Somers
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 2nd day of June, 1998.
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Deputy City CI rk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
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