Ordinance - 1776ORDINANCE NO. 1776
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA
AMENDING SECTION 16-18(e) AND SECTION 22-77 AND ADDING
SECTIONS 22-80 THROUGH 22-82 TO THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL
• CODE RELATING TO THE RIDING AND PARKING OF SKATEBOARDS,
ROLLER SKATES, COASTERS, AND SCOOTERS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article III of Chapter 22 of the West Covina
Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding the following definitions to
Section 22-77:
Bicycle - A "Bicycle" shall be that defined by Vehicle
Code Section 231.
Business District - A "Business District" shall be that
defined by Vehicle Code Sections 235 and 240.
Sidewalk - A "Sidewalk" shall be that defined by Vehicle
Code Section 555.
Place of Public Assembly - "Place of Public Assembly" V
includes all buildings or areas where persons congregate
from time to time, including but not limited to, the West
Covina .Civic Center, any community or senior citizens center,
and any school, church, temple, or assembly hall.
SECTION 2. Article III of Chapter 22 of the West Covina
Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Sections 22-80 through 22-82
to read as follows:
SECTION 22-80. Skateboard, Rollerskates, Coaster, and Scooter
Restrictions.
(a) No person may ride upon, propel, or park a skateboard,
roller skates, coaster, or scooter on any street or road
within the City or on any sidewalk in any business district.
(b) Where the prohibition has been posted pursuant to Section
22-82, no person shall, at any time, ride upon, propel, or
park a skateboard, roller skates, coaster, or scooter upon any
sidewalk in front of any place of public assembly.
(c) Where the prohibition has been posted pursuant to Section
22-82, no person may ride upon, propel, or park a skateboard,
roller skates, coaster, or scooter in or on a parking lot or
structure designed or used for the parking of motorized
vehicles.
(d) No person shall ride upon, propel, park, or leave any
skateboard, roller skates, coaster, or scooter upon any
street or road.
(e) Where the prohibition has been posted pursuant to Section
22-82, no person shall ride upon, propel, or park a
skateboard, roller skates, coaster, or scooter upon any
• private sidewalk in a commercial or business complex,
including a shopping center.
SECTION 22-81. Parking Restrictions. Any skateboard,
roller skates, coaster, or scooter illegally parked may
be impounded by the police department and returned to the
owner under such reasonable conditions as may be established
by the Chief of Police.
SECTION 22-82. Posting Requirements. The prohibition
of riding upon, propelling, or parking skateboards, roller
skates, coasters, and scooters has been properly posted if
the prohibition is displayed, in plain view at all entrances
to the property, on a sign not less than 17 by 21 inches in
size, with lettering not less than one inch in height.
SECTION 22-83. Exemptions From Regulations.
(a) Devices designed, intended, and used solely for the
transportation of infants, invalids, or incapacitated persons,
or devices designed, intended, and used for the transportation
of merchandise to or from the place of purchase, and other
wheeled devices, when being used for either of these purposes,
shall be exempt from the regulations imposed by this Article.
(b) The person in charge of a place of public assembly may
permit the use of skateboards, roller skates, coasters, or
scooters during hours when the place of public assembly is
not open or in use, and the waiver has been posted pursuant
to Section 22-82.
(c) The provisions of this Article shall not apply where the
riding upon, propelling, or parking of skateboards, roller
skates, coasters, or scooters is otherwise expressly permitted
by State, Federal, or local law.
SECTION 3. Section 16-18(e) of the West Covina Municipal
Code is amended to read as follows:
"(e) Ride upon, propel, or park a skateboard, roller skates,
coaster, or scooter where the Traffic Authority has posted
signs in the manner set forth in Section 22-82 to prohibit
such activity."
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify the passage of this
Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in the manner
required by law.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
14thday of March , 1988.
I, HELENE MOONEY, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1776 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 22nd day of February , 1988. That
thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 14th day of March 1988,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
Tennant, Bacon, Manenrs, Chappell
None
(Shearer)
CERTIFICATION
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of West Covina, State
of California, do hereby certify that a true and accurate copy of
• Ordinance No. 1776 was published, pursuant to law, in the San
Gabriel Valley Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation published
and circulated in the City of West Covina.
V
Janet Berry, City Clerk
City of West Covina, Ca ornia
DATED:•f"