CHAPTER 38.
SKATEBOARD FACILITIES
* Editor’s Note: The provisions of this chapter were adopted as Chapter 37 of Title 5 by Ords. 15-005 and 15-007 and were editorially renumbered to avoid duplication of numbering.
Sections:
5-38.1 Purpose and Intent.
It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to comply with the provisions of California Health and Safety Code Section 115800.
(Sec. 3 (part), Ord. 15-005, eff. Aug. 20, 2015; Sec. 2 (part), Ord. 15-007, eff. Oct. 1, 2015)
5-38.2 Skateboard Facilities.
(a) In any skateboard park or facility owned or operated by the City, any person riding a skateboard or similar device shall wear a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads. In any skateboard park or facility owned or operated by the City, use of features designed for skateboards shall be limited only to skateboards and other similar devices as authorized by the Community Services Director. All other uses of features by nonauthorized devices, including but not limited to bicycles and scooters, are expressly prohibited.
(b) The Public Works Director shall cause a sign or signs to be posted at all such skateboard parks or facilities providing reasonable notice of subsection (a) of this section and stating that any person failing to comply with subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of an infraction and subject to citation, as provided by the Emeryville Municipal Code, and/or confiscation of the skateboard, similar device or any prohibited device, including but not limited to a bicycle, for a period of not less than thirty (30) days and not more than one hundred eighty (180) days.
(c) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter and who is injured while using the skateboard park or facility shall be deemed negligent.
(d) The Community Services Director shall prepare and post rules for the use of City-owned or operated skateboard parks or facilities consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(Sec. 3 (part), Ord. 15-005, eff. Aug. 20, 2015; Sec. 2 (part), Ord. 15-007, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Sec. 2, Ord. 16-003, eff. Mar. 3, 2016)