Chapter 13.12
USE OF SKATEBOARDS AND WHEELED RECREATIONAL DEVICES AT CITY-OWNED PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
Sections:
13.12.010 Safety requirements.
13.12.015 Prohibited activities.
13.12.020 Penalty – Infraction.
13.12.005 DEFINITIONS.
a. City Park and Recreational Facility. The terms “city park” and “city recreational facility” as used in this chapter shall mean all human-made public parks or public recreational facilities located in the city of Santa Cruz, which are owned or operated by the city, and are specifically designed to accommodate and allow skateboards or other wheeled recreational devices used for stunt, trick, or obstacle course riding, such as city skate parks, bike parks and pump tracks.
b. Skateboard. The term “skateboard” shall refer to any short narrow board with two small wheels fixed to the bottom of either end on which a person may ride in a standing or other position.
c. Wheeled Recreational Device. The term “wheeled recreational device” shall refer to any nonmotorized bicycles, scooters, in-line skates, roller skates, or wheelchairs being used for recreational purposes, as the term is defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 115800(d) or any successor statute thereto.
(Ord. 2024-07 § 1, 2024).
13.12.010 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
a. No person shall ride or operate a skateboard, bicycle, scooter, in-line skates, roller skates, wheelchair used for recreational purposes, or other wheeled recreational device, or permit a minor for whom they are responsible to ride or operate such, at a city park or city recreational facility designed to accommodate specific hazardous recreational activities defined under Government Code Section 831.7 or any successor statute thereto, unless the person or minor, while riding or operating such a device, is wearing a helmet, elbow pads and knee pads.
b. All persons riding a skateboard or other wheeled recreational device at a city park or city recreational facility shall abide by all applicable local rules, regulations, and state and federal laws.
(Ord. 2024-07 § 1, 2024; Ord. 2007-15 § 2, 2007: Ord. 94-47 § 1 (part), 1994).
13.12.015 PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.
a. Only skateboards, wheeled recreational devices, or any other device specifically authorized for use at the city park or city recreational facility as determined by the director of parks and recreation will be permitted at said park or recreational facility designed for such use. All other wheeled recreational devices prohibited or not specifically authorized by the specific park regulations shall not be allowed at the city park or city recreational facility.
b. No person shall bring a skateboard or other wheeled recreational device, or permit a minor for whom they are responsible to bring such, into a city park or city recreational facility where that device is not specifically authorized for use.
(Ord. 2024-07 § 1, 2024; Ord. 2007-15 § 2, 2007: Ord. 2002-26 § 1, 2002)
13.12.020 PENALTY – INFRACTION.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of an infraction.
(Ord. 2024-07 § 1, 2024; Ord. 94-47 § 1 (part), 1994).