Chapter 11-32
ROLLERSKATING, SKATEBOARDING AND BICYCLING
Sections:
11-32.030 General prohibition.
11-32.060 Posting of signs required—Content.
11-32.070 Fees set by resolution.
11-32.080 Violation—Penalty and enforcement.
11-32.090 Exemption for the provisions of this chapter.
11-32.100 Supersedes Orange County Codified Ordinances.
11-32.110 Grinding prohibited.
11-32.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have meanings as set forth below.
“Business district” is defined as designated in Section 235 of the California Vehicle Code.
“Grinding” is a slang skate term, and alternative sport, which refers to the act of sliding on any monument, sign, building, roof railing, fence, gate, table, bench, planter, curb, bleachers, stairway, rail, handrail, fountain, or any other angled object or structure with defined edges by a person utilizing or riding upon any nonrolling part of rollerskates, skateboards, bicycles, or scooters.
“Park” means all city parks, buildings and grounds, athletic fields or courts, and open space areas owned and operated by the city for park, recreation, or open space purposes.
“Private property” means any property held by private interests which is used primarily for business, commercial, or recreational purposes.
“Public property” means any property owned or maintained by the city of Laguna Hills or by the Saddleback Valley Unified School District.
“Rollerskate” means any footwear, or device which may be attached to the foot or footwear, to which wheels are attached and such wheels may be used to aid the wearer in moving or propulsion.
“Skateboard” means a board of any material, which has wheels attached to it and which is propelled or moved by human, gravitational, or mechanical power, and to which there is not fixed any device or mechanism to turn or control the wheels.
“Scooter” mean any foot-operated device consisting of a narrow footboard mounted between two wheels tandem with an upright steering handle attached to the front wheel, which is propelled by human, gravitational, or mechanical energy. (Ord. 2000-5 § 1: prior code § 6-12.010)
11-32.020 Bicycle operation.
A. Riding in Group. Persons operating bicycles within a bicycle lane or upon a bicycle path shall ride in single file except as provided for in CVC Section 21202(a).
B. Direction of Travel. Persons riding or operating a bicycle on a bicycle trail or path may proceed in either direction except on those trails or paths designated for one-way traffic by appropriate markings or signs defined by the direction of adjacent vehicular traffic.
C. Walking Bicycles. Bicycles may be walked subject to all provisions of law applicable to pedestrians.
D. Yielding Right-of-Way. Whenever any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield right-of-way to any and all pedestrians. A person riding a bicycle upon entering a roadway or driveway from a sidewalk shall yield to all traffic.
(OCC §§ 6-4-500, 6-4-501(d))
11-32.030 General prohibition.
A. It is unlawful and subject to punishment in accordance with Section 11-32.080 of this chapter for any person utilizing or riding upon rollerskates, bicycles, skateboards, scooters, or similar devices to ride or move about in or on any public or private property when the same has been designated by resolution of the City Council and posted as a no rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling or scooter area.
B. It is unlawful and subject to punishment in accordance with Section 11-32.080 of this chapter, for any person utilizing or riding upon rollerskates or skateboards, or similar devices to ride upon the roadway of any public street, except cul-de-sac streets of five hundred (500) feet or less in length.
(Ord. 2000-5 § 2: prior code § 6-12.020)
11-32.040 Designation of public property as no rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling or scooter area.
The City Council may designate any public sidewalk or other public property as a no rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling or scooter area. The City Council shall designate such area by resolution and order the posting of appropriate signage in accordance with Section 11-32.060 of this chapter. Notice of the City Council’s proposed designation shall be provided as follows:
A. For sidewalks on highways, listed in the master plan of arterial highways, the City Clerk shall cause notice of City Council consideration of such action to be published in a newspaper of general circulation at least five days prior to the City Council consideration.
B. For other public property the City Clerk shall cause additional notice of City Council consideration by means of posting such notice along the highway or sidewalk or on the public property.
(Ord. 2000-5 § 3, prior code § 6-12.030)
11-32.050 Designation of private property as no rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling or scooter area.
The City Council may, by resolution, designate any private property within a business district, or which is primarily used for commercial or recreational purposes, as a no rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling or scooter area. The City Council may so designate this private property subject to the following:
A. If the property is owner/occupied property, the property owner shall submit a written petition requesting a designation of no rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling, or scooter area.
B. If the property is occupied by tenants of the owner, then the tenants shall submit a written petition by a majority of the tenants on the property supporting a designation of a no rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling or scooter area and the petition shall also contain written consent of the property owner.
C. The City Clerk shall cause notice of City Council consideration of this petition to be mailed to all tenants in the subject private property as well as to the owner at least five days prior to City Council consideration.
The City Council may approve or deny the request for designation of the no rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling or scooter area. (Ord. 2000-5 § 4: prior code § 6-12.040)
11-32.060 Posting of signs required—Content.
Prior to the enforcement of the prohibition of rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling, and/or scootering, the area so designated shall be posted with signs that provide substantially as follows:
The use of rollerskates, skateboards, bicycles and/or scooters is prohibited by Laguna Hills Municipal Code. Any violation is punishable by a fine of $50.00 for a first offense.
Such prohibition shall apply to the property or area so designated once posted in plain view at all entrances to the property or area, and on signs which are not less than seventeen (17) by twenty-one (21) inches in size with lettering not less than one inch in height. All costs relating to the posting and obtaining of the signs for private property shall be the responsibility of the property owners or tenants who submitted the written petition described in Section 11-32.050 of this chapter. (Ord. 2000-5 § 5: prior code § 6-12.050)
11-32.070 Fees set by resolution.
The City Council may, by resolution, establish fees for the receipt and processing of petitions for no rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling, and/or scooter areas. In addition, the City Council may, by resolution, establish fees sufficient to cover the costs of developing, printing, and posting the areas so designated pursuant to this chapter. (Ord. 2000-5 § 6: prior code § 6-12.060)
11-32.080 Violation—Penalty and enforcement.
A. Any violation of this chapter is deemed an infraction, punishable by a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00). A second violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00), and a third and subsequent violation shall be deemed a misdemeanor.
B. The privilege of any person to use the parks is expressly conditioned upon compliance by that person with the provisions of this chapter as they apply to such use. In addition to being subjected to the fine schedule set forth in this section, a person is subject to immediate eviction from the park in which the violation occurs, and other parks if necessary, where a person is found to be in violation of this chapter.
C. In addition, with respect to adults whose rollerskating, skateboarding, scootering, or bicycling activities are in violation of this chapter and where such activities result in damage to public property, the city may pursue a civil complaint in tort against that person for property damage caused by such activity. With respect to minors whose rollerskating, skateboarding, scootering, or bicycling activities are in violation of this chapter and where such activities result in damage to public property, the city may, pursuant to California Civil Code section 1714.1, pursue a civil complaint in tort for property damage caused by such activity against the minor’s parent or guardian having custody and control of the minor.
(Ord. 2000-5 § 7: prior code § 6-12.070)
11-32.090 Exemption for the provisions of this chapter.
Any devices designed, intended, and used solely of the transportation of infants, the handicapped, or incapacitated persons, or devices designed, intended, and used for the transportation of merchandise to and from the place of purchase and other wheeled devices, when being used for either of these purposes, shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. Furthermore, the City Council may, by resolution, suspend the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter to accommodate special events when so requested by the event organizer. (Prior code § 6-12.080)
11-32.100 Supersedes Orange County Codified Ordinances.
This chapter supersedes Orange County Code Sections 6-4-502 and 6-4-501(a) through (c), but not Section 6-4-501(d). (Prior code § 6-12.090)
11-32.110 Grinding prohibited.
It is unlawful and subject to punishment in accordance with Section 11-32.080 of this chapter for any person riding upon rollerskates, skateboards, scooters, bicycles, or any other similar devices that are propelled or moved by human, gravitational, or mechanical energy, to engage in grinding upon public property, including grinding on any monument, sign, building, roof railing, hand railing, fence, gate, table, bench, planter, curb, bleacher, fountain, stairway, or any other equipment or structure located within a park. Such prohibition shall not apply to the skateboard facility. (Ord. 2000-5 § 8)
11-32.111 Riding upon rollerskates, skateboards, bicycles, and scooters permissible only in certain areas within the Laguna Hills Community Center and Sports Complex facility.
A. Rollerskates. It is unlawful and subject to punishment in accordance with Section 11-32.080 of this chapter for any person utilizing or riding upon rollerskates within the Laguna Hills Community Center and Sports Complex facility to ride or move about on such equipment in any area other than in the skateboard facility, hockey rink, or on the park walkways. Persons utilizing or riding upon rollerskates within the Laguna Hills Community Center and Sports Complex facility are expressly prohibited from riding or moving about on such equipment on any monument, sign, building, roof, railing, fence, gate, table, bench, planter, curb, bleacher, stair, step, stairway, handrail, fountain, sculpture, play equipment, rubberized surface, or fixture of any kind located within the Community Center and Sports Complex.
B. Skateboard. It is unlawful and subject to punishment in accordance with Section 11-32.080 of this chapter for any person utilizing or riding upon a skateboard within the Laguna Hills Community Center and Sports Complex facility to ride or move about on such equipment in any area other than in the skateboard facility or on the park walkways. Persons utilizing or riding upon a skateboard within the Laguna Hills Community Center and Sports Complex facility are expressly prohibited from riding or moving about on such equipment on any monument, sign, building, roof, railing, fence, gate, table, bench, planter, curb, bleacher, stair, step, stairway, handrail, fountain, sculpture, play equipment, rubberized surface or fixture of any kind located within the Community Center and Sports Complex.
C. Scooter or Bicycle. It is unlawful and subject to punishment in accordance with Section 11-32.080 of this chapter for any person utilizing or riding upon a scooter or a bicycle within the Laguna Hills Community Center and Sports Complex facility to ride or move about on such equipment in any area other than on the park walkways. Persons utilizing or riding upon a scooter or a bicycle within the Laguna Hills Community Center and Sports Complex facility are expressly prohibited from riding or moving about on such equipment on any monument, sign, building, roof, railing, fence, gate, table, bench, planter, curb, bleacher, stair, step, stairway, handrail, fountain, sculpture, play equipment, rubberized surface, or fixture of any kind located within the Community Center and Sports Complex.
(Ord. 2001-2 § 1, 2001)