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Ord 1944 - Urgency Ordinance - Amending Sections 15.10.025 and 15.10ORDINANCE 1944 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS AMENDING SECTIONS 15.10.025 AND 15.10.030 AND ADDING SECTION 15.10.026 OF THE TOWN CODE REGULATING SKATEBOARDING, IN -LINE SKATING AND ROLLER SKATING THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I This ordinance is an urgency ordinance to take effect immediately. The ordinance is adopted for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety. The facts constituting the urgency are as follows: 1. The use of skateboards, in -line skates and roller skates in the areas restricted by this ordinance has created a significant hazard of injury to pedestrians, many of them elderly, since the skaters dart in and out of foot traffic in close proximity to the pedestrians; 2. The use of skateboards, in -line skates, and roller skates in the areas restricted by this ordinance has created a significant hazard of injury to the skaters, since the skaters dart in and out of motor vehicle traffic; 3. The use of skateboards, in -line skates, and roller skates in the areas restricted by this ordinance has resulted in damage to public and private property including benches and cars in parking lots; and 4. With the recent advent of warmer spring weather, the use of skateboards, in- line skates, and roller skates in the areas restricted by this ordinance has increased substantially thereby increasing the potential for injury to persons and damage to property. SECTION II Sections 15.10.025 and 15.10.030 are hereby amended, and Section 15.10.026 is hereby added to the Code of the Town of Los Gatos to read as follows: Sec 15.10.025. Use of skateboard, in -line skates, or roller skates - prohibited areas. No person shall ride or propel a skateboard, in -line skates, or roller skates in the following areas: (a) any publicly owned off - street parking lot. (b) . on any publicly owned tennis court. (c) on any construction site located on public property. (d) the Civic Center of the Town of Los Gatos at 110 East Main Street which includes, but is not limited to, the fountain area, courtyard, parking lot, stairs, walls, and all walkways, sidewalks, and curbs within the Civic Center area or bounded by it. The Civic Center also includes the Town Library, Neighborhood Center and the parking lots adjacent to these buildings. (e) during darkness as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 280, in any publicly owned area not otherwise prohibited by this article, unless wearing a reflective device or devices or reflective clothing is worn on the person of the rider in a manner that is visible from all directions during the hours of darkness. (f) on privately owned property, including a parking lot, if (1) the owner of the property has first placed signs in plain view at each vehicular entrance and /or exit to the lot, and (2) the signs are not less than 17 by 22 inches in size with lettering not less than one inch in height, and (3) the signs state: "Unlawful to ride or propel skateboards, in -line skates, or roller skates on this property. Los Gatos Town Code Section 15.10.025(f)." 2 Sec 15.10.026. Regulations for operation of skateboard, in -line skates, or roller skates - sidewalks, highways or roadways. No Person shall violate any provision in this section. A person riding or propelling a skateboard, in -line skates, or roller skates on sidewalks, highways or roadways: (a) shall proceed upon highways or roadways on the far right -hand side of a highway or roadway; (b) shall not impede or interfere with the flow of vehicular traffic; (c) shall yield to all pedestrians on highways, sidewalks or roadways, including at or in marked and unmarked crosswalks; (d) shall yield to approaching vehicles when entering any highway, roadway or intersection; (e) shall not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and travel into the path of a vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard; (f) shall not hitch rides by attaching himself or herself to any vehicle or other motive device, or allow a person to hitch a ride on any vehicle or motive device; (g) shall obey all stop signs, traffic signals, yield signs, and other such traffic control devices. Sec 15.10.030. Use of skateboard, in -line skates, or roller skates - Reckless or Trick riding No person shall ride or propel a skateboard, in -line skates, or roller skates in a Business District as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 235, in the following manner: (a) perform any tricks, stunts, any form of acrobatic actions or other actions that are likely to cause injury or damage property; 7 (b) will not travel at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent having due regard for the pedestrian or vehicle traffic, width of the sidewalk or roadway, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property. SECTION III This Urgency Ordinance was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on May 17, 1993 by the following vote as an urgency ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos. This ordinance takes effect immediately after it is adopted. COUNCIL MEMBERS AYES: Randy Attaway, Steven Blanton, Linda Lubeck, Patrick O'Laughlin Mayor Joanne Benjamin NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None SIGNED: Y2 �HE � OR OF WN O OS GATOS 9-S GATOS, CALIFORNIA ATTEST: CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA 4