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)."
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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;
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(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
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