HomeMy Public PortalAbout03-1269 (2) ORDINANCE NO. 03-1269
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CARSON ADDING SECTION 4139.2 TO THE CARSON
MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING SAFETY AND
CONDUCT REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF
CITY SKATE PARKS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 4139.2 is hereby added to the Carson Municipal Code to read as
follows:
"4139.2 Skate Park Regulations
"(1) The skate facility at Veteran's Park is hereby designated for
skateboarding and in-line skating (the "Skate Facility"). The boundaries of the Skate
Facility shall are on file in the Office of the City Engineer and are further defined by the
fence and the signs surrounding the Skate Facility. No person shall ride, operate or use a
skateboard or in-line skates within a park except in the Skate Facility. Within the Skate
Facility, it shall be unlawful for any person to:
a. Ride, operate, or use a skateboard or in-line skates unless that
person is wearing a helmet designated for skateboard use with a chin strap, elbow
pads designated for skateboard use with plastic elbow caps, and knee pads
designated for skateboard use with plastic knee caps, which equipment shall be in
good repair at all times during use;
b. ride, operate, or utilize a skateboard or in-line skates unless such
equipment is in good repair at all times during use;
C. place or utilize additional obstacles or other material (including but
not limited to ramps or jumps) within the Skate Facility;
d. enter the Skate Facility unless actively skateboarding or in-line
skating in accordance with these regulations;
e. use, consume, or have within his or her custody or control, food,
beverages, tobacco products or illegal drugs within the Skate Facility;
f. enter or be upon the Skate Facility while under the influence of
alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs;
g. use or possess glass containers, bottles or other breakable glass
products within the Skate Facility;
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h. use or engage in profanity, reckless or boisterous behavior
(including, but not limited to, tandem riding,pushing, profanity, horseplay, and
bullying), graffiti or tagging, loud music or any other activity which could
endanger the safety of persons using the Skate Facility or spectators;
i. enter or be upon the Skate Facility at any time except during its
posted hours of operation; or
j. ride, operate, or utilize any device other than a skateboard or in-
line skates (prohibited devices including, but are not limited to, bicycles or motor
vehicles) on the Skate Facility."
Section 2. If any sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to
be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining provisions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have
passed this ordinance and each sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any
one or more sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid.
Section 3. The City Clerk of the City of Carson shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same or a summary thereof to be published and
posted in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19`h day of March, 2003.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance
No. 03-1269, passed first reading on February 11, 2003, was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council
of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 19th day of March, 2003,
and that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Sweeney, Dear, Santarina, and Raber
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Calas
City Clerk, City of Carson, alifornia
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