HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 02 (2002)ORDINANCE NO. 02-2002
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR AMENDING THE RULES FOR
PUBLICLY -OWNED OR PUBLICLY -OPERATED SKATEBOARD FACILITIES AND DECLARING
THE URGENCY THEREOF.
A. RECITALS.
(i) The City of Diamond Bar owns and operates a skate park at Peterson Park for the purpose of
recreational skateboard and in-line skating use.
(ii) The City Council adopted Ordinance No. 03-2000 establishing rules that govern and promote
safe use of the skate park.
(iii) The City Council has determined that it is necessary to amend the skate park rules to enhance the
safety of the skate park users by tightening the rules to improve enforcement and thereby reduce
the frequency of unprotected skate boarding in the parka _.
(iv) In accordance with Government Code Section 36937 (b), and upon a four-fifths vote of the City
Council, the immediate adoption of this Ordinance is necessary to preserve and promote the
health, safety and welfare of the skate park users.
B. ORDINANCE.
' NOW, THEREFORE, it is herebyordained b the Cit Council of the Cit of Diamond Bar as follows:
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Section 1. Section 12.00.420 of the Diamond Bar Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 12.00.420 Skate Park Rules.
(a) Skateboarding and in-line skating are permitted in any skateboarding facility designated by resolution of the
City Council.
(b) No person shall enter the fenced area of the skate park without wearing a helmet, elbow pads and kneepads
("required protective equipment") at all times.
(c) Bicycles, scooters and all other wheeled vehicles are prohibited from entering the fenced area of the skate
park.
(d) Violation of this section or of any provisions thereof shall be deemed an infraction and punishable as
provided in Section 1.04.020 of the Municipal Code.
(e) Signs shall be posted at the skate park providing reasonable notice of the requirements of this section and the
penalties for failing to comply with the requirements of this section."
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS agk9AY OF Januar u 2002.
k C rhereby
Wen Chang, MayeI, Lynda Burgess, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Baertify that the foregoing Ordinance
was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of theond Bar held on the 2 9 thday of
January and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar held
on the 29t1day of January , 2002, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Herrera, Huff, Zirbes, MPT/O'Connor,
M/Chang
NOES: COUNC11,MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ATTEST:
Lynda Burgess, City Clerk of the
City of Diamond Bar