HomeMy WebLinkAbout3/15/2000 - STAFF REPORTS (10) DATE: MARCH 15, 2000
TO: CITY COUNCIL
FROM: C. LEE WEIGEL, CHIEF OF POLICE
USE OF SKATEBOARDS ON CITY STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council amend Sections 12.64.100 and
12.64.110 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code, regulating the use of skateboards
and roller skates on city streets and sidewalks.
BACKGROUND:
The existing ordinances make it illegal for anyone to skateboard or roller skate on
Palm Canyon, both the sidewalks and the roadway, from Alejo Road to Ramon
Road. Skateboarders and roller skaters are very aware of the boundaries and
skate on the side streets between the boundaries. Businesses and buildings
located on corner lots, such as Super Crown Books, suffer because the
skateboarders skate and "grind" on the steps and planters causing property
damage to the sides of the property adjacent to the side streets. Additionally,
skateboarders ride off the curbs into the roadways with no way to stop
themselves from careening into traffic thereby creating traffic hazards, especially
in areas that are not well lighted.
The significant change to the Municipal Code would be in redefining the boundaries to
include the eastern sidewalk of Indian Canyon and the western sidewalk of Belardo
Road and all side streets transversing the described area.
C. Lee Weigel, Chief of Police
APPROVED
City Manager
Attachments:
1. Ordinance
ORDINANCE NO,
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 12.64.100 AND (,
12.64.110 OF THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE, ?.;;:,_''
REGULATING THE USE OF SKATEBOARDS ANDS '
ROLLER SKATES ON CITY STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 12.64.100 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code relating to
the use of skateboards on city streets and sidewalks is hereby amended by redefining
the boundaries, to read as follows:
12.64.100 Use of skateboards on city streets and sidewalks. No person
shall propel a skateboard on any public or private street or sidewalk as
follows:
(1) The area bordered by the northern sidewalk of Alejo Road to the
southern sidewalk of Ramon Road, and the eastern sidewalk of
Indian Canyon to the western sidewalk of Belardo Road.
(2) All side streets transversing the above described area.
SECTION 2. Chapter 12.64.110 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code relating to
the use of roller skates on city streets and sidewalks is hereby amended by redefining
the boundaries, to read as follows:
12.64.110 Use of roller skates on city streets and sidewalks. No person
shall propel roller skates on any public or private street or sidewalk as
follows:
(1) The area bordered by the northern sidewalk of Alejo Road to the
southern sidewalk of Ramon Road, and the eastern sidewalk of
Indian Canyon to the western sidewalk of Belardo Road.
(2) All side streets transversing the above described area.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty (30) days after passage.
SECTION 4. PUBLICATION. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed to
certify to the passage of this Ordinance, and to cause the same or a summary thereof or
a display advertisement, duly prepared according to law, to be published in accordance
with law.
ADOPTED the 15t" day of March, 2000.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
By
Deputy City Clerk Mayor REVIEWED &APPROVED: 113