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185 ORDINANCE NO. 185 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, ADDING A CHAPTER, "ROLLERSKATING, SKATEBOARDING, AND BICYCLING PROHIBIBTED IN CERTAIN DESIGNATED AREAS," TO THE GRAND TERRACE MUNICIPAL CODE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: A Chapter entitled "Rollerskating, Skateboarding, and Bicycling prohibited in certain designated areas," is hereby added to the Grand Terrace Municipal Code. SECTION 2: Definitions - For purposes of this Chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed below: A. "Business District" shall be defined as designated in Section 235 of the California State Vehicle Code. B. "Private Property" shall mean any property held by private interests which is used primarily for business, commercial or recreational purposes. C. "Public Property" shall mean any property owned or maintained by the City of Grand Terrace. D. "Rollerskate" shall mean any footwear, or device which may be attached to the foot or footwear, to which wheels are attached and such wheels may be used to aid the wearer in moving or propulsion. E. "Skateboard" shall mean a board of any material, which has wheels attached to it and which if propelled or moved by human, gravitational, or mechanical power, and to which there is not fixed any device or mechanism to turn or control the wheels. SECTION 3: General Prohibition - It shall be unlawful and subject to punishment in accordance with Section 8 of this Chapter, for any person utilizing or riding upon rollerskates, bicycles, skateboards, or similar devices to ride or move about in or on any public or private property when the same has been designated by Resolution of the City Council and posted as a no rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling, etc. area. SECTION 4: Designation of Public Property as no Rollerskating, Skateboarding. or Bicycling Area - The City Council may, upon review and recommendation by the City Engineer, designate any public roadway, sidewalk, or other public property as a no rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling, etc, area. The City Council shall designate such area by Resolution and order the posting of appropriate signage in accordance with Section 6 of this Chapter. SECTION 5: Designation of Private Property as no Rollerskating, Skateboarding, or Bicycling Area - The City Council may, by Resolution, designate any private property within dy and Environmental Analysis e South Coast Air Quality Management District approved,in concept,a two-year,$26 m oa FY 1997-99 AB 2766 Discretionary Fund Work Program, including a 56.5 nsillba Local Goverment Subvention Fund Match Program. Through a simplified application proem,this program provides a 25% match to cities and counties within the South Coast Air Quality Management District's jurisdiction that receive AB 2766 City Subvention Funds. The program is designed to encourage cities and counties to implement projects which have a high potential for reducing motor vehicle emissions. 11. Clean Cities-Clean Cities is a locally-based government/industry partnership,coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy to expand the use of alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuel. Unlike traditional"top-down"federal programs,Clean Cities uses a"grass roots"approach to develop the alternative fuels market,relying on locally based government/Industry partnerships coordinated by the Department of Energy to expand the use of alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuel. Local decision makers from both the public and private sectors work as volunteer Community and Economic Development Department 3 Initial Study and Environmental Analysis e of these corridors. (See ATSAC) use with the objective of reducing vehicular emissions Staggered Work Hours of air pollutants. TCA1s are specifically called for under A method to reduce traffic the AQAMP congestion during the peak rush hours, by staggering the work start time for employees. Transportation Demand Management (TDM) - A pro- gram of specific measures designed to encourage alter STIP - State Transportation Improvement Program. natives to private automobile use and thereby reduce transportation demand Such measures include carpool the growth and resources in the region and will contain policies and guidelines for local and l subregional planning programs. ORDINANCE NO. 185 PAGE 2 a business district, or which is primarily used for commercial or recreational purposes, as a no rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling, etc, area. The City Council may so designate this private property subject to the following: A. If the property is owner/occupied property, the property owner shall submit a written petition of application requesting a designation of a no rollerskating, skateboarding, or bicycling area. B. If the property is occupied by tenants of the owner, then the tenants shall submit a written petition of application by a majority of the tenants on the property supporting a designation of a no rollerskating, skateboarding, or bicycling area and the application shall also contain the written consent of the property owner. C. The City Clerk shall cause notice of City Council consideration of this application to be mailed to all tenants in the subject private property as well as to the owner at least five (5) days prior to City Council consideration. The City Council may approve or deny the request for designation of the no rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling, etc., area. SECTION 6: Posting of Signs Required. Content - Prior to the enforcement of the prohibition on rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling, etc., the area so designated shall be posted with signs which provide substantially as follows: "Rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling, etc., is prohibited by the Grand Terrace Municipal Code. Any violation is punishable by a fine of$25.00 for a first offense." SECTION 7: Fees Set - The City Council may, by Resolution or Ordinance, establish fees for the receipt and processing of applications and petitions for no rollerskating, skateboarding, bicycling, etc., areas. In addition, the City Council may, by Resolution or Ordinance, establish fees sufficient to cover the costs of developing, printing, and posting the areas designated pursuant to this Chapter. SECTION 8: Penalties - Any violation of this Chapter is deemed an infraction, punishable by a fine of Twenty-Five Dollars, ($25.00). A second violation of this Chapter shall be punishable by a fine of Fifty Dollars, ($50.00), and a third and subsequent violation shall be deemed a misdemeanor punishable in accordance with Section 1.16 of this Code. SECTION 9: Exemption from the Provisions of this Chapter - Any devices designed, intended and used solely for the transportation of infants, the handicapped, or incapacitated persons, or devices designed, intended, and used for the transportation of merchandise to and from the place of purchase and other wheeled devices, when being used for either of these purposes, shall be exempt from the provisions of this Chapter. Furthermore, the City Council may, by Resolution, suspend the enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter to accommodate special events when so requested by the event organizer." SECTION 10: Conflict - If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, nd counties to implement projects which have a high potential for reducing motor vehicle emissions. 11. Clean Cities-Clean Cities is a locally-based government/industry partnership,coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy to expand the use of alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuel. Unlike traditional"top-down"federal programs,Clean Cities uses a"grass roots"approach to develop the alternative fuels market,relying on locally based government/Industry partnerships coordinated by the Department of Energy to expand the use of alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuel. Local decision makers from both the public and private sectors work as volunteer Community and Economic Development Department 3 Initial Study and Environmental Analysis e of these corridors. (See ATSAC) use with the objective of reducing vehicular emissions Staggered Work Hours of air pollutants. TCA1s are specifically called for under A method to reduce traffic the AQAMP congestion during the peak rush hours, by staggering the work start time for employees. Transportation Demand Management (TDM) - A pro- gram of specific measures designed to encourage alter STIP - State Transportation Improvement Program. natives to private automobile use and thereby reduce transportation demand Such measures include carpool the growth and resources in the region and will contain policies and guidelines for local and l subregional planning programs. ORDINANCE NO. 185 PAGE 3 phrase or portion of this Ordinance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion, thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions,- sentences, clauses, phrases or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 11: Effective Date- This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the 31st day of its adoption. SECTION 12: Posting - The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in three (3) public places within fifteen (15) days of its adoption, as designated for such purposes by the City Council. SECTION 13: First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 8th day of April and finally adopted and ordered posted at a regular meeting of said City Council On the 22nd day of April 1999. ATTEST: V,APyn GP�,z- ate. 6fri-,„ ` \ it Ci Clerk of the City of d Terrace Mae of Grand Terrace and of h' Y YCity and of the City Council thereof. the City Council thereof. I, BRENDA STANFILL, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and adopted ar'a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace held on the 22nd day of April 1999, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Hilkey, Singley, and Garcia; Mayor Pro Tem Buchanan; Mayor Matteson NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None SezfdAz City Clerk ---- APPROVED AS TO FORM: \AD1411 City Attorney d pursuant to this Chapter. SECTION 8: Penalties - Any violation of this Chapter is deemed an infraction, punishable by a fine of Twenty-Five Dollars, ($25.00). A second violation of this Chapter shall be punishable by a fine of Fifty Dollars, ($50.00), and a third and subsequent violation shall be deemed a misdemeanor punishable in accordance with Section 1.16 of this Code. SECTION 9: Exemption from the Provisions of this Chapter - Any devices designed, intended and used solely for the transportation of infants, the handicapped, or incapacitated persons, or devices designed, intended, and used for the transportation of merchandise to and from the place of purchase and other wheeled devices, when being used for either of these purposes, shall be exempt from the provisions of this Chapter. Furthermore, the City Council may, by Resolution, suspend the enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter to accommodate special events when so requested by the event organizer." SECTION 10: Conflict - If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, nd counties to implement projects which have a high potential for reducing motor vehicle emissions. 11. Clean Cities-Clean Cities is a locally-based government/industry partnership,coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy to expand the use of alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuel. Unlike traditional"top-down"federal programs,Clean Cities uses a"grass roots"approach to develop the alternative fuels market,relying on locally based government/Industry partnerships coordinated by the Department of Energy to expand the use of alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuel. Local decision makers from both the public and private sectors work as volunteer Community and Economic Development Department 3 Initial Study and Environmental Analysis e of these corridors. (See ATSAC) use with the objective of reducing vehicular emissions Staggered Work Hours of air pollutants. TCA1s are specifically called for under A method to reduce traffic the AQAMP congestion during the peak rush hours, by staggering the work start time for employees. Transportation Demand Management (TDM) - A pro- gram of specific measures designed to encourage alter STIP - State Transportation Improvement Program. natives to private automobile use and thereby reduce transportation demand Such measures include carpool the growth and resources in the region and will contain policies and guidelines for local and l subregional planning programs.