ORDINANCE NO. 98-1183 - "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTERS 12.20 AND 12.28 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING NEW PROVISIONS DESIGNATING THE STRAND, CERTAIN BIKEWAYS, SOUTH PARK AND CERTAIN SKATEBOARD FACILITIES AS RECREATIONAL AREAS IN WHICH IN-LINE SKATING IS PERMITTED; AND AMENDING CHAPTER 12.28 BY ADDING A NEW PROVISION REQUIRING THE USE OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT AT PUBLICLY-OWNED OR PUBLICLY-OPERATED SKATEBOARD FACILITIES."

Submitted for adoption and waiver of full reading is Ordinance No. 98-1183 , relating to the above subject.

At the meeting of August 11, 1998, this ordinance was presented to Council for consideration and was introduced by the following vote:

AYES: Benz, Bowler, Oakes, Reviczky, Mayor Edgerton

NOES: None

ABSENT: None

ABSTAIN: None

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ORDINANCE NO. 98-1183

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTERS 12.20 AND 12.28 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING NEW PROVISIONS DESIGNATING THE STRAND, CERTAIN BIKEWAYS, SOUTH PARK AND CERTAIN SKATEBOARD FACILITIES AS RECREATIONAL AREAS IN WHICH IN-LINE SKATING IS PERMITTED; AND AMENDING CHAPTER 12.28 BY ADDING A NEW PROVISION REQUIRING THE USE OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT AT PUBLICLY-OWNED OR PUBLICLY-OPERATED SKATEBOARD FACILITIES

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1 . Chapter 12.20 is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Section 12.20.224 to read as follows:

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Section 12.20.224. Designated Recreational Areas. The following areas are designated recreational areas in which in-line skating is permitted:

1. The Strand; and,

2. The bike path between 24th Street and the northern City Limit."

SECTION 2 . Chapter 12.28 is hereby amended by adding a new Section 12.28.044 to read as follows:

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Section 12.28.044. Designated Recreational Areas. The following areas are designated recreational areas in which in-line skating is permitted:

1. South park, including, but not limited to, the roller hockey rink; and,

2. Any publicly-owned or publicly-operated skateboard facility, unless otherwise specifically excluded from this designation by resolution of the City Council."

SECTION 3 . Chapter 12.28 is hereby amended by redesigning Section 12.28.180 as Section 12,.28.190, and adding a new Section 12.28.180 to read as follows:

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Section 12.28.180. Requirements for the use of publicly-owned or publicly-operated skateboard facilities. Every person riding a skateboard or in-line skating at a publicly-owned or publicly-operated facility that is designed and maintained for the purpose of recreational skateboard use must wear a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads."

SECTION 4 . If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, that decision will not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 5 . This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from and after thirty (30) days of its final passage and adoption.

SECTION 6 . Prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days after the date of its adoption, the City Clerk shall cause this ordinance to be published in the Easy Reader, a weekly newspaper of general circulation published and circulated, in the City of Hermosa Beach in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 7 . The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance, shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said city, and shall make minutes of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted.

PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 10th day of September, 1998, by the following vote:

AYES: Bowler, Edgerton, Oakes, Reviczky, Mayor Benz

NOES: None

ABSTAIN: None

ABSENT: None

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