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ORDINANCE NO. 19623 <br />AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING SKATEBOARD RIDING; AND ADDING <br />A NEW SECTION 5.450 TO THE EUGENE CODE, 1971. <br />THE CITY OF EUGENE DOE5 ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. Anew Section 5.450 is hereby added to the Eugene Code, 1971, <br />to provide; <br />5.450 Skateboards. <br />~~} As used in this section, a "skateboard" means aboard of any <br />materia] natural or synthetic with wheels affixed to the underside, designed <br />to be ridden by a person and propelled by human power. <br />~2} No person shall ride a skateboard: <br />~a} On any sidewalk within the area bounded by the western <br />sidewalk along Charnelton Street, the northern sidewalk along 8th <br />Avenue, from Oak Street to Willamette Street, Willamette Street <br />between 8th and 7th Avenues, the area between the Eugene Conference <br />Center and the Hult Center, the northern sidewalk along 8th Avenue <br />between Willamette Streets and Charnelton, the eastern sidewalk <br />along Oak Street, and the southern sidewalk along 11th Avenue. <br />fib} In any multi-level parking facility within the city. <br />~c} Within ten feet of any major bus transfer station. <br />~3} ,A person commits the offense of unsafe operation of a skate- <br />board on the sidewalk ~f the person does any of the following: <br />~a} Rides a skateboard upon a sidewalk where prohibited; <br />,fib} Rides a skateboard upon a sidewalk where not otherwise <br />prahib~ted and does not yield the right of way tv all pedestrians <br />on the sidewalk; or <br />~c} Rides a skateboard an a sidewalk in a careless manner <br />that endangers or would be likely to endanger any person or prop- <br />erty. <br />Passed by the City Council this <br />Approved by the Mayor this <br />2fith day of June, 1989 <br />~~ ~ ~ <br />City Rec der <br />26th day of June, 1989 <br />v ~ `-` <br />Mayor <br />Ordinance <br />