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