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CA:MJM:fb:skatetwo;WP51FB Santa Monica, California
city council Meeting July 26, 1994
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STAFF REPORT
To: Mayor and City Council
From: city Attorney
Subject: ordinance Amending Santa Monica Municipal Code sections
3.12.540, 3.12.590, 3.12.600 and 3.12.610 to Prohibit
the Use of Bicycles in Public Parking structures; to
Permit the Use of Bicycles on Sidewalks and Roller
Skates by Public Safety Personnel; to Authorize the
City Council to Adopt, by Resolution, Regulations
Prohibiting or Limiting the Use of Roller Skates,
Skateboards and Similar Devices with Wheels in Public
Rights-of-Way, or sections lhereof, and Other Public
Areas, or Sections Thereof, 'Where Necessary for Public
Safety; and to Authorize the city Council to Adopt, by
Resolution, Regulations Prohibiting or Limiting the Use
of Bicycles, Roller Skates,. Skateboards and Similar
Devices with Wheels in PUbic Parks, or sections
Thereof, and Other Cultural or Recreational Facilities,
or sections Thereof, Where Necessary for Public Safety
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Discussion
At its meeting on July 12, 1994, the city council introduced, for
first reading, an ordinance amending ~anta Monica Municipal Code
sections 3.12.540, 3.12.590, 3.12.600 and 3.12.610 to prohibit the
use of bicycles in public parking structures; to permit the use of
bicycles on sidewalks and roller skates by public safety personnel;
to authorize the City Council to adopt, by resolution, regulations
prohibiting or limiting the use of roller skates, skateboards and
similar devices with wheels in public rights-of-way, or sections
thereof, and other public areas, or sections thereof, where
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necessary for public safety; and to authorize the city council to
adopt, by resolution, regulations prohibiting or limiting the use
of bicycles, roller skates, skateboards and similar devices with
wheels in public parks, or sections thereof, and other cultural or
recreational facilities, or sections thereof, where necessary for
public safety. This ordinance is now presented to the City Council
for adoption.
Recommendation
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying ordinance be
adopted.
prepared by: Marsha Jones Moutrie, city Attorney
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council Meeting, July 26, 1994
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ORDINANCE NUMBER 1756
(city council series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTIONS 3.12.540, 3.12.590, ~.12.600 AND 3.12.610
TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF BICYCLES IN PUBLIC PARKING STRUCTURES;
TO PERMIT THE USE OF BICYCLES ON SIDEWALKS AND ROLLER SKATES
BY PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY COUNCIL
TO ADOPT, BY RESOLUTION, REGULATIONS PROHIBITING OR LIMITING THE
USE OF ROLLER SKATES, SKATEBOARDS AND SIMILAR DEVICES WITH WHEELS
IN PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY, OR SECTIONS THEREOF, AND OTHER PUBLIC
AREAS, OR SECTIONS THEREOF, WHERE NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY;
AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT, BY RESOLUTION,
REGULATIONS PROHIBITING OR LIMITING THE USE OF BICYCLES, ROLLER
SKATES, SKATEBOARDS AND SIMILAR DEVICES WITH WHEELS IN PUBLIC
PARKS, OR SECTIONS THEREOF, AND OTHER CULTURAL OR RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES, OR SECTIONS THEREOF, WHERE NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.12.540 is
amended to read as follows:
SECTION 3.12.540. Bicycle riding or coasting restricted.
(a) It shall be unlawful to ride a bicycle or to coast
in any vehicle upon any public sidewalk, except as provided
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for in Section 3.12.550. It shall be unlawful to ride a
blcycle or to coast in any vehicle in any public parking
structure.
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(b) Notwithstanding (a) above, or any other section of
this Code, public safety personnel may operate bicycles or
roller skates at any place in the city in the performance of
their duties.
SECTION 2. Existing Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.12.590
is deleted in its entirety, and the following is inserted in lieu
thereof:
SECTION 3.12.590. Requlation of roller skates,
skateboards and similar devices with wheels on public
streets and other pUblic areas.
The city Council may, by resolution, adopt regulations
prohibiting or limiting the use of roller skates, skateboards
and similar devices with wheels in public street rights-of-
way, or sections thereof, and other public areas, or sections
thereof, where necessary for publlC safety.
SECTION 3. Existing Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.12.600
is deleted in its entirety and the following is inserted in lieu
thereof:
SECTION 3.12.600. Regulation of bicycles, roller
skates, skateboards and similar devices with wheels in
public parks and other cultural or recreational
facilities.
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The city Council may, by resolution, adopt:. regulations
prohibiting or limiting the use of bicycles, roller skates,
skateboards and similar devices with wheels 1n public parks,
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or sections thereof, and other cultural or recreational
facilities, or sections thereof, where necessary for public
safety.
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SECTION 4. Existing Santa Monica Municipal Code Section
3.12.610 is deleted in its entirety and the following is inserted
in lieu thereof:
SECTION 3.12. 610 PUblic notice and postinq of siqns
required.
Public notice of any resolution proposed for adoption pursuant
to Sections 3.12.590 or 3.12.600 above shall be conspicuously
posted at the location to be subject to regulation not less
than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the City council
wlll consider such resolution. Actions taken pursuant to
sections 3.12.540, 3.12.590 and 3.12.600 above shall not take
effect untll proper signs conveying notlce of such prohlbited
uses have been posted.
SECTION 5. Any portion of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or
appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this
Ordinance, the extent of such inconslstencies and no further, are
hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to affect the
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provisions of this Ordinance.
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SECTION 6. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent
Jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City council hereby
declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared
invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion
of this Ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or
unconstitut1onal.
SECTION 7. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper
wlthln 15 days after ~ts adoption. The Ordinance shall become
effective after 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Adopted and approved this 26th day of July, 1994.
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I hereby certIfy that the foregoing Ordinance No 1756 (CCS) was duly and regularly
adopted at a meetIng of The City Council on the 26th day of July, 1994; by the followmg
CouncIl vote
Ayes: Councilmembers. Abdo, Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, Olsen,
Rosenstein, Vazquez
Noes' Councilmembers None
AbstaIn Counc1lmembers None
Absent Councilmembers: None
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