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Fircrest, WA
Municipal Code
Chapter 16.46 - Skateboards
Sections:
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16.46.010 Applicability.
16.46.020 Obedience to traffic control devices.
16.46.030 Operation of skateboards.
16.46.040 Operation of skateboard after dark.
16.46.050 Riding an sidewalks prohibited in business districts.
16.46.060 Clinging to motor vehicles.
16.46.070 Violation--Penalty.
16.46.010 Applicability.
(a) The parent of any child and the guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this chapter.
(b) These regulations applicable to skateboards shall apply whenever a skateboard is operated upon any street, sidewalk, or upon any public path set aside for the exclusive use of vehicles, subject to those exceptions stated herein. (Ord. 854 91, 1987).
16.46.020 Obedience to traffic control devices.
(a)Any person operating a skateboard shall obey the instructions of official traffic control signals, signs and other control devices applicable to vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
(b) Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or U turn is permitted, no person operating a skateboard shall disobey the direction of any such sign, except where such person dismounts from the skateboard to make any such turn, in which event such person shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians. Ord. 854 Section 2, 1987)
16.46.030 Operation of skateboards. No person riding upon a skateboard shall go upon any roadway or sidewalk in such a manner as to endanger the safety of the skateboard rider or pedestrians. No person riding a skateboard shall restrict the flow of vehicle traffic in any manner whatsoever. When operating a skateboard upon any street a skateboard rider shall ride with the flow of traffic and ride as close to the curb as possible. (Ord. 854 Section 3, 1987).
16.46.040 Operation of skateboard after dark. No person snail operate a skateboard upon a street: or sidewalk during the hours between a half hour after sunset and half hour be- Fore sunrise without wearing a reflective device on both the front and back of the skateboard rider. (Ord. 354 Section 4, 1987).
16.46.050 Riding on sidewalks prohibited in business districts.
(a) No person shall ride a skateboard upon a sidewalk within a business district.
(b) The police chief is authorized to erect signs on any sidewalk or roadway prohibiting the riding of skateboards thereon by any person and when such signs are in place, no person shall disobey them.
(c) Whenever any person is riding a skateboard upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian so as not to endanger the safety of the pedestrian. (Ord. 854 Section 5, 1987).
16.46.060 Clinging to motor vehicles. Any person riding upon any skateboard shall not attach the same or himself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway. (Ord. 854 6, 1987).
16.46.070 Violation--Penalty. Every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars; except that in the case of children under eighteen years of age, the juvenile offender should be delivered to the juvenile court for appropriate action. (Ord. 854 7, 1987).