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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC AG PKT 2011-06-13 #K AGENDA STAFF REPORT DATE: June 13, 2011 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council THRU: Jill R. Ingram, Acting City Manager FROM: Tim Olson, Police Captain SUBJECT: MUNICIPAL CODE REVISION RELATING TO WHEELED DEVICES ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY SUMMARY OF REQUEST: Waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1608 amending Municipal Code Section 8.05.040 Wheeled Devices on Sidewalks. BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS: The City Council considered this matter on May 9, 2011 and introduced the subject ordinance. It is now appropriate to adopt the subject ordinance. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The potential negative or positive fiscal impacts of the proposed Municipal Code amendment, if any, would be minor. RECOMMENDATION: Waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1608 amending Municipal Code Section 8.05.040 Wheeled Devices on Sidewalks. SUBMITTED BY: NOTED AND APPROVED: * A " Add Tim Olson, Police Captain esi R. Ingram, Acting City Manager Attachments: A. Ordinance No. 1608 Agenda Item K ORDINANCE NUMBER 1608 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AMENDING SECTION 8.05.040 OF THE SEAL BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO WHEELED DEVICES ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 8.05.040 of the Seal Beach Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: § 8.05.040 Wheeled Devices Prohibition A. Wheeled Device: For the purpose of this section, a "wheeled device is any wheeled device propelled by human or mechanical power. "Wheeled device" includes without limitation: bicycles, roller skates, scooters, segways, and skateboards. "Wheeled devices" does not include: cars, trucks and equivalent vehicles; baby strollers; shopping carts utilized for transportation of goods; wheelchairs; and motorized tricycles and motorized quadricycles utilized by persons otherwise unable to move about as pedestrians by reason of physical disability. B. Prohibition: No person shall ride or operate a wheeled device in any of the following locations: 1. City sidewalks 2. Public property other than sidewalks where signs prohibiting such activity are conspicuously posted. 3. Privately owned sidewalks used for pedestrian traffic where signs prohibiting such activity are conspicuously posted. C. Infraction: Any person who rides or operates a wheeled device in violation of this section shall be guilty of an infraction. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of June , 2011. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk • Ordinance Number 1608 STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS CITY OF SEAL BEACH } I, Linda Devine, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced for first reading at a regular meeting held on the 9th day of Mav , 2011 and was passed, approved and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of June , 2011 by the following vote: AYES: Council Members: NOES: Council Members: ABSENT: Council Members: ABSTAIN: Council Members: And do hereby further certify that Ordinance Number 1608 has been published pursuant to the Seal Beach City Charter and Resolution Number 2836. City Clerk