§ 9.20.085. Use of unicycles, coasters, roller skates or roller blades on roadways, sidewalks and public paths.

A.

No person may operate a unicycle, coaster, roller skates, in-line roller skates (roller blades) or other similar device on a roadway open to vehicular traffic if a sidewalk or paved pathway is adjacent to such roadway. This prohibition does not apply upon a roadway closed to motorized vehicle traffic. When any of the enumerated devices are operated on a roadway the person operating such device shall obey all traffic control devices, shall not attach themselves to any vehicle on the roadway, and shall obey all other rules of the road applicable to vehicles and bicycles on a roadway except those which by their nature can have no application to the devices enumerated.

B.

Every person using a unicycle, coaster, skateboard, in-line roller skates (roller blades) or roller skates or other similar device upon any sidewalk or public path shall use such device in a careful and prudent manner and at a rate of speed no greater than is reasonable and proper under the conditions existing at the point of operation, taking into account the amount and character of pedestrian traffic, grade and surface, and shall obey all traffic control devices. Every person using a unicycle, coaster, skateboard, in-line roller skates (roller blades) or roller skates or other similar device upon any sidewalk or public path shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian thereon.

C.

The use of roller skates, in-line roller skates (roller blades), skateboards or other similar devices is prohibited within the area bounded by Fifth Avenue on the north, Sixth Avenue on the south, "E" Street on the east and "G" Street on the west (the blocks containing the Town Square and the Performing Arts Center).

D.

In addition to all other penalties provided in this Code, upon conviction or imposition of civil penalties for violations of this section the court or administrative hearing officer may forfeit to the municipality, subject to claims of third parties, any roller skates, in-line roller skates (roller blades), skateboards or other similar devices seized as evidence or the instrumentality of the offense pursuant to this section.

1.

Any officer issuing a citation for violation of this section may seize and impound as evidence or instrumentality of the offense any device utilized by the cited offender in violation of this section.

E.

Violations of this section may be heard by the municipality's administrative hearing officer under the provisions of title 14 of this Code.

(AO No. 89-52; AO No. 94-68(S), § 8, 8-11-94; AO No. 95-117, § 1, 6-29-95)