Skateboards, Skating, Plaza areMEMORANDUM
August14,2002
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
Authorizing the City Manager to Designate Areas Where
Skateboards, Skating and Riding Bicycles and Scooters
Are Prohibited
Complaints have been received about skateboarders damaging the new plaza area
connecting the 4th Street Parking Ramp to Main Street. In response, Corporation
Counsel Barry Lindahl is recommending an amendment to Section 32-250 of the City of
Dubuque Code of Ordinances authorizing the City Manager to designate and post signs
in areas where skateboarding, skating and riding bicycles and scooters are prohibited.
Michael C. Van Milligen
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
MCVM/cs
Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, Corporation Counsel
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Mike Koch, Public Works Director
Preparer: Barry A. Lindahl Address: Suite 330, Harbor View Place
300 Main Street
~52001-6944 Telephone: (563) 583-4113
ORDINANCE NO. 61-02
AMENDING SECTION 32-250 OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF
ORDINANCES PROHIBITING CERTAIN NON-MOTORIZED VEHICLES,
CONVEYANCES AND EQUIPMENT IN MUNICIPAL PARKING GARAGES OR LOTS
AND IN CERTAIN OTHER PLACES BY ADDING THERETO A PROVISION
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DESIGNATE AND POST SIGNS IN AREAS
WHERE SKATEBOARDING, SKATING AND RIDING BICYCLES AND SCOOTERS
IS PROHIBITED.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances Section 32-250 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 32-250. Use of Certain Non-motorized Vehicles, Conveyances And
Equipment in Municipal Parking Garages or Lots And In Certain Other Places In
The City.
(a) No person shall be upon and make use of roller skates, skateboards,
bicycles, or other wheeled recreational vehicles, or conveyances within any
municipal parking garage or municipal parking lot. This provision shall not apply
to use of a wheelchair or other similar conveyance when used for transportation
by any temporarily or permanently handicapped person, or to a wagon being
pulled by a pedestrian at a walking speed.
(b) No person shall use roller skates, skateboards, wagons, or other
wheeled or non-motorized recreational vehicles, with the exception of bicycles,
upon the roadway portion of any right of way, except that a person may use any
of the above-proscribed conveyances in any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
Any person using any of the above-proscribed conveyances in crossing a
roadway at a place other than a marked or unmarked crosswalk shall be subject
to the requirements set forth in section 32-243 of this article.
(c) The City Manager is hereby authorized to designate and post signs
in areas where skateboarding, skating and riding bicycles and scooters is
prohibited. No person shall skateboard, skate or ride a bicycle or a scooter in
any such area.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the above
proscribed conveyances when used in any parade, exhibition, or gathering of
persons which has been authorized by permit from the city manager.
(e) The scheduled fine for a violation of this section shall be twenty-five
dollars ($25.00).
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon publication.
Passed, approved and adopted this 19 th day of August
,2002.
Attest:
Jeanne F. Schneider, City Clerk
Terrance M. Duggan, Mayor
F:~USERS~
Effect of Amendment
Sec. 32-250. Use Of Certain Non-motorized Vehicles, Conveyances And Equipment in
Municipal Parking Garages or Lots And In Certain Other Places In The City
(a) No person shall be upon and make use of roller skates, skateboards, bicycles, or
other wheeled recreational vehicles, or conveyances within any municipal parking
garage or municipal parking lot.
This provision shall not apply to use of a wheelchair or other similar conveyance when
used for transportation by any temporarily or permanently handicapped person, or to a
wagon being pulled by a pedestrian at a walking speed.
(b) No person shall use roller skates, skateboards, wagons, or other wheeled or non-
motorized recreational vehicles, with the exception of bicycles, upon the roadway
portion of any right of way, except that a person may use any of the above-proscribed
conveyances in any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
Any person using any of the above-proscribed conveyances in crossing a roadway at a
place other than a marked or unmarked crosswalk shall be subject to the requirements
set forth in section 32-243 of this article.
(c) The City Manaqer is hereby authorized to designate and post si.qns in are~
where skateboarding, skating and dding bicycles and scooters is prohibited. No person
shall skateboard, skate or ride a bicycle or scooter in any such area.
(G)(d_) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the above proscribed
conveyances when used in any parade, exhibition, or gathering of persons which has
been authorized by permit from the city manager.
(d)(e) The scheduled fine for a violation of this section shall be twenty-five dollars
($25.00).