City Council Ordinance 263ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. 263
THE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTICELLO, MINNESOTA, HEREBY
ORDAINS THAT TITLE 8 OF THE MONTICELLO CITY ORDINANCE
BE AMENDED BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER RELATING TO
SKATEBOARD AND ROLLERBLADE USE:
CHAPTER 10
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE REGULATION
OF SIDEWALKS AND STREETS, PROHIBITING THE USE
OF DEVICES KNOWN AS SKATEBOARDS, ROLLER SKATES/BLADES,
AND SCOOTERS ON SIDEWALKS AND STREETS
IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OF
THE CITY OF MONTICELLO
SECTION:
8-10-1: Definitions
8-10-2: Prohibited Areas
8-10-3: Observation of Rules of the Road
8-10-4: Violations
8-10-1: DEFINITIONS: The following words and terms, whenever they occur
in this ordinance, are defined as follows:
(A) CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT means any area of the city within a B-3
(highway business) zoning district or B-4 (regional business) zoning district.
(B) ROLLER SKATES/BLADES means a shoe with wheels attached or a device
with wheels which is designated to be attached to a shoe.
(C) SKATEBOARDS means a wheeled device designed to transport a rider in a
standing position, which device is not otherwise secured to the rider's feet or
shoes.
(D) SCOOTER: A foot -operated vehicle consisting of a narrow board mounted
between two wheels, tandem, with an upright steering handle attached to
the front wheel.
(E) OPERATE means to ride on or control the operation of a skateboard, roller
skates/blades, or scooter.
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(F) OPERATOR means every person who operates or is in actual physical
control of a skateboard, roller skates/blades, or scooter.
8-10-2: PROHIBITED AREAS: No person shall ride or use a skateboard,
roller skates/blades, or scooter:
(A) On any public sidewalk, street, or any public parking lot situated in the
Central Business District in any careless, reckless, or negligent manner so
as to endanger or be likely to endanger the safety of any person or property
of any other person, or
(B) On any other public or private property of another without the express
permission to do so by the owner or occupant of said property, or
(C) On any state highway in the city of Monticello.
8-10-3: OBSERVATION OF RULES OF THE ROAD:
(A) The operator of a skateboard, roller skates/blades, or scooter emerging from
any alley, driveway, or building upon approaching a sidewalk or the
sidewalk area extending across any alleyway, shall yield the right-of-way to
all pedestrians approaching the sidewalk or sidewalk area and upon
entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching
on the roadway.
(B) No person operating a skateboard, roller skates/blades, or scooter shall
attach the same or the person of the operator to any vehicle upon a
roadway.
(C) Every person operating a skateboard, roller skates/blades, or scooter upon a
roadway shall ride as close as possible to the right-hand curb or edge of the
roadway.
(D) No person shall use a skateboard, roller skates/blades, or scooter upon a
public street, sidewalk, or other roadway after sunset and before sunrise.
8-10-4: VIOLATIONS: Any person who violates any provision of this
ordinance shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor. In addition, any
peace officer who observes any person violate any provisions of this ordinance is
authorized to seize the offender's roller skates/blades, skateboard, or scooter and
to hold same at the Wright County Sheriff's Department or City Police
Department. In the event of such seizure, the offender, if an adult, may secure
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the return of the article seized after twenty-four (24) hours have elapsed since the
seizure. In the case of a minor, the article seized shall be returned only to the
parent or guardian of such minor offender after twenty-four (24) hours have
elapsed since the seizure.
Published in the Monticello Times on 12/8/94.