HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-10 - Amending Certain Provisions of Chapter 12.54 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code Pertaining to the Operation of Scooters on the Oceanfront Boardwalk.ORDINANCE NO. 2001 -10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISONS OF
CHAPTER 12.54 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO THE OPERATION OF SCOOTERS ON THE
OCEANFRONT BOARDWALK
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 12.54.020 shall be amended to read as follows:
12.54.020 Definitions.
As used in this Chapter, the following terms and words shall have the following
meanings:
(a) 'Bicyclist' shall mean any person operating any device propelled by
human power through a belt, chains or gears and having one or more
wheels.
(b) 'Boardwalk' or "Oceanfront Boardwalk' shall mean the concrete walkway
approximately twelve (12) to twenty -two (22) feet in width immediately
adjacent to the sandy beach (except where the beach has been improved
with parking lots, parks or school playgrounds) and extending from
approximately two hundred fifty (250) feet east of E Street to 36th Street.
(c) "Pass" shall mean to travel to the left of the centerline of the Boardwalk.
(d) "Pedestrian" shall mean any person on foot.
(e) "Rollerskater shall mean any person wearing rollerskates (as defined in
Section 12.57.010(B) of this Code), rollerblades or any similar device.
(f) "Scooter" shall mean any device with a "foot board" mounted between two
or more wheels with an upright handle that is operated by placing one foot
on the foot board and pushing with the other foot. "Scooter user' shall
mean any person operating a scooter.
(g) "Skateboarder' shall mean any person riding a "skateboard as that term is
defined in Section 12.57.010(B) of this Code.
SECTION 2: Section 12.54.030 is hereby amended to read as follows:
12.54.030 Speed Limit
No bicyclist, skater, skateboarder, pedestrian or scooter user shall exceed eight
(8) miles per hour while on the Boardwalk.
SECTION 3: Section 12.54.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:
12.54.040 Unsafe Operation.
No bicyclist, skater, skateboarder, pedestrian or scooter user shall engage in any
activity on the Boardwalk that creates an unreasonable risk of injury to any
person.
SECTION 4: Section 12.54.050 is hereby amended to read as follows:
12.54.050 Direction of Flow /Rules of the Road.
(a) All bicyclists, skaters, skateboarders, pedestrians and scooter uses shall
keep to the right of the centerline of the Boardwalk except when passing.
(b) No person shall pass any other person except when it is safe to do so.
(c) No person shall pass any other person when there is a solid single or
double centerline.
SECTION 5: Section 12.54.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:
12.54.060 Special Restrictions.
(a) The Transportation and Development Services Manager shall post signs
and install appropriate markings designating a "Walk Zone" for bicycles in
the plaza at the base of the Newport Pier. The Transportation and
Development Services Manager shall have the authority to establish other
special restrictions on bicyclists, pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerbladers
and /or scooter users such as localized speed limits less than eight miles
per hour on a portion of the Boardwalk.
(b) No person shall fail to comply with signs posted pursuant to subsection (a)
that establish special restriction on bicyclists, pedestrians, skateboarders,
rollerbladers and /or scooter users that use the Boardwalk.
SECTION 6: That if any, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision
shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this
Ordinance and each section, subsection, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of
the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases
be declared unconstitutional.
SECTION 7: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage
of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in
the official newspaper within fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
CitX of Newport Beach held on the 26th day of June 2001, and adopted on the
10 day of July 2001, by the following vote, to -wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS Heffernan, .O'Neil,
Ridgeway, Clover, Bromberg, Proctor, Mayor Adams
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT, COUNCILMEMBERS
MAYOR
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CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2001 -10 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by
the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the
10th day of July 2001, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Heffernan, O'Neil, Ridgeway, Glover, Bromberg, Proctor, Mayor Adams
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 11th day of July 2001.
(Seal)
City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, California
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby
certify that Ordinance No. 2001 -10 has been duly and regularly published according to law and the
order of the City Council of said City and that same was so published in The Daily Pilot, a daily
newspaper of general circulation on the following date, to wit: July 14, 2001.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this ! Vin- day of
!' 2001.
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City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, California