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RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 09/17/2019
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Regular Business
AGENDA DESCRIPTION:
Consideration and possible action to amend the existing list of City streets on which the
use of skateboards, roller skates, inline skates, scooters, and similar non-motorized
wheeled devices is prohibited to include Nuvola Court and Albero Court.
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
(1) Adopt Resolution No. 2019-___, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING THE
PROHIBITION AGAINST THE USE OF SKATEBOARDS, ROLLER SKATES,
INLINE SKATES, SCOOTERS, AND SIMILAR NON-MOTORIZED WHEELED
DEVICES ON DESIGNATED PUBLIC STREETS
FISCAL IMPACT:
Amount Budgeted: N/A
Additional Appropriation: N/A
Account Number(s): N/A
ORIGINATED BY: Elias Sassoon, Director of Public Works
REVIEWED BY: Gabriella Yap, Deputy City Manager
APPROVED BY: Doug Willmore, City Manager
ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
A. Resolution No. 2019-__, (page A-1)
B. Resolution No. 2012-47 (page B-1)
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
Section 12.16.120 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code authorizes the City
Council to prohibit by resolution the use of skateboards, roller skates, inline skates,
scooters, or any similar non-motorized wheeled devices having wheels less than six
inches in diameter, upon any public street, sidewalk, alley, or roadway within the City.
On July 3, 2012, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2012-47 to prohibit the use of
skateboards, roller skates, inline skates, scooters, or any similar non-motorized wheeled
devices having wheels less than six inches in diameter on Via Colinita, Palos Verdes
Drive East, Silver Arrow Drive, Hawthorne Boulevard, Ganado Drive, Crest Road East,
Crest Road West, Crenshaw Boulevard, Browndeer Lane, Verde Ridge Road,
Locklenna Lane, and Miraleste Drive. In adopting Resolution No. 2012-47, the City
Council determined that the prohibition was needed t o protect the health, safety and
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welfare of pedestrians, motorists, and persons using skateboards and other similar non -
motorized devices.
On July 26, 2019, the City received an email from a City resident expressing concerns
that he and other members of the community have regarding the use of skateboards,
often by children, on Nuvola Court and Albero Court. These streets are relatively steep
and, as a result, have become popular amongst skateboarders who will drive to the top
and travel down these streets on their skateboards at high rates of speed.
Skateboarders are often followed closely by their friends in cars who are videotaping the
activity. The resident has requested that the City Council consider prohibiting the use of
skateboards on Nuvola Court and Albero Court.
Adoption of this proposed resolution will amend the list of City streets on which the use
of skateboards, roller skates, inline skates, scooters, or any similar non-motorized
wheeled devices having wheels less than six inches in diameter is prohibited to also
include Nuvola Court and Albero Court. If this proposed resolution is adopted, the use
of skateboards and similar non-motorized wheeled devices will be prohibited on the
following streets in the City:
Via Colinita
Palos Verdes Drive East
Silver Arrow Drive
Hawthorne Boulevard
Ganado Drive
Crest Road East
Crest Road West
Crenshaw Boulevard
Browndeer Lane
Verde Ridge Road
Locklenna Lane
Miraleste Drive
Nuvola Court
Albero Court
The prohibition shall not become effective until signs, containing the language set
forth below, have been posted and are clearly visible in the vicinity of Nuvola Court
and Albero Court.
“PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 12.16.120 OF THE
RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE, NO SKATEBOARDS,
ROLLER SKATES, INLINE SKATES, SCOOTERS, OR SIMILAR NON -
MOTORIZED WHEELED DEVICES ARE PERMITTED.”
ALTERNATIVES:
In addition to the Staff recommendation, the following alternative action s are available
for the City Council’s consideration:
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1) Make no changes to the existing list of streets on which the use of skateboards
and similar non-motorized wheeled devices is prohibited
2) Provide other direction to Staff on the existing list of streets on which the use of
skateboards and similar non-motorized wheeled devices is prohibited
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RESOLUTION NO. 2019-__
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA,
ESTABLISHING THE PROHIBITION AGAINST THE USE
OF SKATEBOARDS, ROLLER SKATES, INLINE
SKATES, SCOOTERS, AND SIMILAR NON-MOTORIZED
WHEELED DEVICES ON DESIGNATED PUBLIC
STREETS
WHEREAS, Section 12.16.120 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code
authorizes the City Council to prohibit by resolution the use of skateboards, roller
skates, inline skates, scooters, or any similar non-motorized wheeled devices
having wheels less than six inches in diameter, upon any public street, sidewalk,
alley, or roadway within the City; and
WHEREAS, on July 3, 2012, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2012-
47 to prohibit the use of skateboards, roller skates, inline skates, scooters, or any
similar non-motorized wheeled devices having wheels less than six inches in
diameter on Via Colinita, Palos Verdes Drive East, Silver Arrow Drive, Hawthorne
Boulevard, Ganado Drive, Crest Road East, Crest Road West, Crenshaw
Boulevard, Browndeer Lane, Verde Ridge Road, Locklenna Lane, and Miraleste
Drive; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has been aware of dangerous activities taking
place on the steep streets of Nuvola Court and Albero Court in which skateboarders
drive to the top and travel down these streets on their skateboards at high rates of
speed; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that in order to protect the
health, safety and welfare of pedestrians, motorists, and persons using skateboards
and similar non-motorized wheeled devices, there is a need to amend the current
list of streets on which the use of skateboards, roller skates, inline skates, scooters,
or any similar non-motorized wheeled devices having wheels less than six inches in
diameter is prohibited to also include Nuvola Court and Albero Court;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, AND RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. That the foregoing recitals are true and correct, and
are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. Required Findings. That the City Council finds that the use of
skateboards, roller skates, inline skates, scooters, or any similar non-motorized
wheeled devices having wheels less than six inches in diameter is hereby
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prohibited on Via Colinita, Palos Verdes Drive East, Silver Arrow Drive, Hawthorne
Boulevard, Ganado Drive, Crest Road East, Crest Road West, Crenshaw
Boulevard, Browndeer Lane, Verde Ridge Road, Locklenna Lane, Miraleste Drive,
Nuvola Court, and Albero Court. This prohibition is necessary to reduce traffic
hazards created by skateboarders and users of other non-motorized wheeled
devices on steep streets within the City and, accordingly, is necessary to protect the
health, safety, and welfare of pedestrians, motorists, and persons operating
skateboards and other non-motorized wheeled devices on these streets. For these
reasons, the City Council finds, pursuant to Section 12.16.120 of the Rancho Palos
Verdes Municipal Code, that the prohibition against the use of skateboards, roller
skates, inline skates, scooters, or any similar non-motorized wheeled devices
having wheels less than six inches in diameter on the streets listed above is
necessary to avoid the adverse impacts upon public safety caused by these
activities at the designated locations.
Section 3. Designation of Prohibited Streets. That the use of skateboards,
roller skates, inline skates, scooters, or any similar non-motorized wheeled devices
having wheels less than six inches in diameter is hereby prohibited on the following
streets:
Via Colinita
Palos Verdes Drive East
Silver Arrow Drive
Hawthorne Boulevard
Ganado Drive
Crest Road East
Crest Road West
Crenshaw Boulevard
Browndeer Lane
Verde Ridge Road
Locklenna Lane
Miraleste Drive
Nuvola Court
Albero Court
Section 4. Designation of Prohibition. That the prohibition against the use
of skateboards, roller skates, inline skates, scooters, or any similar non-motorized
wheeled devices having wheels less than six inches in diameter on the streets listed
in Section 3 above shall be set forth as follows:
“PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 12.16.120 OF THE
RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE, NO SKATEBOARDS,
ROLLER SKATES, INLINE SKATES, SCOOTERS, OR SIMILAR NON-
MOTORIZED WHEELED DEVICES ARE PERMITTED.”
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Section 5. Posting of Sings. That the prohibition contained in Section 4 of
this Resolution shall not become effective until signs, containing the language set
forth in Section 4 of this Resolution, have been posted and are clearly visible in the
immediate vicinity where such activity is prohibited. The Director of Public Works is
hereby authorized to erect such signs.
Section 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this ___ day of September, 2019.
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Jerry V. Duhovic, Mayor
Attest:
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Emily Colborn, City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Emily Colborn, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify
that the above Resolution No. 2019-___ was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on _____________, 2019.
___________________________
Emily Colborn, City Clerk
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