Council to Weigh Skateboarding Ban
The City Council tonight will consider a ban on skateboards in the vicinity of Newport Pier, citing damaged concrete and benches at McFadden Square.
Under the ordinance to be proposed at tonight’s council meeting, skateboarding would be prohibited on McFadden Place between Balboa Boulevard and the ocean, on the oceanfront between 20th Street and 24th Street, on 21st Place and on the oceanfront parking lot.
A report from the Public Works Department said skateboarders are chipping concrete and leaving black scuff marks on improvements to the area.
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