NEWPORT BEACH : Wider Skateboard Ordinance Weighed
A month after banning skateboarding near the Newport Pier, the City Council is now considering amending the municipal code to prohibit the use of skateboards and roller skates in other areas of Newport Beach.
Currently, the municipal code gives the council discretion to regulate the use of roller skates and skateboards only on public streets and sidewalks. Under an ordinance that received preliminary approval, the council could order parking lots and public properties other than streets and sidewalks off-limits to the skates.
Last month, the council adopted a resolution banning skateboards at McFadden Place between Balboa Boulevard and the ocean, Oceanfront between 20th Street and 24th Street, 21st Place and the Oceanfront parking lot.
The ordinance to amend the code is expected to pass next month.
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