City of Philadelphia - File #: 000147

• File #: 000147
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 3/16/2000
• In control: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
• Final action: 9/21/2000
• Title: Amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code relating to "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity," by amending Section 10-610 entitled "Skateboarding on Public Property," by prohibiting skateboarding on all public property unless otherwise authorized, and by creating additional penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Cohen, Councilmember Ortiz, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Miller, Council President Verna, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Longstreth, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Tasco
• Indexes: SKATEBOARDING
• Code sections: 10-610 - Skateboarding on Public Property, Title 10 - REGULATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONDUCT AND ACTIVITY

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/4/2000	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/21/2000	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
9/21/2000	1	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	14:3
6/22/2000	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
6/22/2000	1	CITY COUNCIL	TABLED
6/15/2000	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/15/2000	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
6/15/2000	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/13/2000	0	Committee on Public Property and Public Works	HEARING HELD
6/13/2000	1	Committee on Public Property and Public Works	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
6/13/2000	0	Committee on Public Property and Public Works	AMENDED
3/16/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
3/16/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred

Title
Amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code relating to "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity," by amending Section 10-610 entitled "Skateboarding on Public Property," by prohibiting skateboarding on all public property unless otherwise authorized, and by creating additional penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Section 10-610 of Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

§10-610. Skateboarding on Public Property.

(1) No person shall use a skateboard in any of the following areas:

(a) the area bounded by Arch street, Fifteenth street, Broad street, and John F. Kennedy boulevard (the Municipal Services Building plaza and sidewalks)[.];

(b) on public property unless use of a skateboard on such property is authorized by regulation, ordinance or statute, or is otherwise authorized by the governmental agency, department or commission responsible for such property, "Public Property" does not include public roads, highways, bicycle and/or skateboard paths, or sidewalks abutting private property. "Public Property" also shall not include Recreation Department facilities, which facilities shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Recreation Department; and

(c) on portions of private property, including but not limited to outdoor plazas, that are dedicated to use by the general public, where the owner of such private property has posted a notice indicating that skateboarding is prohibited on the property.

(2) The parent of any child under the age of eighteen (18) years who violates subsection 10-610(1) shall also be in violation of this Section.

(3) Penalties.

(a) The penalty for a violation of this Section shall be a civil penalty of three hundred dollars ($300), provided that the total amount of civil penalties assessed against a child and his or her parents shall not exceed a total of three ...