3. Ordinance 1663 - Amending Skateboard Park Rules & Regulations - 1st ReadingREPORT TO: Mayor Pam Kennedy and Kalispell City Council
FROM: Jennifer Young, Recreation Superintendent
SUBJECT: Skateboard Park
MEETING DATE: June 1, 2009
BACKGROUND: The Skateboard Park Advisory committee presented to the City Council
workshop on May 11, 2009 proposed amendments to the rules and regulations of the Woodland
Skateboard Park.
RECOMMENDATION:
The Skateboard Park Advisory Committee recommendation is for the City Council to
pass the two ordinances.
1) "Eliminate the rule and regulation": All BMX bikes must be equipped
with protective covering on pegs.
2) "Change the rule and regulation": The Parks and Recreation
Department of the City of Kalispell, Montana reserves the right to close
the Woodland Skate Park for a determined period of time should any
issues at the skate board park become dangerous to the general public, and
or unmanageable by the Department of Parks and Recreation. Those
found inside the locked fence during periods of closure will be deemed
guilty of criminal trespass.
FISCAL EFFORTS: Cost of new signs approximately $500. (funded by Skateboard
Committee efforts).
ALTERNATIVES: As Suggested by the Council.
Respectfully su itted,
Jennif Youn Myr ebb
Recreation Superintende City Manager
Report Compiled May 27, 2009
ORDINANCE NO. 1663
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1492 CODIFIED AS KALISPELL CITY
CODE 19-20 REGARDING THE WOODLAND SKATEBOARD PARK RULES AND
REGULATIONS AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on the I" day of March, 2004 the City Council enacted Ordinance No. 1492, codified as
Kalispell City Code 19-20 that established the Woodland Skateboard Park Rules and
Regulations; and
WHEREAS, partly to response to abuses to the Woodland Skateboard Park and difficulties
experienced by the City in enforcing the rules and regulations of the park, the City
established a Skateboard Park Committee to investigate these difficulties and make
recommendations to the City Council on the best way to address the issues; and
WHEREAS, the Skateboard Park Committee made its recommendations to the City Council which
included amending the rules and regulations to 1) advise, but not require the use of
protective head gear, 2) omit the requirement for protective peg coverings on BMX bikes
and 3) give the Parks and Recreation Department the authority to close the skate park for
a determined period of time should any issues at the skate board park become dangerous
to the general public, and or unmanageable by the Department of Parks and Recreation;
and
WHEREAS, The Kalispell City Council finds that it is in the best interest of the City of Kalispell and
its citizens to amend Kalispell Municipal Code 19-20(F) as set forth below.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA, AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 Kalispell Municipal Code 19-20(F) shall be and is hereby amended as set forth
below:
SECTION 2 This Ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of its final
passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR THIS
DAY OF , 2009.
Pamela B. Kennedy
Mayor
ATTEST:
Theresa White
City Clerk