Awful truth.SKATEBOARDING--THERE OUGHTA' BE A LAW CAPE MAY Cape May, city (1990 pop. 4,668), Cape May co., S N.J., on Cape May peninsula and the Atlantic Ocean; settled in the 1600s, inc. 1857. One of the nation's oldest beach resorts, it became known in the mid-19th cent. , November November: see month. 19, 2003--At a time when many shore towns are building skateboard parks, City Council plans to ban the mere possession of the boards in public areas under city control. The council introduced an ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been Monday Monday: see week. night that makes it illegal to "possess, park or stand, carry or transport," any skateboard at public places within the city, The ordinance does not address public streets because the city was already forced to lift a skateboard ban in these areas in 1998. The city had banned skateboarding skateboarding Form of recreation, popular among youths, in which a person rides standing balanced on a small board mounted on wheels. The skateboard first appeared in the early 1960s on paved areas along California beaches as a makeshift diversion for surfers when the ocean in all public areas, including streets, in the 1980s, but the state statute allowed them to return to the streets as long as traffic regulations are followed, including such things as stopping at stop signs and moving with the flow of traffic, and those under 14 wear helmets. The city has had several well-publicized battles with skateboarders ever the years. Other towns in the area reacted by building skateboard parks to give the teenagers a safe place to go, but success has been limited at the parks because of all the equipment the children must wear due to safety and liability concerns. |
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