CITY MULLS MORE RULES FOR SKATING; HELMETS, ADULT PRESENCE MAY BE REQUIREMENT.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer City officials are considering tightening up safety regulations at the new skate skate, fish: see ray. skate Any of nine genera (suborder Rajoidea) of rounded to diamond-shaped rays. These bottom-dwellers are found from tropical to near-Arctic waters and from the shallows to depths of more than 9,000 ft (2,700 m). park. The new safety provisions would require youngsters age 14 or under to be supervised su·per·vise tr.v. su·per·vised, su·per·vis·ing, su·per·vis·es To have the charge and direction of; superintend. [Middle English *supervisen, from Medieval Latin by a parent or guardian, mandate that skaters wear helmets and other safety gear, and ban bicycles at the new skating skating: see ice skating; ice dancing; roller skating. skating Sport in which bladelike runners or sets of wheels attached to shoes are used for gliding on ice or on surfaces other than ice. facility located at Marie Kerr Park. ``This will create more of a responsible use of the park,'' said Mayor Jim Ledford. ``We don't want kids 14 and under being dropped off and left unsupervised.'' The new safety regulations will be considered by the City Council at its meeting 7 p.m. Wednesday in council chambers, 708 E. Palmdale Blvd. State law protects cities operating skateboard parks from liability provided users are over 14 and wear safety gear. The liability immunity law, which went into effect in January, also requires cities to post signs stating that safety gear must be worn and that anyone failing to do so could be cited. City staffers also had concerns about the skills and physical maturity of the younger skateboarders. ``In the short time since the public has used the skate park, staff has observed many young children using the facility, some of whom are not as skilled or as physically well-coordinated as the older ones,'' a city staff report said. ``This discrepancy DISCREPANCY. A difference between one thing and another, between one writing and another; a variance. (q.v.) 2. Discrepancies are material and immaterial. in age and ability - coupled with the great number of users at any given time - may increase the risk of injury for the younger children.'' The $230,000, 8,500-square-foot skating park is the first of its kind in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . The skating park opened June 20. Depending on how well things go with this first park, the city is considering building a second facility at Dominic Massari Park to serve Palmdale's east side. ``This one is going over very, very well,'' Ledford said. The skate park is the latest in a series of parks and recreation improvements made by Palmdale. Recent improvements include the $1.1 million Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling greenbelt Greenbelt, city (1990 pop. 21,096), Prince Georges co., W central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; chartered 1937. Greenbelt was planned and built by the federal government as an experimental model community for families of modest income. and the $1.1 million Civic Center Square. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) Brandon Blaze, 15, catches some air at the Marie Kerr Park skating area in Palmdale. (2--Color) David Laney David Laney, born January 19 1949, in Dallas, Texas, is the Amtrak board chairman since July 2003. An alumnus of St. Mark's School of Texas, Laney graduated from Stanford University and the law school at Southern Methodist University. , right, talks to sons Johnny, 6, and Chris, 9, at the skate facility at Marie Kerr Park in Palmdale. Officials are considering an adult supervision requirement for children under 14 years old. John Lazar/Special to the Daily News |
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