Skating Allowed on Sidewalks
Interesting this - in the Skate vs NoSkate wars the skateboarders have actually been ALLOWED to skate on the sidewalk ...
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Skaters in Grottoes will not have to leave the town limits to use their boards legally any longer.
Monday night, Town Council passed a revision of the town code allowing skateboards on sidewalks.
The revision passed with a vote of 4-2. Council members Jim Justis and Charlie Lawhorne voted against the change.
Councilman Ed Sterling said the revised amendment would allow the general use of skateboards on town sidewalks, but prohibited their use "as a way to impede or obstruct pedestrians."
After the amendment was passed, Mayor Doug Shifflett told the kids in attendance that disrespectful use of the boards would not be tolerated.
"I have no problems with skateboards," he said. "I just hope that the kids that use them will be more respectful of the people around them."
The old town code — which passed in May — prohibited using "skates, skateboards and toys dangerously" on town sidewalks, according to a copy of the law.
After town residents spoke against the ordinance, the code was changed to allow the use skateboards, bikes and scooters.
Shifflett — whose term as mayor ends next month — had opposed the use of skateboards on sidewalks. Previously, he said, "skateboarders don’t know how to be polite to pedestrians."
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