Vancouver City Council |
MOTION ON NOTICE
Submitted by the Mayor for April 22 Regular Council meeting
MOVER: Mayor Campbell
SECONDER: Councillor Green
WHEREAS the use of skateboards in the City of Vancouver was banned by city by-law in the 1990s; and
WHEREAS skateboarding continues to grow in popularity as an environmentally-friendly form of recreation and transportation; and
WHEREAS it is important to ensure city policies and bylaws reflect the needs of young people and do not discriminate against youth-oriented activities; and
WHEREAS City Council voted to relax the ban on skateboarding on minor streets in December 2001 for a one-year trial period under certain restrictive conditions; and
WHEREAS the City bylaw allows police to confiscate skateboards, a penalty that is not applied to any other form of transportation;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council seek a report from staff on the consequences of eliminating bylaws regulating skateboards, in-line skates and push scooters; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Street and Traffic By-Law be amended in the interim to permit the use of skateboards and in-line skates on minor streets indefinitely and to eliminate police authority to seize and detain skateboards.
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