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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 631 ORDINANCE NO. 631 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA REGULATING TRAMPOLINE CENTERS. The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this ordinance the following words and phrases are defined as follows: (a) "Trampoline center" : Any recreational, amusement or athletic facility open to the use of the general public within or upon which any trampoline is installed, maintained or operated for such use and irrespective of whether or not a charge is made for the use of any trampoline within or upon such facility; (b) "Operator" : The individual in control of the manage- ment and operation of a trampoline center, or any person acting by and with the authority of the person so in control; (c) "Proprietor" : The proprietor of the business of maintaining and operating a trampoline center. (d) "Trampoline Supervisor" : An individual of good moral character and physical fitness trained and experienced in the use of and performance upon a trampoline. A trampoline super- visor shall at all times be the qualified holder of the Standard First Aid Certificate of the American Red Cross. (e) "Approved type" : or any connotation thereof shall refer to approval by the City Building Inspector. SECTION 2. UNLAWFUL OPERATION. No person shall construct, install, maintain, use or operate any trampoline center other- wise than in accord with the regulations prescribed by this ordi- nance. SECTION 3. CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION REGULATIONS. Con- struction and installation regulations for trampoline centers are prescribed as follows: (1) Measured from the outside dimension of the frame, the minimum distances between trampolines shall be: End-to-end (longitudinal) : 10 feet; Side-to-side (lateral) : 6 feet. (2) All trampoline frames shall be completely and securely covered with padding of approved type construction and dimension. (3) No structure or any part thereof, and no other object of any kind or description, except trampoline frame padding, shall be erected, placed or maintained on the surface of the ground and/or floor of any trampoline center within any of the following distances measured from the outside dimension of the frame of any trampoline, to-wit: (i) Within an extension laterally of the end-lines of the frame of the trampoline: 6 feet; (ii) Within an extension longitudinally of the side- lines of the frame of the trampoline: 6 feet; -1- 1 (iii) Upon an extension of the diagonal between oppo- side corners of a trampoline: 2 feet. (4) Any ceiling, roof or other covering overlaying any trampoline shall be not less than 20 feet above the mat or net of the trampoline. (5) With reference to any pit-type installation of any trampoline, the pit shall be excavated, constructed and main- tained to provide a shelf or ledge beneath all springs, elastic bands or other recoil or rebound mechanism attached to the mat or net and which shelf or ledge shall be positioned and dimen- sioned as follows: not less than 12 inches nor more than 16 inches below such recoil or rebound mechanism and of a width sufficient to extend laterally below all of such recoil or rebound mechanism plus 2 inches within and below the perimeter of the mat or net. All other portions of the pit beneath the mat or net shall be excavated, constructed and maintained to a depth of 36 inches with a downward side and end slope of approximately one-to-one from the inner edge of such shelf or ledge. (6) All trampolines other than pit-type installations shall be firmly secured to the ground or floor. (7) Any ticket office, observation booth or other structure of similar purpose and use shall be designed with sufficient sash and/or sash-and-door combination to provide to any occupant of any such structure a clear and unobstructive view of the entire trampoline center: provided, further, that any such structure shall contain not less than 24 square feet of clear glass the sills of which shall be located at the above- floor height of 3 feet 2 inches on at least 3 sides of any such structure. (8) Any trampoline open to public use between the hours of one hour after location sunset to one hour before location sunrise shall be illuminated with a light intensity of not less than 7 foot-candles at the level of the trampoline mat or net. (9) There shall be installed and maintained upon every trampoline center a public address system of sufficient capacity, design and volume to provide at all times a voice-transmission clearly audible to all persons within and upon the trampoline center. Such public address system shall be operated at all times for the primary purpose of directing and controlling the activities of all persons within and upon the center. The operating sound-level of such public address system shall at no time exceed 20 decibels measured at 50 feet at any point beyond the perimeter of the trampoline center. (10) The perimeter of all of a trampoline center, exclud- ing that part thereof provided for off-street parking, shall be enclosed with an approved type fence. (11) As an integral part of every trampoline center there shall be provided an area for the off-street parking of motor vehicles the parking capacity of which area shall be one ade- quate parking space for each two trampolines installed within or upon the trampoline center. Adequate areas of ingress and egress shall be provided for each parking space. All such off-street -2- `.v impe parking areas and ways of ingress and egress shall be con- structed and surfaced in accord with accepted standards pre- vailing in the area in which the trampoline center is located. SECTION 4. GENERAL OPERATING REGULATIONS. No person shall use or permit or allow the use of any trampoline in or upon any trampoline center or be in or upon any trampoline center other- wise than in accord with the regulations prescribed by this ordi- nance. Operating regulations governing the use of any trampoline center by any member of the general public are hereby prescribed as follows : (1) No child under the age of 2 years shall use any tram- poline at any time; (2) No child over the age of 2 years and prior to the attainment of the age of 6 years shall use any trampoline except when in the immediate presence of and within the view of a parent or legal guardian; (3) No person shall use or perform upon any trampoline otherwise than in accord with accepted gymnastic practice relating to such use or performance; (4) No person, other than a person actually performing upon a trampoline, shall stand, lie or otherwise be within any of the distances from the frame of any trampoline as prescribed and delineated by the provisions of Section 3 (3); the pro- vision of this paragraph shall not apply to the operator of a trampoline center or any trampoline supervisor. (5) No individual shall use or perform upon any trampoline except in the presence of and under the supervision and direction of a trampoline supervisor; any and all persons using or per- forming upon any trampoline in any trampoline center shall accede at all times to the direction and control of the trampo- line supervisor. SECTION 5. SUPERVISION OF TRAMPOLINE USE. (a) Any trampo- line open to public use shall at all times be under the immediate and continuous supervision, direction and control of a trampoline supervisor. (b) It shall be the duty of the trampoline supervisor to supervise, direct and control the public use of any trampoline within or upon any trampoline center. (c) The duty hereby imposed upon the trampoline supervisor shall not be construed to prohibit such supervisor from doing or performing other or additional acts or duties within and upon a trampoline center; provided expressly, however, that no such other additional activity or duty shall in any manner or degree limit, restrict or otherwise infringe upon the duty of the trampoline supervisor as imposed by the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section. (d) Whenever any trampoline is open to public use upon any trampoline center there shall be on continuous duty therein one or more trampoline supervisors; the required number of such supervisors is prescribed as follows : (1) 12 trampolines or less open to public use: one supervisor; -3- (2) For each additional 12 trampolines open to public use, or any fraction thereof: one additional supervisor for each such additional 12 trampolines or any fraction thereof. (e) Whenever one or more trampolines upon any trampoline center are closed to public use the trampolines so closed to such use shall be separated from the trampolines open to public use in such appropriate manner as shall deny access by any person to the area within or upon which are located the closed trampo- lines; whenever any one or more trampolines are so closed to public use the operator shall deny access to such closed area by any person other than the agents or employees of the operator. SECTION 6. INSURANCE. No trampoline center shall be main- tained or operated unless or until there is in full force and effect and covering the operation of the same a policy of public liability and property damage insurance issued by a duly author- ized insurance carrier and insuring such operations within mini- mum public liability limits of $100, 000/200, 000 and property damage limit of $5, 000. SECTION 7. POSTING OF REGULATIONS. Notice of the regu- lations prescribed by this ordinance or otherwise adopted by authority herein contained and governing the use of a trampo- line center by members of the general public shall be clearly and legibly posted by the operator upon such center in such conspicuous location or locations as to be clearly visible at all times to all such members of the general public in or upon such center. SECTION 8. PENALTY. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars or by imprison- ment in the City Jail or County Jail of the County of Los Angeles for not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprison- ment. SECTION 9. URGENCY. This ordinance is hereby declared to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety and shall take effect immediately upon its passage. The facts constituting its urgency are as follows: There now exists within the City of Azusa no ordinance or legis- lative measure establishing or prescribing any safety rules or regulations for the protection of the safety and welfare of the public in the use of the facilities now offered and to be immediately offered by newly established commercial businesses engaged in the maintenance and operation of trampoline centers; severe injuries to members of the general public have already occurred in other neighboring jurisdictions by virtue of the dangerous method of construction and installation of trampolines and by reason of the dangerous, negligent and unregulated method of the operation of trampoline centers; and unless immediate safety rules and regula- tions are enacted for the control and elimination of such dangerous methods of construction, installation and operation, the otherwise unregulated construction, installation and operation of trampo- line centers for the use of the general public will constitute a severe and immediate and continuing hazard to the public health, safety and welfare. SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall publish the same as required by law. Passed and approved this18th day of April , 1960. Mayor -4- STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS. CITY OF AZUSA I, JAMES MILLER, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 631 was regularly introduced and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 18thday of April , 1960, by the following vote, to-wit: AYES : Councilmen: Paul, Ortuno, Johneon, Teasley, Memmesheimer NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT:Councilmen: None City Cl,„? ef f1 I do further certify that I caused said Ordinance to be published prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the passage thereof in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Azusa, on the 25th day of April, 1960, and that the same was published in accordance with law. City Clerk -5-