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• 44-0-92
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Sections 10-1-3 and 10-1-5-4
of the Evanston City Code
Relating to Roller Skates,
Coasters and Similar Devices
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 10-1-3 of the City Code of
the City of Evanston, 1979, as amended, be
and it hereby is further amended by adding the following
definition, in appropriate alphabetical sequence:
10-1-3: Recklessness: A person is reckless or acts
recklessly, when he consciously disregards a substantial and
unjustifiable risk that circumstances exist or that a result
will follow and such disregard constitutes a gross deviation
from the standard of care which a reasonable person would
exercise in the situation. Actual damage to person or
• property is not a prerequisite to a determination that a
person acted "recklessly".
SECTION 2: That section 10-1-5-4 is amended by
renumbering subsection 10-1-5-4(B) as 10-1-
5-4(C) and by adding a new subsection 10-1-5-4(B), reading as
follows :
(B) Any person using or operating roller skates,
skateboards, coasters, toy vehicles, or similar self-
propelled devices:
1) shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian,
2) shall give an audible signal before overtaking or
passing a pedestrian, and
3) shall not use or operate said devices in a reckless
manner.
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SECTION 3: That ordinances or parts of ordinances •
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: That this ordinance shall be in full force
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and effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: 1992
Adopted: L�l .� , 1992
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Approve /O
V Mayor
ATTEST:
ifilal�l ��.
City clerk
A roved a to form:
CorpoAtion Counsel
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, 1992
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