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Ordinance No. 1730 Page Three 11.54.030 Regulations for use in roadways. Skateboards, in-line skates and similar nonmotorized devices propelled or ridden in the roadways are subject to Vehicle Code Section 2 1967, and must: A. Stop at all stop signs and red signals; B. Yield to all vehicles at yield signs; C. Yield to pedestrians at marked and unmarked crosswalks; D. Not impede traffic or interfere with the flow of vehicular traffic; E. Yield to approaching vehicles when entering any roadway; F. Not be towed by a motor vehicle at any speed nor by a bicycle at any unsafe speed; G. Yield bicycle lanes to bicycles and not use bicycle lanes in any way contrary to the free and open use of those lanes by bicyclists; H. Not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and travel into the path of a vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. 11.54.040 Regulations for use on sidewalks. When skateboarding or in-line skating on sidewalks on which skateboarding or in-line skating is permitted, persons riding skateboards, in-line skating or propelling similar nonmotorized devices shall: A. Yield to all other pedestrians; B. Proceed with due care and at a safe speed when in the presence of pedestrians or on any sidewalk where there is the possibility of a pedestrian suddenly emerging into the sidewalk from a business or residence." Section 3: A summary of this ordinance shall be published once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption in "The Tri-Valley Herald," a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Pleasanton, and the complete ordinance shall be posted for fifteen (15) days in the City Clerk's office within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. Section 4: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after the date of its final passage and adoption. INTRODUCED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Pleasanton on December 2, 1997.