Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: The purpose of the new rule is to provide updated and clear guidance on the use of skateboards, foot scooters, skates, and other similar devices to students, faculty, staff, and guests of Western Washington University. Highlights of the amendments include: Recognizing skateboarding as a method of sustainable transportation; permitting the use of skateboards, foot scooters, skates, and other similar devices on campus; and establishing speed limits and walk zones on campus.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 516-15-030 and 516-15-040; and amending WAC 516-15-010, 516-15-020, and 516-15-050.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28B.35.120(12).

     Other Authority: RCW 28B.10.560.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 09-07-032 on March 10, 2009.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 3, Repealed 2.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 2, Amended 3, Repealed 2.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: June 1, 2009.

Suzanne M. Baker

Rules Coordinator

OTS-2198.3

     (("Skateboard." A toy consisting of an oblong or rectangular board, made of wood, plastic, metal or components thereof, with wheels, ridden, as down an incline, usually in a standing position. It may or may not be motorized.

     "Skate." A toy consisting of shoes or boots with small wheels on the soles, either in pairs at the toe and heel or in a line down the length of the foot.)) (1) "Electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD)." A self-balancing device with two wheels not in tandem, designed to transport only one person by an electric propulsion system with an average power of seven hundred fifty watts (one horsepower) having a maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a propulsion system while ridden by an operator weighing one hundred seventy pounds, of less than twenty miles per hour.

     (2) "Pedestrian." Any person who is afoot or who is using a wheelchair, a powered wheelchair or a powered scooter for persons with disabilities.

     (3) "Skateboard." A flat or curved board, mounted on two or more casters or wheels, manually propelled, and usually made of wood, plastic, fiberglass, or similar materials. The term skateboard is intended to include roller skates, in-line skates, longboards, and foot scooters. It does not include electric or manual wheelchairs or powered scooters for use by persons with disabilities.

     (4) "Skateboarder." Is a person using a device included in subsection (3) of this section.

     (5) "Walk zone." Any area designated by signs or symbols as a place where bicycles, skateboards, and other regulated devices cannot be ridden during specified periods.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.35.120(12). 96-24-015, § 516-15-010, filed 11/22/96, effective 1/1/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.35.120. 87-21-080 (Resolution No. 87-02), § 516-15-010, filed 10/21/87.]

     (2) To protect from physical damage and more than ordinary wear the wooden and concrete benches, brick and paved walkways, stairs, steps, loading ramps, plazas, and ramps for the disabled, caused by use of coasters, skateboards, in-line skates, toy vehicles, or similar devices on such areas.)) Western Washington University acknowledges that skateboards, foot scooters, skates, and other similar devices are sustainable forms of transportation. Use is regulated to protect the campus from physical damage and to provide safe and equitable access. This chapter does not apply to bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices or other powered devices regulated under chapter 516-13 WAC.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.35.120(12). 96-24-015, § 516-15-020, filed 11/22/96, effective 1/1/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.35.120. 87-21-080 (Resolution No. 87-02), § 516-15-020, filed 10/21/87.]

     (2) Skateboarders must comply with these regulations to ensure the safe operation, use, and storage of these devices on campus.

     (3) Skateboarders must yield the right of way to pedestrians at all times.

     (4) Skateboarders must comply with speed limits on campus as follows:

     (a) Share pedestrian spaces and walkways only at pedestrian walking speeds, three miles per hour, within ten feet of any pedestrian or areas congested with pedestrians.

     (b) Otherwise, skateboard speeds are limited to pedestrian jogging speeds, five to seven miles per hour maximum.

     (5) Speeds in excess of seven miles per hour, stunt riding, or any and all other uses of skateboards that may cause property damage and endanger the user or others are prohibited.

     (6) Skateboarders are restricted from the following areas: Lawns, benches, stairways, steps, sculpture, art work, hand rails, loading ramps, building interiors.

     (7) Skateboarders must dismount and walk in areas specifically designated as permanent or temporary walk zones from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. during regular class days, including finals week, during the regular academic year. Designated walk zones are as follows:

     (a) In Red Square;

     (b) In the congested, narrow walk area from the north side of Engineering Technology to the north side of Carver Gym;

     (c) At Viking Union Vendor's Row; and

     (d) Such other areas as may be designated by the vice-president for business and financial affairs.

     (8) Skateboards may be used in the east-west intertie between Carver Gym, the Art Annex, Bond Hall, and Miller Hall but must yield right of way to pedestrians.

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     (2) Penalties((:)). The penalties for violating any part of this ((section)) chapter shall be progressive((, with the monetary penalty increasing for each subsequent offense. The first violation shall have a monetary penalty of ten dollars. A second violation shall have a monetary penalty of fifty dollars)). The penalty schedule will be published in the university Fees and Rates Listings and is available at parking services.

     Any person who violates any portion of this section and as a result is involved in a collision with a pedestrian or an object shall have the monetary penalty for the offense doubled.

     Any person using a skateboard, ((coaster, in-line)) skates, ((toy vehicle,)) or similar device who attempts to elude a uniformed police officer attempting to enforce these regulations shall have the monetary penalty for the offense doubled.

     A rider who refuses to cooperate with a police officer will be subject to arrest for obstructing a law enforcement officer under the provisions of chapter 9A.76 RCW and/or criminal trespass under the provisions of chapter 9A.52 RCW.

     (3) Appeal procedure. A university notice of infraction (NOI) may be appealed by filing a completed appeal form at ((the)) parking services ((office)) or appeal on-line at www.ps.wwu.edu within seven days of receipt of the notice of infraction; otherwise, the right to a hearing is forfeited.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.35.120(12). 99-07-089, § 516-15-050, filed 3/19/99, effective 4/19/99; 96-24-015, § 516-15-050, filed 11/22/96, effective 1/1/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.35.120. 87-21-080 (Resolution No. 87-02), § 516-15-050, filed 10/21/87.]

     The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:

WAC 516-15-030	Authority.
WAC 516-15-040	Regulation.

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