- Target:
- Cincinnati City Council
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- theberrics.com
According to section 506-3 of Cincinnati's Municipal Code, "no person shall ride a skateboard on any street, highway within the area bounded by Second Street, Elm Street, Central Avenue and Mehring Way" nor "skateboard on sidewalks where the buildings abut the paved portion of the sidewalks."
The main concern of the city is that property is being torn apart at the hands of skateboarders.
We argue that skateboarding is something that needs to be embraced not deemed illegal. Skateboarders aren't out to destroy the city. Skateboarding has always found itself in cities using certain architectural designs to express who they are.
We understand that certain property is being torn up by skateboarding. However working with the community of skateboarders could be beneficial. In cities all over the United States skateboarders are working with local governments to solve these issues.
We petition the city of Cincinnati to legalize skateboarding in certain areas of downtown.
Skateboarders are a creative and motivated group of people. Skate spots can be made by skateboarders all with private funds at no cost to the city. This also bypasses the cost and time of having to build a skatepark, that most kids don't use.
Sanctioned areas for skateboarders to design obstacles gives a community a voice and a sense of purpose.
Skateboarders young and old could be apart of creating something with the city. Instead of feeling like our city could careless about us. This D.I.Y. model has proved itself many times over.
The D.I.Y. platform has shown success in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Delaware, and even Newport Kentucky.
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The Sanctioned D.I.Y. Skate Spots Cincinnati Ohio petition to Cincinnati City Council was written by Ian Jones and is in the category Local Government at GoPetition.