Which is worse in South Ogden: Skateboarding or....?

During a previous city council meeting (See Here), South Ogden City Council created a new ordinance to outlaw skateboarding on city streets. It is now a Class C Misdemeanor to skateboard on the road.

As a pubic service to all South Ogden residents I thought it would be interesting to see everything that could be considered worse than skateboarding on a city street. Below are just a few laws I have discovered in the South Ogden City Code.

1. 3-2-13 Selling Beer without a license
   
2. 3-6-7 Being a Junk seller, second hand seller, or a pawn shop without a license
   
3. 3-9A-3 Door to Door Sales [soliciting] without a permit
   
4. 3-9B-11 Improper Use as a Sidewalk Vendor
   
5. 3-10-14 Improper use of a Commercial Entertainment Business
   
6. 4-1-2 Improper Disposal of Dead Animals or meat,
   
7. 4-1-2 Improper use of a Soap Factory
   
8. 5-2-3 Pursue, chase, harass, capture, possess, injure, or kill any kind of animal with a handgun, rifle muzzle loader, pellet gun, BB gun, dart gun, blow gun, bow and arrow, crossbow, slingshot, or any other device.
   
9. 5-2-9 Public Indecency
   
10. 5-2-10 Fleeing from a police officer
    
11. 5-4-3 Organizing an event with out a permit
    
12. 6-1-5 blocking or parking on a street with intention to block the street
    
13. 7-2-10 Interfering with anyone from the Parks Department
    
14. 7-3-9 Failure to follow the direction of the city engineer or operations manager
    

Would you consider the above to be worse than skateboarding on the street? Well some are, some are not. But each of these are only Class B Misdemeanor. That is right, killing animals, public indecency, selling beer and fleeing from cops are all lesser crimes than skateboarding on city streets.

What is equal to skateboarding on city streets:

1. 3-8-21 Violation of rules regarding sexually oriented business
   
2. 5-2-7 Placing or displaying tobacco products in reach of minors
   
3. 6-1-11 Violation of the Uniform Traffic Code
4. 10-1-15 Violation of Zoning Ordinances
   
5. 10-14-19 Failure to landscape or maintain landscaping of a residential property
   
6. 10-21A-5 Violation of Outdoor Sign Code
   

That is right, running a sexually oriented business, putting tobacco in the hands of minors, and not mowing your lawn are all considered equal violations to that of skateboarding on city streets.

At our last city council meeting, Chief Shupe has now asked the city council to ban skateboarding from the nature park. Since skateboarding is now outlawed on city streets and skateboarders will be prosecuted next to people who improperly run sexually oriented businesses; skateboarders are now flocking to the nature park. Soon they will be kicked out of the park too.

I understand what the council is trying to do, but we have gone too far. Skateboarding isn't just a fad, it will continue for as long as we live here. The current law is way too harsh and we need to provide somewhere for kids to skate and soon.

From where I sit, this law is too harsh and wrong.

What do you think?