![]() ![]() “I think it’ll cut down on park use, which is what they’re trying to do,” he said. People will be more likely to restrict their rentals to private home use, Pirie said. “It probably is going to deter some families from being able to ,” he said. Oxnard families who live in apartment complexes that do not have a common recreation area would be hit hardest by a fee, Young said. “That’s for one day in the park,” he added. With a $25 permit fee added to a $25 generator-rental fee, the average cost of renting a jumper could top $100, Pirie said. Jumper owners already must have $1 million in liability insurance for every jumper, Young said.ĭepending on size and complexity, the cost to rent one can range from $7 an hour to $40 an hour, he said. “The fees are going to paid by the customer.” “It’s bad enough you have to get a business license and everything else,” Young said. Port Hueneme resident Otto Young has rented jumpers as a side business for about six weeks. “I don’t know why Oxnard should cost more than Ventura.” “Ventura’s is $15, and that seems to be OK,” said George Pirie, a dispatcher with Superior Vending & Amusement in Oxnard. Some jolly-jumper renters fear that increased regulation could hurt their business. Ventura charges a $15 fee, Camarillo has no regulations, and Port Hueneme bans them from city parks. Other cities address park use of jolly jumpers in different ways. “I have grandkids, and they love the jolly jumpers.” “We don’t want to make it difficult on the folks,” Zaragoza said. The regulations would not affect jumpers hired for use on private property, only those used in city parks. ![]()
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