Public Conduct in Skokie, IL (2026)
7 verified public conduct rules for Skokie, Illinois, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Aggressive Panhandling
Village Code Sec. 78-3 makes it unlawful to engage in aggressive solicitation in Skokie: intentionally touching the person solicited or their vehicle, blocking their path, following them without consent, or using profane or abusive language during or after a refusal.
Skokie Aggressive Solicitation Ban
Some RestrictionsSkokie Village Code § 78-3
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in aggressive solicitation. For the purposes of this Chapter the following shall be considered aggressive solicitation: (1)Intentional touching of the person being solicited, or their vehicle, without the person's consent;(2)Intentional obstruction of the path of the person being solicited or their vehicle;(3)Following the person being solicited unl...
Skateboarding Rules
Skokie bans skateboards, roller skates, in-line skates, scooters and similar devices from village roadways entirely, allowing riders onto the street only for the length of a marked crosswalk, where they are treated as pedestrians. The one carve-out is a street the Village has formally designated a play street.
Skokie Skateboard and Roller-Skate Roadway Rules
Some RestrictionsSkokie Village Code § 106-60
No person operating or riding roller skates, in line skates, skateboards, any coaster, toy vehicle, scooter, or similar device shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a street on a crosswalk, and when so crossing such person shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to the duties applicable to pedestrians. This section shall not apply upon any street set aside as a play stree...
Loitering Rules
Skokie treats loitering as one form of disorderly conduct: Village Code Sec. 70-122(5) makes it unlawful to loiter continuously in public places or to be idle or dissolute while going about begging, alongside 15 other listed acts such as unlawful assembly and public intoxication.
Skokie Loitering Under Disorderly Conduct Law
Some RestrictionsSkokie Village Code § 70-122(5)
No person shall engage in disorderly conduct in the Village. Any of the following acts constitute disorderly conduct: ... (5)Loitering continuously in public places or being idle or dissolute and going about begging.
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Skokie's smoking ordinance reaches outdoors: smoking is barred within 15 feet of any entrance, exit, open window or ventilation intake of a smoke-free building, and any business or employer can extend the no-smoking zone to outdoor patios and other open areas by posting signs.
Skokie Outdoor Public Smoking Ban
Some RestrictionsSkokie Village Code §§ 54-65, 54-71
Any employer, owner, occupant, lessee, operator, manager, or other person in control of any public place or place of employment may designate a non-enclosed area of a public place or place of employment, including outdoor areas, as an area where smoking is also prohibited provided that such employer, owner, lessee or occupant shall conspicuously post signs prohibiting smoking in the manner desc...
Jaywalking
Skokie pedestrians must use a marked crosswalk once the Village posts signs restricting mid-block crossing, and anywhere inside a mixed-use or business zoning district crossing outside a crosswalk is flatly against the law. The Village Code also requires crossing at right angles rather than diagonally except in a marked crosswalk.
Skokie Jaywalking and Crosswalk Rules
Some RestrictionsSkokie Village Code § 106-51
Use of crosswalks. Whenever, upon the basis of an engineering or traffic investigation it is determined that pedestrian crossing between intersections shall be prohibited in the interest of public safety, pedestrians shall not cross between intersections except at a marked crosswalk. Such regulations against pedestrians crossing between intersections shall become effective when appropriate sign...
Public Marijuana Use
Skokie bans consuming cannabis in any form, including by smoking, inside a licensed cannabis dispensary or in the parking lot or open area next to one, and requires dispensaries to post a sign warning customers of the ban.
Skokie Cannabis Consumption Ban
Significant RestrictionsSkokie Village Code §§ 11-21, 11-22
Cannabis may not be consumed within a cannabis dispensary for any purpose and in any form, including but not limited to samples, tastings, edible products or byproducts or by smoking. ... (a)In parking lots. Cannabis may not be consumed in any parking lot or open area adjacent to any cannabis dispensary for any purpose and in any form, including but not limited to samples, tastings, edible prod...
Public Alcohol Use
Village of Skokie ordinance bans open containers and consumption of alcoholic liquor on any Village-owned property or public right-of-way, including streets, sidewalks and parks, under Skokie Village Code Section 10-10. The ban lifts only where the Village approves a specific location by ordinance, in a Village-approved outdoor dining area serving food, or at 4051 Main Street tied to a Village-sponsored event.
Skokie Open Container & Alcohol Law
Significant RestrictionsSkokie Village Code § 10-10
(a)No person shall possess an open container of alcoholic liquor or consume alcoholic liquor on (i) property owned by, or leased to, the Village, or (ii) public rights-of-way, except for an area or location that the Village has approved such possession or consumption, as specified in paragraphs (b) or (c) of this section. ... (c)Possession of an open container, and consumption, of alcoholic liq...
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