Arlington Heights, IL Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 18-215(c)(8)
- Where it applies
- 14 Village-owned garages and lots
- Enforcement method
- Posted signage, police patrol
- Penalty range
- $5.00-$750.00 per offense, § 8-601
- First-offense option
- Community service in lieu of fine
Summary
Arlington Heights bars skateboarding and roller-skating inside its Village-owned parking garages and lots. Section 18-215(c)(8) gives the Village Manager authority to prohibit the activity as a hazard to vehicle parking, enforced with posted signs and Police Department patrols at the 14 listed Village facilities, not on public sidewalks or streets village-wide.
The Village Manager is authorized to establish regulations for the use of Village parking facilities, and to enforce those regulations through the posting of appropriate signs, patrol of the facilities by the Police Department, and other action incidental to such enforcement. The Village Manager is authorized to: ... 8.Prohibit use of the parking facilities for roller-skating, skateboarding or other non-vehicular uses that presents a danger to the use of the facility for parking of motor vehicles or to the persons engaged in such unpermitted use;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 3 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Arlington Heights, Illinois (Cook County) regulates skateboarding through its parking-facility rules rather than a citywide ban. ' The restriction applies only to the 14 Village-owned parking facilities named in Section 18-215(b): the Vail Street/Highland/Sigwalt/Campbell garage, the Arlington Heights Road/Miner/Evergreen/Eastman garage, the Municipal Building garage, the Arlington Town Square garage, and the numbered surface lots (O, K, Y, B, S, A and P, T, E and C) plus the Wing Street lot. Enforcement runs through posted signage and Police Department patrol under Section 18-215(c), the same authority used to set speed limits and 'No Parking' zones inside those facilities.
A skateboarder who continues to use a Village garage or lot after the posted prohibition is treated as trespassing under Section 18-216(h), which bars using a Village parking facility for any purpose other than travelling in a vehicle, entering or exiting a vehicle, or travelling to and from a bicycle rack. That trespass provision, added by Ordinance No. 00 per offense, with a separate offense for each day the violation continues. The Village can substitute community service for the fine on a first violation of Section 18-216(h) or 18-216(i), but that option does not carry over to repeat offenses.
Violations & Fines
Skateboarding or roller-skating inside a Village parking garage or lot after posted signs prohibit it is trespass under Section 18-216(h), punishable under Section 8-601: a fine of $5.00 to $750.00 per offense, with each day the conduct continues counted as a separate offense. For a first violation of Section 18-216(h), the Village can impose community service instead of the fine; that substitution does not apply to a second or later violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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