Avondale, AZ Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Section 23-3 makes it unlawful for anyone on roller skates or riding a coaster, toy vehicle, or similar device, a category that reaches ordinary skateboards, to go upon any roadway in Avondale. The only exception is crossing a street at a crosswalk, where the rider takes on the same rights and duties the Code gives pedestrians, meaning right-of-way rules apply but the rider cannot otherwise travel down the street on the device. Section 23-69 layers a separate, tighter rule onto motorized skateboards and go-peds, defined as self-propelled devices with a motor and a riding deck that Arizona Revised Statutes Title 28 does not already classify as a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or motorized wheelchair.

Riding one of those devices is barred on any city property, explicitly including streets, bicycle paths, multi-use paths, sidewalks, and parks, and on private property held open to the public, such as schools, churches, apartment complexes, and businesses, unless the rider first gets written permission from the owner or the person entitled to possession. Neither section carves out an exception for business districts specifically; both apply citywide to every public roadway, sidewalk, and city-owned path.