Carrollton, TX Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 71.062
- Devices covered
- Skates, skateboards, scooters, toy vehicles
- Where banned
- Any roadway citywide
- Crosswalk exception
- Riders treated as pedestrians while crossing
- Maximum fine
- $500 under § 10.99
- Adopted
- Ordinance 1539, March 21, 1989
Summary
Carrollton bans skateboards, roller skates, scooters and similar toy vehicles from every roadway in the city under City Code § 71.062. Riders may only cross a street on a marked crosswalk, where they gain a pedestrian's rights and duties. The rule is citywide, not limited to business or commercial districts, and violators face the same Traffic Code fines as other Chapter 71 offenses.
§ 71.062. Use of roadways by persons on skates, skateboards and other toy vehicles. No person upon roller skates, skateboards or riding in or by means of any scooter, toy vehicle 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 of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians.
Full Breakdown
062, part of Chapter 71's pedestrian subchapter and dating to Ordinance 1539 adopted March 21, 1989 (amending the 1965 Code § 20-133), makes it unlawful for anyone upon roller skates, skateboards or a scooter, toy vehicle or similar device to go upon any roadway in Carrollton. 060. The ban covers every public roadway citywide, from residential side streets to downtown business corridors; the code does not carve out a separate, looser standard for sidewalks or for any particular zoning district. Because skateboards, skates and scooters are grouped with toy vehicles rather than motor vehicles, the section sits in the Pedestrians subchapter (Subchapter V) rather than the vehicle-operation subchapters, and it is enforced the same way jaywalking and crosswalk violations are.
99(A)(1)(e), which caps Traffic Code (Chapters 70 through 73) fines at $500 per offense, prosecuted in Carrollton Municipal Court. Riders who want to travel legally on a public street must dismount and walk the device, or use a sidewalk, since the roadway itself is off-limits except for that single crosswalk-crossing exception.
Violations & Fines
Riding a skateboard, roller skates or scooter on any Carrollton roadway, other than to cross at a marked crosswalk, is a misdemeanor traffic offense under § 71.062, fined up to $500 per Section 10.99. Officers can cite riders anywhere on a public street, not just downtown; each ride on the roadway is a separate chargeable offense in Municipal Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
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