Dearborn, MI Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Where it applies
- Inside the Dearborn Dog Park only
- Banned items
- Skateboards, skates, bikes, scooters
- Exception
- Wheelchairs, motorized mobility devices
- Related rule
- Banned within 50 ft of parades, § 17-35A
- First-offense fine
- $100.00 civil infraction
Summary
Skateboards, skates, bicycles, scooters, and other wheeled apparatus are banned inside the Dearborn Dog Park, the city's fenced off-leash park facility.
(a) While in the dog park, it shall be unlawful: ... (5) For any person to possess/use a skateboard, skates, a bicycle, a scooter or any other wheeled apparatus. The operation of a non-motorized wheelchair or motorized mobility device by a person with physical disabilities is exempt from this sub-section.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-07: Code: Updated through: July 22, 2026 | Zoning: Updated through: July 22, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Dearborn Code of Ordinances § 15-58(a)(5) prohibits possessing or using a skateboard, skates, a bicycle, a scooter, or any other wheeled apparatus while inside the Dearborn Dog Park: the city's fenced off-leash dog facility at 16301 Michigan Avenue under Article III of Chapter 15. The rule exempts non-motorized wheelchairs and motorized mobility devices used by people with physical disabilities. This is the only skateboard-specific prohibition in Dearborn's general code; a related rule at § 17-35A(e) separately bars skates, skateboards, roller blades, bicycles, and unicycles within 50 feet of an active parade route.
Violations & Fines
A first violation is a civil infraction with a $100.00 fine; a second is $250.00; a third or later offense is a misdemeanor and results in expulsion from the dog park under § 15-59.
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