Elyria, OH Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Covered devices
- Skateboards and bicycles
- Banned area
- Ely Square area and downtown business area sidewalks
- Broad Street limits
- East Bridge Street to West Bridge Street
- Middle Avenue and Court Street
- Broad Street to Third Street
- East Avenue and West Avenue
- Depot to Third; Tremont to Third Street
- Citation
- Elyria Codified Ordinances § 373.10
Summary
In the City of Elyria, Ohio, no operator of a skateboard or bicycle is permitted to ride in the Ely Square area or on sidewalks in the downtown business area. The ban covers named stretches of Broad Street, Middle Avenue, Court Street, East Avenue and West Avenue under Elyria Codified Ordinances § 373.10.
No operator of a bicycle or skateboard shall be permitted to operate his or her bicycle or skateboard in the Ely Square area or on the sidewalks in the downtown business area from East Bridge Street to West Bridge Street on Broad Street, on Middle Avenue and Court Street from Broad Street to Third Street, East Avenue from Depot Street to Third Street, and West Avenue from Tremont Street to Third Street.
Full Breakdown
Section 373.10 of the Elyria Codified Ordinances, in the Traffic Code enacted by the Elyria City Council in Lorain County, Ohio, is titled Riding Bicycles and Skateboards on Sidewalks. It says no operator of a bicycle or skateboard shall be permitted to operate his or her bicycle or skateboard in the Ely Square area or on the sidewalks in the downtown business area. The code then names the boundaries: on Broad Street from East Bridge Street to West Bridge Street; on Middle Avenue and Court Street from Broad Street to Third Street; on East Avenue from Depot Street to Third Street; and on West Avenue from Tremont Street to Third Street.
The wording treats Ely Square as an area and the other streets as sidewalk stretches, so a rider outside those named blocks is not covered by this section. Other Chapter 373 and Chapter 311 sections touch skateboards and skates. Section 373.03(a) bars a person riding upon any bicycle, electric bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled, skateboard, or toy vehicle from attaching the same or himself or herself to any vehicle upon a roadway, and it does not apply to towing a disabled vehicle. Section 311.05 provides that no person upon roller skates, or riding a sled, toy vehicle or similar device, shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and except on streets set aside as play streets when authorized by the Mayor. The Elyria Codified Ordinances print no separate skate park or skateboard permit program in the sections reviewed.
Violations & Fines
Section 373.10 prints no penalty clause of its own, and § 373.99 was repealed by Ordinance No. 2018-176. Section 303.99(a) is the Traffic Code fallback for a provision with no penalty in the section violated: a minor misdemeanor, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree with one predicate traffic offense within one year, or a misdemeanor of the third degree with two or more. Section 373.03 violations carry the same three tiers.
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