Fullerton, CA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Public ban zone
- Central Business District streets, sidewalks, lots
- Private property ban
- Only if posted per § 8.42.040
- Nuisance-use ban
- Applies citywide
- Charge level
- Infraction, or misdemeanor at DA's discretion
- Continuing violation
- Each day is a separate offense
- Adopted
- Ordinance 2937 (1998)
Summary
Skateboarding is banned outright on Fullerton's Central Business District streets, sidewalks, parking lots and other public property under FMC § 8.42.030, and on any private property posted with a required 'No Skateboarding' sign under § 8.42.040. Using a skateboard in a way that creates a nuisance is barred everywhere in the city. Violations are infractions, chargeable as misdemeanors at the city's or District Attorney's discretion.
§ 8.42.030 SKATEBOARDING PROHIBITED.
(A) The City Council may by resolution prohibit skateboarding on public streets, sidewalks, parking lots and other public property when it is determined to be necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of pedestrians, motorists or persons operating said skateboards on said streets and sidewalks.
(B) No person shall skateboard on public streets, sidewalks, parking lots and other public property located in the Central Business District.
(C) No person shall skateboard on any privately owned property which is posted with "No Skateboarding" signs as required by this chapter, without the express consent of the property owner or property manager.
(D) No person shall use a skateboard in a manner which creates a nuisance.
Full Breakdown
42, adopted by Ordinance 2937 in 1998, states its purpose as protecting public peace, health and safety by regulating skateboarding on public property and on private property open to the public. 020 defines a SKATEBOARD as any wheeled, human-powered object used for transportation or sport that isn't a bicycle or rollerskate, and defines NUISANCE to include any activity that threatens injury to persons or property or obstructs the free use of public or private property by pedestrians or motorists. 030 sets four separate rules: the City Council may prohibit skateboarding by resolution on any public street, sidewalk, parking lot or public property where necessary for safety; skateboarding is flatly banned on public streets, sidewalks, parking lots and other public property in the Central Business District; skateboarding on posted private property is barred without the owner's or manager's express consent; and using a skateboard in a way that creates a nuisance is prohibited citywide. 030. The City Manager or a designee posts the public-property signage under Council resolution.
Violations & Fines
A skateboarding violation is an infraction, though the city or District Attorney can instead charge it as a misdemeanor, with the complaint specifying which. Each day a violation continues counts as a new, separate offense. The code also lets the city treat a violation as a public nuisance, abatable through a restraining order, injunction or any other method the law allows for nuisance abatement.
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