Grand Junction, CO Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Grand Junction Municipal Code § 9.04.200 bans operating a skate device anywhere signs prohibit the activity, and bars any use that injures a person or damages public or private property. The section defines "skate device" broadly: skateboards, conventional or in-line roller skates, bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, electric scooters, or any similar wheeled apparatus, all captured under one rule. On any sidewalk, public path, trail or right-of-way within the City, a rider must proceed in a careful and prudent manner at a speed no greater than reasonable for conditions, factoring in pedestrian traffic, grade, width of the walkway and surface condition, and must obey all traffic control devices.

Every skate-device user must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians on a sidewalk, path, trail or other right-of-way at all times, with no exception for lighter foot traffic. The current version was adopted by Ordinance No. 5084 on July 20, 2022, updating an earlier 1995 ordinance (Ord. 2861) that first codified skateboard rules under the 1994 Code § 24-20; the 2022 amendment folded in electric scooters and electrical assisted bicycles as the newer wheeled devices proliferated downtown and on the riverfront trail network. Community Development and Grand Junction Police enforce the posted-sign restriction in business districts such as Main Street, where "no skateboarding" signage is common outside storefronts, and Parks and Recreation staff can flag violations along the Riverfront Trail system governed separately under GJMC Chapter 12.08.