Aiken County, SC Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Section 16-2 sets the 23 numbered rules and regulations that apply to every Aiken County park and recreation facility, adopted under the county administrator's authority to develop rental agreements for parks under subsection (a). Rule (4) specifically addresses wheeled recreation: skateboards, skates and bicycles must always yield the right-of-way to pedestrians whenever they are used in traffic or pedestrian areas, expressly including walking tracks and trails. The rule sits alongside other park-wide conduct standards in the same subsection, such as the ban on climbing fences, the prohibition on glass containers, and the six-foot leash requirement for dogs, showing the county treats yielding to walkers as part of the same baseline behavior code for every park visitor.

Subsection (d) then supplies a penalty table for the whole rule set: minimum penalties apply and PRT staff or the supervisor on duty may increase them at their discretion. A skateboarder, skater or cyclist who fails to yield and is cited for 'refusal to obey any posted rule' faces the same minimum one-day suspension from the park listed for other rule violations in that table. The county amended Chapter 16's rules repeatedly, from the original 1987 ordinance through 2017, without removing or softening the yield requirement, and it still governs every county-owned park, ballfield, playground, pool and Langley Pond area alongside the site-specific rules posted for those facilities.