Hamburg Village, NY Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

The Village of Hamburg Board of Trustees regulates skateboarding through its parks chapter, Chapter 167, not through a village-wide ban. Section 167-2(B) prohibits skating, biking, skateboarding, ball playing and horseplay in the following parks: Centennial Gardens, located at the corner of Main Street and Buffalo Street, and Little Park, located on Buffalo Street across from the Palace Show. Those are the two parks in the middle of the village's business core, and the prohibition is tied to those two locations by name. Section 167-2(B) reaches only the parks it names.

Subsection (C) defines the terms so there is little room to argue. Skateboarding means any activity involving a skateboard. Skating means any activity involving roller skates, roller blades or ice skates. Biking means any activity involving a bicycle, tricycle, motorized bicycle or other three-wheeled terrain vehicle. Ball playing means any activity involving a ball of any kind or any activity involving a hackey sack. Horseplay means rough, rowdy or boisterous play or behavior. Because ball playing covers a ball of any kind, a casual game of catch falls inside the prohibition in these two parks.

The hours rule in § 167-1 applies on top of this. Public parks owned or maintained by the Village of Hamburg are open from sunrise to sunset daily, and no person can enter, use, occupy or remain in one after sunset and before sunrise.

The penalty text appears twice. Section 167-2(B) itself states a fine of up to $100 and/or up to 15 days in jail, or both. Section 167-3 is the chapter-wide penalty clause: an offense against any provision of Chapter 167 is a violation punishable on conviction by a maximum fine of $250 or imprisonment of not more than 15 days, or both. Chapter 167 also bans golfing in public parks, gardens, playgrounds and recreation facilities maintained by the village under § 167-4, and § 167-2(A) prohibits alcohol consumption in parks by reference to Chapter 105.