Harrisburg, PA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Chapter 3-335 of the Harrisburg Codified Ordinances, adopted by Ord. No. 37-1990, covers skateboards, roller-skating and similar devices in the City of Harrisburg. Section 3-335.1(A) makes it unlawful for any person on roller skates, or riding a coaster, skateboard, toy vehicle or similar device, to go on the sidewalk or public plaza in the central business district. The glossary in Chapter 1-302 defines that district as the area in downtown Harrisburg bounded by Chestnut Street on the south, Front Street on the west, Forster Street on the north, and North Seventh to North Fourth Street on the east.

The same ban reaches an inclined ramp or other surface area of any City-owned or privately owned parking garage or lot, any publicly operated garage and any publicly operated parking lot, but only where signs forbidding the activity are displayed at the ground level elevator entrance and at each vehicular entrance. Subsection B requires due care and a yield to pedestrians on any sidewalk or right-of-way not open to public vehicular traffic, and subsection C bars a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for pedestrian traffic, and in no event a speed that endangers the safety of persons or property.

Subsection D carves out permitted parades, organized business promotions and other organized permitted events such as the Fourth of July or Kipona. Cross-references in the chapter point to the curfew chapter, 3-333, and the parental responsibility chapter, 3-331.