Jackson, MS Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Rule
- Skateboards barred except in a designated park area
- Also covered
- Bicycling, rollerblading and scooters, same rule
- Source
- Sec. 90-3(1), Chapter 90 park signage rules
- Chapter rewritten by
- Ord. No. 2018-16(2), July 17, 2018
- Default penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine under Sec. 1-10 General Penalty
Summary
City Code Sec. 90-3(1) prohibits bicycling, rollerblading, scooters and skateboards in Jackson's city parks except in an area designated for that use. The rule sits among 20 posted park conduct prohibitions rewritten by Ord. No. 2018-16(2) in 2018, and a violation falls under the Code's General Penalty since Chapter 90 has no penalty section of its own.
Sec. 90-3. - Park signage. For the good of the park and all who use it, the following are prohibited: (1)Bicycling, rollerblading, scooters or skateboards, except in designated area;(2)Motorized vehicles on grass or green spaces;(3)Solicitation prohibited without approved permit(s);
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 55).
Full Breakdown
Sec. " Item (1) bars "bicycling, rollerblading, scooters or skateboards, except in designated area," placing skateboarding in the same wheeled-recreation category as biking and rollerblading rather than singling it out, and confining all four activities to areas a park has set aside for them. The same section separately bars motorized vehicles on grass or green space (item 2) and vehicle repairs anywhere in a park (item 19), showing the ordinance's broader focus on keeping wheeled traffic off turf and out of pedestrian zones. Chapter 90 was rewritten in full by Ord.
No. 2018-16(2) on July 17, 2018. Because Chapter 90 does not include its own penalties article, an officer citing a skateboarding violation under Sec. 90-3(1) applies the citywide default in Sec. 1-10, the Code's General Penalty section, rather than a chapter-specific fine schedule.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 1-10's General Penalty applies because Chapter 90 sets none of its own: a fine not exceeding $1,000.00, imprisonment up to the maximum allowed by state law for the offense, or both, with each day a violation continues treated as a new, separate offense.
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