Kirkwood, MO Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- General rule
- paved or designated areas only
- Performing Arts Center
- skateboarding/scooters banned outright
- Emmenegger/Dee Koestering Park
- wheels limited to parking areas
- Governing section
- Kirkwood Code § 18-7
- Related chapter
- bicycles on streets, Ch. 4 1/2
Summary
Kirkwood's parks code, § 18-7, restricts roller-skating, roller-blading, skateboarding and scooter use to paved areas or spots the city designates for those activities. Skateboarding is barred outright at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, and wheeled recreation is limited to designated parking areas at two specific parks.
§ 18-7. Bicycles, roller skates, roller blades, skateboards and scooters. ... No person in a park shall: ... (e) Roller-skating, roller-blading, skateboarding and the use of scooters shall be confined to paved areas permitting such activities, or areas designated for these purposes. (f) Bicycles, mountain bikes, roller skates, roller blades and skateboards are restricted to general public parking areas and bike racks, exclusive of disabled parking areas, at Emmenegger Nature Park and Meramec Highlands Quarry at Dee Koestering Park. (g) Roller-skating, roller-blading, skateboarding and the use of scooters shall be prohibited from use at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center Property, and the use of bicycles at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center Property are regulated by subsections (a) — (d) above.
Full Breakdown
Section 18-7 governs bicycles, roller skates, roller blades, skateboards and scooters inside city parks. Subsection (e) requires that roller-skating, roller-blading, skateboarding and scooter use stay confined to paved areas that permit those activities or to spots the city has specifically designated for them. Subsection (f) tightens that further at two locations, Emmenegger Nature Park and the Meramec Highlands Quarry at Dee Koestering Park, where bicycles, mountain bikes, roller skates, roller blades and skateboards are restricted to the general public parking areas and bike racks, excluding disabled parking spaces.
Subsection (g) bans roller-skating, roller-blading, skateboarding and scooter use outright at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center property, while bicycle use there is instead governed by the general riding rules in subsections (a) through (d), which require staying on paved roads or paths and yielding to pedestrian areas. A cross-reference at the end of § 18-7 points to Chapter 4 1/2, Bicycles, which separately governs bicycle operation on Kirkwood's streets outside park boundaries.
Violations & Fines
Skateboarding, roller-skating or scootering outside a paved or designated area, or at the Performing Arts Center where those activities are banned outright, violates § 18-7 and is punishable under the general Chapter 18 penalty in § 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances as applied by § 18-2. Leaving a bicycle where it can trip other park visitors, per § 18-7(d), is a separate chargeable offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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