Lodi, CA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Basis for prohibition
- Posted signage, not a citywide ban
- Minimum sign size
- 12 by 18 inches, Sec. 10.42.010
- Sign spacing (small lots)
- Every 100 feet, Sec. 10.42.040
- Violation classification
- Infraction under Sec. 10.42.050
- Private property rule
- Written owner permission required, Sec. 10.42.030
Summary
Lodi does not ban skateboarding citywide; instead it lets the public works director post specific city-owned sites and lets private property owners post their own land against skateboarding, and riding on any property posted under Chapter 10.42 is unlawful without the owner's written permission.
No person shall use or ride any skateboard or other similar device, in, upon, or around any on-site roadways, sidewalks, parking facilities or pedestrian walkways located on any city-owned property which has been appropriately signed under this chapter, nor upon any other public or private property where appropriate signs, as prescribed herein, have been posted. ... It is unlawful for any person to use or ride skateboards on any posted property without the written permission of the owners, tenant or other occupant in legal possession or control thereof.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 68).
Full Breakdown
42 regulates skateboarding through a posted-property system rather than a blanket citywide ban. 020 makes it unlawful to use or ride a skateboard on any on-site roadway, sidewalk, parking facility or pedestrian walkway on city-owned property that has been appropriately signed under the chapter, and the same prohibition extends to any other public or private property once it carries the required signs. 030 separately bars riding a skateboard on posted property without the written permission of the owner, tenant or other occupant in legal possession or control.
040 sets the posting mechanics: on a parcel with no dimension over three hundred feet, signs must go at each corner and at intervals of no more than one hundred feet, and at every definite entrance; larger parcels allow two-hundred-foot intervals. Public sidewalks or walkways where skateboarding is restricted must be posted by the public works director with at least one sign per block or every three hundred feet, whichever is shorter. 010 defines the required sign as a placard at least twelve by eighteen inches, lettered at least one inch high, reading 'Skateboarding Prohibited' or bearing a skateboard symbol with the international prohibition circle-and-slash, referencing the chapter.
Because enforcement depends on the posted sign rather than a location-type list, the same skateboard can be legal on an unposted downtown sidewalk and cited a block away once a sign is in place, so riders need to check for signage rather than assume a blanket downtown ban.
Violations & Fines
Riding a skateboard on posted property, whether city-owned or private, without permission violates Sections 10.42.020 and 10.42.030, and any violation of Chapter 10.42 is an infraction under Section 10.42.050. Enforcement follows from the presence of a compliant sign under Section 10.42.040; without proper signage in place, the chapter's prohibition does not apply to that location.
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