Lower Paxton, PA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Section 132-7(I) of the Lower Paxton Township Code is a targeted prohibition rather than a blanket ban on wheeled recreation. It names the surfaces and structures where bicycles, skateboards, roller blades and similar equipment are not permitted: the park's ballfields, ball courts, pavilions, benches and tables, and the Heroes Grove Amphitheater. The text of the provision names no street, sidewalk or business district, and it sits in Chapter 132, Parks and Recreation, which the Board of Supervisors adopted in 2017 to preserve public park lands and recreation facilities and to prevent nuisances to residents in the use of those lands.

Other park rules in the same chapter apply to a skater. Recreation, park and conservation areas are open daily from official sunrise to official sunset, with lighted courts and fields open until 10:00 p.m., and it is unlawful to be present when a park is closed. Under § 132-7(K) it is unlawful in any park to endanger the safety of any person by any conduct, to disturb the peace, to act in an unlawful, disorderly or disruptive manner, or to violate any rule for the use of the park made or approved by the Department of Parks and Recreation. Section 132-3(A) prohibits injuring or defacing any park structure, sign or equipment, which covers damage from grinding or tricks on benches and tables. Section 132-4(E) deals separately with motor scooters, motorcycles, minibikes, go-carts and snowmobiles, which cannot use roadways designated for licensed vehicles unless licensed for the public roads of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The Township Manager and agents he designates, primarily the Manager of Parks and Recreation, administer the chapter, and Township Police or the park manager can order a violator out of the area.