Marietta, GA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Skateboard ban scope
- Central business district and all public property citywide
- Park rule
- Bicycles, skates, skateboards confined to designated multiuse trails
- Approved trails
- Burruss Park and Wildwood Park only
- Glover Park
- Pedestrian traffic only; wheeled devices barred entirely
- Penalty
- Fine up to $500 per violation
- Last amended
- October 10, 2019 (Ordinance No. 8119)
Summary
Marietta bars riding skateboards, skates, roller blades, or bicycles in public parks, the central business district, and on public property under Code § 10-4-120, limiting wheeled use mostly to designated multiuse trails in Burruss and Wildwood Parks. Reckless or trick riding is banned outright, with fines up to $500 per violation.
Except as provided hereafter, the riding of bicycles and use of skates, skateboards, roller blades or other similar devices in any public park within the city is prohibited except that an individual may ride a bicycle on pavement which is generally used by motor vehicle traffic. Any violation of this section may be punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.00. ... The riding or use of skateboards in the central business district, on any public property, public park, street, sidewalk or other public right-of-way of the City of Marietta is prohibited, except as specifically allowed herein. Any violation of this section may be punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.00.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56).
Full Breakdown
Section 10-4-120 of the General Offenses chapter, most recently amended by Ordinance No. 8119 on October 10, 2019, prohibits riding bicycles or using skates, skateboards, roller blades, or similar devices in any public park within the city, with a narrow exception allowing bicycles on pavement generally used by motor vehicle traffic. Subsection B carves out designated multiuse trails, specifically routed sections of Burruss Park and Wildwood Park, where bicycles, skates, skateboards, and roller blades are permitted, but stunts, trick riding, and reckless use remain prohibited even there.
Subsection C bars all these devices from public steps, stairways, access ramps, retaining walls, benches, and railings. Subsection E goes further for skateboards specifically, banning their use in the central business district and on any public property, park, street, sidewalk, or public right-of-way anywhere in the city. closure under Section 10-4-230. A violation of either the general park prohibition or the central-business-district skateboard ban carries a fine of not more than $500, set directly in Subsections A and E rather than through the chapter's general penalty.
Violations & Fines
Riding a bicycle, skateboard, skates, or roller blades in a public park outside a designated multiuse trail, in the central business district, or on other public property, and reckless or trick riding even on the trails that do allow them, is punishable by a fine of not more than $500 per violation under Subsections A and E of Section 10-4-120.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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