Jefferson County, MO Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Section 330.120 of the Jefferson County Traffic Code, titled 'Roller Skates, Roller Blades and Skateboards -- Use Restricted,' draws a hard line: no person upon roller skates, roller blades, or a skateboard may go upon any road except while crossing it. The provision sits inside Chapter 330, which otherwise regulates bicyclists, motorized bicycle and scooter operators, roller bladers, roller skaters, and skateboarders together, but Section 330.120 singles out the human-powered wheeled devices for the road-use ban rather than extending them the same riding privileges Section 330.050 gives bicyclists.

When a skater does cross a road, the ordinance grants that person all the rights and subjects them to all the duties applicable to any other pedestrian under the code, meaning the crossing rules in Chapter 335, including yielding outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk under Section 335.050 and the ban on mid-block crossing between signalized intersections under Section 335.060, apply directly. Because the road itself is off-limits, the practical effect in Jefferson County's unincorporated subdivisions and along its county roads is that skateboarders and roller skaters are confined to sidewalks, driveways, and private property, stepping onto the roadway only long enough to cross from one side to the other.