Nicholasville, KY Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Sec. 11-6(a) says no person shall ride a skateboard or use roller skates on the sidewalks and/or streets of three listed areas. The first is Downtown, an area bounded to the northeast by Richmond Avenue, to the northwest by North Third Street, to the southeast by East Brown Street and to the southwest by West Brown Street. The code states that the area includes both sides of those boundary streets and any sidewalks located within the boundaries, so the boundary streets themselves are off limits. The second is the Edgewood, Wal-Mart and Winn Dixie shopping malls, and the third is Maple Grove Cemetery.

The ban is location-based. Sec. 11-6 does not prohibit skateboarding on streets and sidewalks outside those three areas, and it contains no time-of-day limit, permit or exception. Roller skates are covered by the same words as skateboards.

Sec. 11-6(b) places responsibility on adults: any parent, guardian or person having such control or custody of any child who knowingly permits the child to violate the section is guilty of a violation of the section. The knowledge requirement matters, because the adult is liable for knowingly permitting, not for every act of the child.

A neighboring section covers motorized riders. Sec. 11-5 provides that no person shall drive a vehicle, including a motorcycle, recreational vehicle, moped or ATV, upon any sidewalk or public place intended exclusively for pedestrians, and that off road vehicles are also prohibited on public park property unless otherwise designated.