Oak Park, IL Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

A regulates roller skates, skateboards and bicycles Village-wide. On streets, no one may rollerskate or ride a skateboard except to cross, and all pedestrian crossing laws apply to skaters doing so. On public sidewalks generally, riding must not be reckless: skaters and skateboarders must exercise due care for others on the sidewalk and yield the right of way to pedestrians at all times. The strict ban applies to Village property and business and commercial districts: no person may use or ride a skateboard, rollerskate or ride a bicycle in any Village public parking garage or lot, in the Village Hall inner courtyard, or upon any sidewalk, alley or other pedestrian public way in a business or commercial district.

The ordinance defines a business or commercial district as any Village area zoned B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4 or C, mapped in Exhibit 22-4-2A1. Retailers who sell or rent skateboards or roller skates must post a copy of the section, or a summary of its rules, in a conspicuous place where buyers and renters will see it. The section also separately bars games, exhibitions, sport or business activity, or animal or acrobatic exhibitions on streets or sidewalks that collect a crowd interfering with vehicle or pedestrian passage. This regulation dates to Ordinance 1990-0-5, adopted February 20, 1990.