Ogden, UT Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Ogden City Code § 10-7-7
- Downtown ban zone
- 21st to 27th St. on Washington Blvd. area
- Also banned
- Municipal Gardens block, Union Station grounds
- Roadway rule
- No use except crossing at a crosswalk
- Reckless riding
- Prohibited on any sidewalk citywide
- Event exception
- Permitted special events/parades exempt
Summary
Ogden City bans rollerskates, in-line skates, skateboards and similar coasting devices on public sidewalks and streets across a defined block of the Historic 25th Street downtown core, at Municipal Gardens and around Union Station, and bars reckless riding citywide.
10-7-7: SKATEBOARDING AND SIMILAR DEVICES: ... A. Restricted Areas: It shall be unlawful for any person on rollerskates, in-line skates, skateboards or riding on or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device: 1. To go upon any public sidewalk or street in the central downtown which is described as follows: between 21st Street and 27th Street on Washington Boulevard; between 21st and 26th on Grant Avenue; between 24th and 26th on Lincoln Avenue and Wall Avenue ... ... 3. To go upon any roadway designed for vehicle traffic except while crossing a street at a crosswalk. 4. To skate or ride in a reckless manner on any public sidewalk. "Reckless", as used herein, shall mean wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property. No person shall ride a skateboard or rollerskate on a sidewalk without exercising due care for the safety of others using the sidewalk.
Full Breakdown
Section 10-7-7 of the Ogden City Code targets skateboards, rollerskates, in-line skates and any coaster or toy vehicle ridden on wheels. Subsection A1 draws a specific downtown boundary where these devices cannot go on any public sidewalk or street: between 21st Street and 27th Street on Washington Boulevard, between 21st and 26th on Grant Avenue, between 24th and 26th on Lincoln Avenue and Wall Avenue, between Adams Avenue and Grant Avenue on 21st, 22nd and 26th Streets, between Adams Avenue and Washington Boulevard on 23rd Street, between Adams Avenue and Wall Avenue on 24th and 25th Streets, between 24th and 26th Streets on Kiesel Avenue, and between 25th and 26th Streets on Ogden Avenue, a zone that covers Historic 25th Street.
Subsection A2 separately bans these devices on the Municipal Gardens block (25th to 26th Street, Washington Boulevard to Grant Avenue) and on the public grounds surrounding Union Station. Riders also cannot use any roadway designed for vehicle traffic except while crossing at a crosswalk (A3), and reckless riding, defined as willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property, is prohibited on any public sidewalk citywide (A4), which also requires exercising due care around other sidewalk users. 50. Ogden Police enforce the section, which the city adopted by Ordinance 2014-33 on July 29, 2014; because the code's general penalty at section 1-4A-1 applies to any violation not otherwise specified, a skateboarding citation defaults to a class B misdemeanor.
Violations & Fines
Riding a skateboard, rollerskates or similar device in the mapped downtown zone, at Municipal Gardens, around Union Station, on a vehicle roadway outside a crosswalk, or recklessly on any sidewalk violates section 10-7-7. Because the section sets no separate fine, the general penalty at section 1-4A-1 applies: a class B misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000 or six months in jail, or a lesser class C misdemeanor or infraction if the court so treats it.
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