Flagler County, FL Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Sec. 23-6 of the Flagler County Code, "Skateboarding and bicycling," does not ban the activities outright; it channels them. Citing Fla. Stat. § 316.0085, the parks and recreation manager is directed to post rules identifying specific areas of county parks designated for skateboarding, inline skating, and "freestyle or off-road bicycling, or other similar activity." These activities are restricted to whatever areas are actually posted; the code does not create a blanket right to skateboard anywhere in a county park.

For each posted area, the parks and recreation manager must also post a rule requiring that any child under seventeen (17) years of age may not use the designated area until a parent or legal guardian has submitted written consent to the county, in a form the county accepts. That consent requirement functions as a use precondition tied to the posted area rather than a park-wide age restriction; adults 17 and older are not subject to it.

Fla. Stat. § 316.0085, which Sec. 23-6 cross-references, is Florida's skateboard-park liability statute, limiting a governmental entity's civil liability for injuries from skateboarding, in-line skating and bicycling in areas it designates for those activities, provided posted warning signs meet the statute's requirements; the county's local rule implements that framework for its own parks. This provision governs only county-operated parks in unincorporated Flagler County, it is not a general skateboarding rule for roads, sidewalks or business districts, and it has no bearing inside Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Beverly Beach, Bunnell or Marineland.