Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Banned locations
- Shopping centers and malls to which the public is invited
- Sidewalk ban
- Lake Hiawatha business district, North Beverwyck Road, Lake Shore Drive to Iroquois Avenue
- Helmet rule
- Required for riders under 14 elsewhere in the Township
- Devices covered
- Skateboards, roller skates, in-line skates, scooters, other wheeled devices
- Penalty
- Fine not to exceed $50 or community service
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 95:41, amended by Ord. No. 97:35 and 2001:01
Summary
In Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, skateboards, roller skates, in-line skates and scooters are banned inside any shopping center or mall open to the public and on the Lake Hiawatha business district sidewalks along North Beverwyck Road. Everywhere else in the Township that riding is not prohibited, riders under 14 must wear a properly fitted and fastened helmet.
A. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any skateboard, roller skates, in-line skates, scooters or other wheeled devices upon any shopping center or mall in the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills to which the public is invited, nor upon the sidewalks in the Lake Hiawatha business district, along North Beverwyck Road from Lake Shore Drive to Iroquois Avenue. B. In all other areas within the Township where the operation of such devices is not prohibited, no person under 14 years of age shall operate any skateboard, roller skates, in-line skates, scooters or other such wheeled devices unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened helmet. § 339-2. Violations and penalties. Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed $50 or community service at the discretion of the court.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 339 of the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Code was adopted by the Township Council as Ord. No. 95:41 and amended by Ord. No. 97:35 and Ord. No. 2001:01. It covers skateboards, roller skates, in-line skates, scooters and any other wheeled device. Section 339-1(A) closes two places to all of them. The first is every shopping center or mall in the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills to which the public is invited. The second is the sidewalks of the Lake Hiawatha business district along North Beverwyck Road, measured from Lake Shore Drive to Iroquois Avenue. The ban reaches anyone who operates a device or causes one to be operated. The section names only that one sidewalk stretch, so the sidewalk prohibition is tied to those printed boundaries rather than to business districts in general.
Section 339-1(B) sets the rule for every other area of the Township where operation of these devices is not prohibited. No person under 14 years of age shall operate any skateboard, roller skates, in-line skates, scooters or other such wheeled devices unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened helmet. The helmet duty is written by age, so it applies to riders under 14, and the section prints no helmet requirement for anyone older. The location bans in subsection A carry no age limit at all. A rider of any age who rolls through a covered mall or onto the Lake Hiawatha sidewalks is inside the prohibition.
Violations & Fines
Section 339-2 provides that any person violating Chapter 339 shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed $50 or community service at the discretion of the court. The chapter prints no separate penalty for the helmet rule, so the same fine ceiling or community service option covers a rider under 14 without a helmet and any rider caught in a prohibited mall or sidewalk area.
Frequently Asked Questions
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