Pasco, WA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- PMC 9.100.160, Skateboarding
- Always banned on
- Tennis courts and stages
- Elsewhere
- Banned only if area is posted
- Infraction class
- Class 3 civil infraction
- Default penalty
- $50.00, PMC 1.05.080
Summary
Pasco bans skateboards, in-line skates, roller skates, and bicycles on tennis courts and stages in city parks outright, and can extend the ban to any other park area simply by posting a sign. Breaking the rule is a Class 3 civil infraction with a $50.00 default fine.
9.100.160 Skateboarding. Unless otherwise posted, it is unlawful to use skateboards, in-line skates, roller skates, or bicycles on tennis courts and stages. It is unlawful to use skateboards, in-line skates, roller skates, or bicycles in any other area of a park if so posted. Violation of any of the provisions of this section constitutes a Class 3 civil infraction.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4837, passed May 4, 2026).
Full Breakdown
160 sets two layers of restriction on wheeled recreation in Pasco parks. First, tennis courts and stages are off-limits to skateboards, in-line skates, roller skates, and bicycles at all times, unless otherwise posted allowing it. Second, for every other area of a park, the same devices become unlawful only once the Director of Administrative and Community Services has posted signage prohibiting them there, meaning the baseline rule for open park space is permissive until a posting changes it for a specific location. 050. 080(1)(c), not including statutory assessments.
040, or an officer assigned by the Director, issues the citation. Because the general park-area ban depends entirely on posted signs rather than a blanket citywide prohibition, riders should check for posted notices at specific parks, courts, or plazas before assuming an area is open to skateboarding.
Violations & Fines
Using a skateboard, in-line skates, roller skates, or a bicycle on a tennis court or stage in a Pasco park, or in any other posted park area, is a Class 3 civil infraction under PMC 9.100.160, carrying the $50.00 default penalty set by PMC 1.05.080(1)(c) plus statutory assessments.
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