Puyallup, WA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Parking lots/garages
- Skateboards, scooters banned outright
- Scooter sidewalks/trails
- Prohibited citywide
- Scooter street speed cap
- Barred above 25 mph posted streets
- Minimum scooter age
- 16 years
- Curfew
- No scooter use 9pm-8am
- First-offense fine
- $50 plus assessments
Summary
Puyallup bans skateboards, roller skates, coasters, in-line skates and motorized foot scooters from every publicly owned parking lot and garage, and separately bars motorized foot scooters from city parks, marked nonmotorized corridors, sidewalks, city trails and any street posted above 25 mph. Scooter riders must be 16 and wear a helmet, with a 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. curfew.
(1) Public Parking Lots and Garages. It is unlawful for any person to operate or ride upon any skateboard, roller skates, coaster, in-line skates, motorized foot scooter or similar device upon any publicly owned parking lot or garage in the city of Puyallup. (2) Parks, Sidewalks, Trails, and Streets with a Maximum Speed Limit Above 25 Miles per Hour Prohibited to Motorized Foot Scooters. Pursuant to Chapter 10.80 PMC, motorized foot scooters are prohibited from city parks and other marked nonmotorized corridors, except for use of wheelchair conveyances. Motorized foot scooters are also prohibited from being operated on sidewalks within the city limits, city-owned trails, or on any city street with a posted maximum speed limit greater than 25 miles per hour. ... A violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punishable as a civil infraction as defined in Chapter 1.02 PMC. The base penalty for a civil infraction issued for violating a section of this chapter shall be as follows: (1) First violation: $50.00 plus statutory assessments; and (2) Second and subsequent violations: $250.00 plus statutory assessments.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4985225; v6 updated 2026-07-21; through 07-21-2026).
Full Breakdown
82 regulates skateboards, roller skates, coasters, in-line skates and motorized foot scooters together. 040(1), it is unlawful to operate or ride any of these devices on a publicly owned parking lot or garage anywhere in the city, with no exceptions listed. 80 PMC, it bars them from city parks and other marked nonmotorized corridors, and separately bans them from sidewalks citywide, from city-owned trails, and from any city street posted with a maximum speed limit above 25 miles per hour; only wheelchair conveyances, strollers for small children, and city equipment are exempted under subsection (3).
030 sets a general negligent-operation standard for sidewalks and public paths: riding any of these devices there in a manner that is both negligent and endangers a person or property is separately unlawful, with 'negligent' defined as failing to exercise the ordinary care a reasonably careful person would use. m. 054. 00 plus statutory assessments.
Violations & Fines
Any violation of Chapter 10.82, riding in a banned area, negligent sidewalk riding, an underage or unhelmeted scooter operator, or riding after the 9:00 p.m. curfew, is a civil infraction under § 10.82.060: $50.00 plus statutory assessments for a first offense, rising to $250.00 plus statutory assessments for a second or later violation, and a parent who knowingly allows a repeat violation is separately liable under § 10.82.054.
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