Redding, CA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- RMC § 13.12.070
- Covered activity
- Bicycling, skating, skateboarding in posted areas
- Private-property trigger
- Posted notice + police consent form
- Disability exemption
- Mobility devices always allowed
- Default penalty
- Misdemeanor, up to $1,000/6 months
Summary
Redding Municipal Code Section 13.12.070 bans bicycling, roller skating, and skateboarding in any public area that is conspicuously posted against those activities, and the same ban reaches privately owned property open to the public once the owner posts notice and files a consent-to-enforcement form with police.
A.No person shall bicycle, roller skate, skateboard or use any other wheeled device propelled, in whole or in part, by human power in any public area posted against such activities or uses. The provisions of this section shall not apply to wheeled devices which are reasonably necessary to assist those with a temporary or permanent disability.B.The provisions of subsection A of this section shall apply to private property open to the public if such property is conspicuously posted so as to give notice of the application of this section. When private property is posted, the owner shall execute, and have notarized, a "Consent to Enforcement" form which shall be kept on file at the police department.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 48).
Full Breakdown
12 miscellaneous street-use provisions, prohibits bicycling, roller skating, skateboarding, or using any other human-powered wheeled device in a public area that has been posted against that activity, which is how Redding restricts skateboarding in the downtown business core and other pedestrian-heavy public spaces without banning it citywide. The section exempts wheeled mobility devices reasonably necessary to assist someone with a temporary or permanent disability, so wheelchairs and similar equipment are never covered. Subsection B extends the same posted-area rule to private property that is open to the public, such as a shopping center or business plaza, but only if the owner conspicuously posts notice of the restriction and separately executes a notarized 'Consent to Enforcement' form on file with the Redding Police Department authorizing officers to enforce it. 070 controls. The current posted-area language was adopted by Ordinance 2331 in 2004, amending an original version enacted by Ordinance 1952 in 1991.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 13.12 does not set its own fine schedule for Section 13.12.070, so a violation falls under the code's general penalty in Section 1.12.010: a misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000 and up to six months in county jail unless the city attorney reduces the charge to an infraction, which carries escalating fines of $100, $200, and up to $500 under Section 1.12.020.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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