Roseville, CA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

040 regulates skateboards, roller skates and in-line skates in four operative subsections. Subsection A bars riding or propelling any of the three on a sidewalk or street "so as to interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic," meaning ordinary sidewalk skating that doesn't get in anyone's way isn't automatically illegal. Subsection B separately bars riding on or across privately owned property without the owner's consent, but subsection C limits that rule's bite: it isn't enforceable against a property owner's wishes unless the owner has posted a sign that both prohibits the conduct and references this section, though residential property is exempt from that posting requirement, meaning a homeowner never has to post a sign for the private-property ban to apply.

Subsection D extends the same posted-sign mechanism to public property: the city or another public property owner can bar skateboarding, roller skating or in-line skating there simply by posting a sign that prohibits it and cites the section. Subsection E clarifies that a sign banning roller skating is automatically read to also ban in-line skating, and vice versa, unless the sign says otherwise. The chapter dates to 1986 (Ord. 1979) with amendments in 1992 (Ord. 2612 and Ord. 18 pedestrian rules that also govern crosswalks and jaywalking.