Saint Paul, MN Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Sec. 01 and readopted by Ordinance 11-80 in 2011, sits in Chapter 153, 'Traffic Code, Various Offenses,' alongside rules on obeying police traffic orders, riding on the outside of vehicles, and accident reporting. The section does not set a citywide skateboarding ban, a minimum age, or a helmet mandate; it turns entirely on manner of riding. Skating, rollerblading or skateboarding on a public street, highway or sidewalk is lawful unless it endangers or is likely to endanger another person or property, or unless the location is separately posted as off-limits by sign, a tool the city can use in a specific business district or plaza rather than relying on the endangerment standard alone.

Because the section is manner-based rather than a blanket prohibition, enforcement follows a specific complaint or an officer's direct observation of reckless riding, weaving through pedestrian traffic, riding against vehicle flow, or performing tricks near building entrances, rather than routine stops of any skater. The rule sits under the general traffic offenses chapter rather than the parks code, so it applies on city streets and sidewalks; skateboarding on park property and park trails falls under the separate parks and recreation rules in Chapter 170, not Sec. 02.