Sandy Springs, GA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Section 58-5, part of Chapter 58's traffic and vehicles code, regulates skateboards, rollerskates, and bicycles wherever they share space with pedestrians or cars. Subsection (a) bars riding or propelling any of these devices on a public street, highway, or sidewalk in a manner that creates an unreasonable danger to the public or disrupts the street's ordinary and customary use, a standard enforced case by case rather than through a blanket ban. Subsection (b) gives the city a stronger tool for problem areas: the chief of police and the Department of Public Works, once the city manager approves, can erect signs on any sidewalk or roadway prohibiting skateboards, rollerskates, or bicycles outright, and once posted, disobeying those signs is itself a violation, independent of whether the riding was actually dangerous.

Subsection (c) sets the rules for sidewalks that remain open to skating or biking: the rider must yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and give an audible signal before overtaking and passing them. The section reaches business districts and any other public sidewalk in the city equally, since it is not limited to a particular zoning district or corridor, and it applies whether the device is a skateboard, rollerskates, or a bicycle.