Sherman, TX Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

The downtown restriction sits in Chapter 12 of the Sherman Code of Ordinances, § 12.01.005. It makes it unlawful for any person to ride a skateboard, skates, a bicycle or other similar device on all sidewalks within the part of the central business district bounded on the north by Washington Street, on the west by Crockett Street, on the south by King Street and on the east by Walnut Street. Sidewalks on either side of those four boundary streets are also included, so the ban follows the boundary streets themselves and not only the interior blocks.

The only exemption the section prints is for a wheelchair or other apparatus for the physically impaired. It prints no other exception, so a bicycle ridden on a covered sidewalk is treated the same as a skateboard.

Outside that downtown area, § 12.01.005 does not apply, and the City Council has set aside a dedicated place for the activity. Section 1.11.069 restricts the city's skate park facilities at Hawn Park to skateboards, roller skates, roller blades and other similar equipment. All other forms of play are forbidden on the skate park facilities, and riding bicycles or any other type of related activity is expressly forbidden on or immediately adjacent to them. The prohibition does not reach a person assisting, supervising or attending another person under his direct supervision or control while that person is lawfully using the skate park.

Chapter 12 states in § 12.01.001 that violations are punishable as provided in § 1.01.009 unless the chapter says otherwise. A downtown sidewalk violation therefore carries the city's general penalty, a fine not exceeding $500, with each day a violation continues counted as a separate offense.