Shoreline, WA Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

SMC § 8.12.330 provides that no person shall be permitted to skateboard or rollerblade in park facilities unless otherwise designated by the department, meaning the parks, recreation and cultural services department must specifically post or designate an area before skateboarding or rollerblading is allowed there; absent that designation, the activity is barred in any Shoreline park facility. The rule sits in Chapter 8.12's Article III, Rules Governing Use of Facilities, so a violation is a civil infraction under SMC § 8.12.530, carrying a penalty of up to $500, restitution for any damage, or both.

A related definition in SMC § 8.12.210 lists skateboard, roller skate, and roller blade travel among the nonmotorized uses that a designated park trail may accommodate, so a marked trail can serve as one form of designated area under § 8.12.330. Outside city parks, SMC § 9.10.470(B)(1)(c) separately makes rollerskating, rollerblading, or skateboarding on or in relation to King County transit property a civil infraction under Chapter 7.80 RCW, applicable to bus shelters, tunnels, and other transit facilities within Shoreline. Together the two sections mean skateboarding is permitted only on Shoreline sidewalks, streets, and other public property that no specific rule restricts, since the code's express skateboard limits reach park facilities and transit property, not general downtown or business-district rights-of-way.