Elkhart County, IN Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Posted sites
- 7 named county properties
- First offense fine
- $25
- Repeat offense fine
- $50
- Applies to
- Skateboards, roller skates/blades
- Also covers
- Sidewalks, parking serving sites
- Exempt devices
- Mobility aids, merchandise carts
Summary
Skateboarding, roller skating and roller blading are prohibited on any Elkhart County property once it is posted against the activity, including the courthouses, jail, administration building and several community centers named in § 130.15. A first violation costs $25; a second or later violation, even under a different section of the subchapter, costs $50.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to utilize, ride or move about upon any skateboard, roller skates, roller blades or any similar device upon any public property where the property has been posted as prohibiting skateboarding, roller skating, roller blading or any similar activity. (B) The following public properties are hereby designated as no skateboarding, roller skating, roller blading or similar activity areas: (1) Elkhart County Courthouse, 101 North Main Street, Goshen; (2) Elkhart County Jail, 111 North Third Street, Goshen; (3) Elkhart County Administration Building, 117 North Second Street, Goshen; (4) Elkhart County Courts Building, 315 North Second Street, Elkhart; (5) Lincoln Center, 608 Oakland Avenue, Elkhart; (6) Hudson Clinic, 1400 Hudson Street, Elkhart; and (7) Rush Memorial Center, 316 Vistula Street, Bristol.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025 S-23: Supplement contains: Current through local legislation passed on or before July 31, 2025; and State Legislation current through 2025 Indiana Legislative Service, Pamphlet #3).
Full Breakdown
15 makes it unlawful to ride a skateboard, roller skates, roller blades or a similar device on public property the county has posted against that activity, and names seven properties as posted no-skate zones: the Elkhart County Courthouse and Jail in Goshen, the County Administration Building in Goshen, the County Courts Building in Elkhart, Lincoln Center and Hudson Clinic in Elkhart, and Rush Memorial Center in Bristol. The ban extends to every parking area and sidewalk the county owns that services those properties. 16 separately bans using any of the covered devices in a way that threatens injury or property damage, obstructs or endangers pedestrians or motorists, or creates loud or unreasonable noise, wherever that happens on public property.
17 defines PUBLIC PROPERTY broadly to include any county- or Park and Recreation Board-owned property, expressly naming county sidewalks and parking areas. 18 requires posting with a specific sign text warning that the activities 'are prohibited by Elkhart County Ordinance' and that 'each violation is punishable by a fine of up to $50,' placed at every vehicular and primary pedestrian entrance; the prohibition only takes effect once a site is actually posted this way. 19 carves out devices built to move infants or handicapped and incapacitated persons and carts used to move purchased merchandise, and lets the Commissioners suspend the ban by resolution for special events.
Violations & Fines
Under § 130.99(B), a first violation of the skateboarding, roller skating and roller blading subchapter costs $25; any second or later violation, whether of the same or a different section within that subchapter, costs $50. Cases proceed as state-law infractions under I.C. 34-28-5 with a complaint and summons issued by the Sheriff's Department or another police agency, and fine revenue goes to the county General Fund.
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