Sioux Falls, SD Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Authority
- City engineer designates restricted areas
- Covers
- Skateboards, coasters, e-bikes, roller skates
- Private property
- Owners may post with engineer's approval
- Max penalty
- $500 fine or 30 days jail
- Code section
- § 72.016
Summary
Sioux Falls lets the city engineer post specific streets, sidewalks, and private lots off-limits to skateboards, e-bikes, and roller skates, and riding a posted area is a punishable offense.
The city engineer may designate and maintain by appropriate devices or by marks or lines upon the surface where the riding of coasters, skateboards, bicycles, e-bicycles, roller skates, toy vehicles, or similar recreation devices is prohibited. Areas may be designated where, in his or her opinion, there is particular danger to pedestrians, and at such other places as he or she may deem necessary.
(b) Owners or occupants of private property may post their property subject to the approval of the city engineer.
(c) No person shall ride any coaster, skateboard, bicycle, e-bicycle, roller skates, toy vehicles, or similar recreation device upon any portion of public or private property as may be designated and posted in accordance with divisions (a) and (b) above. (1992 Code, § 40-91) (Ord. 86-87, passed 10-5-1987; Ord. 54-89, passed 6-12- 1989; Ord. 32-90, passed 4-2-1990; Ord. 66-19, passed 6-18-2019) Penalty, see § 10.999 **** ACCIDENTS ****
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-135: Current through local ordinance 54-26, passed 7-14-2026).
Full Breakdown
Under city code, the city engineer can mark or sign any public surface, and private owners can post their own property with the engineer's approval, to bar skateboards, coasters, bicycles, e-bicycles, roller skates, and similar wheeled toys where pedestrian danger is a concern. Once an area is designated and posted, riding any of those devices there is prohibited outright. The ordinance doesn't ban skateboarding citywide: it authorizes targeted, signed restrictions downtown, on specific sidewalks, or on posted private lots.
Violations & Fines
Riding a skateboard, coaster, e-bike, or roller skates through a posted/marked restricted area is an ordinance violation, punishable under the city's general penalty: up to a $500 fine and/or 30 days in the county jail, with each day a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is skateboarding banned everywhere in Sioux Falls?
Can a business post its sidewalk against skateboarders?
Sources & Official References
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