Surprise, AZ Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Sec. 34-112 does not ban skateboarding, rollerblading or bicycling everywhere in the city; it applies only to posted city property that the city manager or a designee has designated as a prohibited area. Once a location is posted, it becomes a Code violation for any person to use roller skates, skateboards, in-line skates, street skates, rollerblades, motorized play vehicles, non-motorized scooters, or bicycles there. The list of covered equipment is broad, reaching not just traditional skateboards and rollerblades but also motorized play vehicles and non-motorized scooters, which sweeps in devices like kick scooters alongside skateboards.

The section was adopted by Ordinance No. 09-25, § 1, on August 13, 2009, and gives the city manager ongoing discretion to designate which specific city properties, such as plazas, civic center grounds or particular parks, carry the prohibition, rather than fixing the restricted locations in the Code itself. Because the restriction is triggered by posted signage rather than a citywide default, a rider is only in violation at a location where the required sign or notice has actually been installed designating it as prohibited.

Because Sec. 34-112 sets no penalty of its own, an offense defaults to Sec. 1-7(d), the Code's general penalty, making it a class 1 misdemeanor, with each day of continued use potentially charged as a separate offense; the city may alternatively issue a civil citation under Chapter 2, Article VI.