Toms River, NJ Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Chapter 430, Skateboards, Sporting Activities and Hobbyists, readopted December 9, 2008 by Ord. No. 4168-08, bars anyone from using, operating or riding a skateboard, or taking part in a hobbyist activity such as model car racing or plane flying, on the grounds around the Toms River Township Municipal Complex or inside the Municipal Parking Garage next to it at 33 Washington Street (§ 430-2A). A separate section, § 430-4, bans team and individual sporting activities, baseball, football, street hockey, handball, shuffleboard and Frisbee throwing among them, at the same two locations.

A first violation of the Municipal Complex skateboard or hobbyist ban gets the skateboard or equipment confiscated by Toms River Township Police for seven days; if the offender is under 18, the property goes back only to a parent or legal guardian (§ 430-2B, § 430-3A). A second violation by someone under 18 is referred to juvenile authorities, while a second violation by an adult draws a fine up to $100 in the Municipal Court judge's discretion, on top of the seven-day confiscation (§ 430-3B, C). The same escalating structure, confiscation, juvenile referral, then a fine up to $100, applies to sporting-activity violations under § 430-5.

Chapter 430 separately prohibits riding a skateboard on any private or quasi-public property other than one's own, shopping center parking lots and indoor malls are the code's own examples of quasi-public property, without the express prior written consent of both the owner and the occupant (§ 430-6). That prohibition carries the identical penalty ladder: seven-day confiscation for a first offense, juvenile referral for a second offense under 18, and a fine up to $100 for a second offense by anyone 18 or older (§ 430-7).