Twin Falls, ID Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Section 9-2-5 of the Twin Falls City Code is the street and sidewalk rule for people on roller skates or operating a coaster, skateboard, toy vehicle, or similar device. Subsection (A) keeps them off the roadway except while crossing a street within a crosswalk, and then they get all the rights and carry all the duties of pedestrians. The roadway rule does not apply on a street set aside as a play street by city ordinance.

Subsection (B), the one that governs sidewalks, says no person shall operate such devices upon a sidewalk or any area within the business improvement district. The boundaries are printed as 3rd Streets west and north, 4th Avenues north and east, 3rd Streets south and east, and 2nd Avenues west and south. The police department is authorized to erect signs on any sidewalk or roadway indicating that operation of these devices is prohibited. The same subsection then sets a courtesy rule for sidewalks in other than the business improvement district: the rider must yield the right of way to any pedestrian and give an audible signal before overtaking that pedestrian.

City parks have their own layer. Section 8-3-2(E) lists skateboards and roller skates among non-motorized vehicles. Under § 8-3-5(G), no person in a park without the director's authorization can operate a non-motorized vehicle, e-bike, or other device off a paved vehicular road or path designated for that purpose, though users can wheel or push a bicycle by hand over grassy areas or wooded trails. Section 8-3-7(J) bars reckless behavior on trails, including operating a skateboard, scooter, monowheel, or similar conveyance at speeds or in a manner that is unsafe given the condition of the trail, traffic, or visibility, and racing or aggressive stunt riding.