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Maui County, HI Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Roadway rule
Crosswalk crossing only, county-wide
Sidewalk rule
Banned in business districts
Governing section
Maui County Code 10.52.150
Crosswalk status
Rider treated as pedestrian
Covered devices
Skates, coasters, toy vehicles, skateboards

Summary

Skateboards, roller skates and toy vehicles cannot go on a Maui County roadway except while crossing in a crosswalk, and they cannot use a sidewalk inside a business district at all. Section 10.52.150 of the Maui County Code sets both restrictions and grants crosswalk users pedestrian rights and duties.

These county ordinances apply to unincorporated areas of Maui County. Incorporated cities within the county may have their own rules that take precedence over county-level regulations.

A.No person upon roller skates or riding coasters, toy vehicles, skateboards or similar devices shall go upon any roadway except while crossing such roadway within a crosswalk. When so crossing, such person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to pedestrians.B.No person upon roller skates or riding coasters, toy vehicles, skateboards, or similar devices shall go upon any sidewalk in business districts.

Full Breakdown

150, 'Use of coasters, roller skates and similar devices,' splits the restriction into two parts. Subsection A bars anyone on roller skates, or riding coasters, toy vehicles, skateboards or similar devices, from going onto any roadway, with a single exception: crossing the roadway within a crosswalk. While making that crossing, the section grants the rider all of the rights, and subjects them to all of the duties, that apply to pedestrians, meaning they must follow pedestrian signals and yield rules rather than vehicle traffic rules.

Subsection B addresses sidewalks specifically in business districts: no person on roller skates, coasters, toy vehicles, skateboards or similar devices may go onto a sidewalk located in a business district, a narrower geographic scope than the roadway ban in subsection A, which applies county-wide. 156 in 1980 and traces back to the original 1965 traffic code. Because the section groups skateboards with roller skates, coasters and 'similar devices,' the same roadway and business-district-sidewalk restrictions extend to any comparable wheeled recreational device, not skateboards alone. 150 itself.

Violations & Fines

Riding a skateboard, roller skates, or a similar device on any roadway outside a crosswalk, or on a sidewalk within a business district, violates Section 10.52.150 and is enforced by the Maui Police Department as a traffic code violation. Riders lawfully crossing in a crosswalk take on a pedestrian's rights and duties for that crossing only.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I skateboard on a Maui County street?
Only to cross it inside a marked crosswalk. Section 10.52.150(A) of the Maui County Code bars skateboards, roller skates, coasters and similar devices from any roadway except while crossing in a crosswalk, where the rider takes on the same rights and duties as a pedestrian.
Is skateboarding on the sidewalk allowed in a Maui business district?
No. Section 10.52.150(B) prohibits roller skates, coasters, toy vehicles, skateboards and similar devices on any sidewalk located within a business district, wherever on the island that district sits, so downtown sidewalks in areas like Lahaina, Wailuku or Kahului are off-limits for these devices.
Does the skateboard rule apply outside business districts?
The roadway restriction in Section 10.52.150(A) applies everywhere in the County, but the sidewalk ban in subsection (B) is limited by its own text to sidewalks in business districts, so the section does not address sidewalk skateboarding in purely residential areas.

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