Yuma, AZ Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

Skateboards fall under Chapter 213's general device rules rather than a stand-alone skateboarding ordinance. Section 213-06 authorizes the Chief of Police, City Engineer or Public Works Director (or a designee) to post signs on 'any sidewalk, pathway, public area, bicycle or electric scooter rack, bicycle or electric scooter designated parking area, or roadway' prohibiting the riding or parking of, among other devices, skateboards. Once posted, § 213-09(A) makes it unlawful to 'ride, park or operate' a skateboard 'in or upon any area having posted signs expressly prohibiting such vehicles or devices,' a rule that groups skateboards with bicycles, electric scooters, roller skates and similar non-motorized devices.

Areas the city designates as 'no-ride zones' impose a further requirement under § 213-09(E): a skateboarder must dismount and walk the board while crossing any sidewalk inside that zone rather than riding through it. Skateboards used as a self-propelled device, not the separately defined 'motorized skateboard,' are exempt from the motorized-device rules in §§ 213-14 through 213-20, which apply only to motorized skateboards, electric miniature scooters and motorized play vehicles; a plain human-powered skateboard is governed solely by the general provisions in §§ 213-01 through 213-13.

All of these sections date to Ord. O2021-005, adopted February 17, 2021, and a Yuma police officer who cannot identify a violator may impound the skateboard itself under § 213-02 until the owner or a parent furnishes identification.