Chapter 6 — VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC CODE
Subchapter 6.05 — Skateboards, Coasters and Similar Devices
Colma Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-18 · Colma
Cite as: Colma Municipal Code · Text as of 2026-10-18
6.05.010 Definitions.¶
Skateboards shall mean skateboards, coasters or similar devices.
[History: formerly § 6.501; ORD. 341, 10/08/86; ORD. 638, 12/14/05]
6.05.020 Operation of Skateboards Prohibited in Certain Areas.¶
No person shall ride or operate a skateboard on any of the following:
(a) On the sidewalk or street in any of the business districts of the Town of Colma.
(b) On any of the sidewalks or streets on Serramonte Boulevard, Colma Boulevard and Olivet Parkway.
(c) On the sidewalk in any of the residential districts when and where the sidewalk is being used by pedestrians
[History: formerly § 6.502; ORD. 341, 10/08/86; ORD. 638, 12/14/05]
6.05.030 Additional Regulations.¶
The following additional regulations shall apply to the riding or operation of a skateboard in the Town of Colma.
(a) Every person riding or operating a skateboard on any public street in the Town of Colma shall keep to the extreme right of the traffic lane.
(b) No persons shall ride or operate skateboards abreast.
(c) Only one person shall ride upon a skateboard.
(d) No person shall ride a skateboard in or on any public park or parking lot, except in or on a Town skateboard facility.
(e) No person shall ride upon a skateboard except in a standing position, except in or on a Town skateboard facility.
[History: formerly § 6.503, ORD. 341, 10/08/86; ORD. 594, 6/12/02; ORD. 638, 12/14/05]
6.05.040 Clinging to Other Skateboards or Vehicles.¶
No person travelling on a skateboard shall hold onto, pull, cling to, or attach himself/herself or his/her skateboard to any other moving skateboard or vehicle.
[History: formerly § 6.504; ORD. 341, 10/08/86; ORD. 638, 12/14/05]
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6.05.050 Obedience to Traffic Signs and Signals.¶
Every person riding and operating a skateboard shall obey all traffic signals and signs and, before making turns, give the same signals as required of the operators of motor vehicles.
[History: formerly § 6.505; ORD. 341, 10/08/86; ORD. 638, 12/14/05]
6.05.060 Night Riding Prohibited.¶
No person shall ride a skateboard at night upon any street, alley or sidewalk.
[History: formerly § 6.506; ORD. 341, 10/08/86; ORD. 638, 12/14/05]
6.05.070 Skateboard Park.¶
The skateboard park owned and operated by the Town of Colma at the Sterling Park Community Center is designated as a Town skateboard and in-line skate facility. No person shall ride or use a skateboard facility without wearing a helmet, elbow pads and kneepads. Reasonable notice shall be posted at such facilities to the effect that any person riding or using skateboard, roller skates, roller-blades, in-line skates in the facility must wear a helmet elbow pads and kneepads and that failing to do so is in violation of the Municipal Code and subject to citation as an infraction.
[History: formerly § 6.507, ORD. 594, 6/12/02; ORD. 638, 12/14/05]
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