Skateboards, Roller Skates, Inline Skates or Similar Devices

REGULATIONS OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

2.0162 Skateboards, Roller Skates, Inline Skates or Similar Devices.

(1) No person shall use a skateboard, roller skates, inline skates or similar devices on the University campus, except as specified in this regulation.

(2) University students, faculty and staff may use or operate skateboards, roller skates, inline skates or similar devices only on University sidewalks and while crossing streets at crosswalks. Sidewalks shall be defined as that portion of a street between the curb line, or the lateral line, of a roadway and the adjacent property lines or the walkway between buildings, intended for use by pedestrians. The use of skateboards, roller skates, inline skates or similar devices is prohibited in all other areas of campus, including, but not limited to:

(a) Fine Arts Complex,

(b) Architecture Building,

(c) Turlington Hall,

(d) Ben Hill Griffin Stadium,

(e) Stephen C. O’Connell Center,

(f) Parking garages,

(g) Park and Ride lots, and

(h) J. Wayne Reitz Union.

(3) Skateboard, roller skate, inline skates, or similar device users shall not perform acrobatics while riding on a skateboard, roller skate, inline skates or similar device.

(4) No person shall ride at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard to traffic, pedestrians’ rights, surface of the sidewalk, the hazard at intersections, and any other condition then existing.

(5) Any non-university person who violates this regulation is subject to an order to leave the immediate premises of University campus by a person in charge of University property or a member of the University Police Department. Persons failing to comply with an order by a person in charge or a member of University Police Department to leave or to remain off the immediate premises of University campus are subject to arrest for criminal trespassing.

(6) Any student who violates this regulation is subject to a warning for the first offense and is subject to discipline under the Student Conduct Code for any additional offense(s).

Authority: BOG Regulation 1.001.

History: New 5-28-92, Amended 6-24-99, Formerly 6C1-2.0162, Amended 2-11-16 (technical changes only).