City skateboarders may have another shot at riding anywhere in the city - as long as their skateboards are being used for transportation and not for tricks.

Two years ago, the Auburn City Council considered an amendment to the city's no-skate zone ordinance allowing skateboarding anywhere in the city as a mode of transportation, which was voted down by councilor Thomas McNabb and former councilors Bill Jacobs and Bob Hunter.

On Thursday, the council will again hear a first reading of an amendment to recognize skateboards as an acceptable mode of transportation, similar to bicycles. The council would then vote on the ordinance next week.

“They would be able to ride boards anywhere if they are only using it to get from point A to point B,” said police chief Gary Giannotta, who recommended the amendment be considered again.

Giannotta said police officers encounter skateboarders on a daily basis if the weather is nice - if they're riding in the no-skate zone, the officers have to address them and could take the board away.

“You can pretty much tell when they're just using it to get from point A to point B or when they're out horsing around on it,” Giannotta said. “There's a small group of skateboarders damaging property and costing local businesses a lot of money. Those are the skateboarders we want to deal with, not the kid just trying to get from point A to point B.”