Arcadia, CA Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

Article III, Chapter 3 of the Arcadia Municipal Code covers bicycles and wheeled toys. Section 3311 defines a bicycle as a device propelled in whole or in part by human power, with two or more tandem wheels, any one of which is over fourteen (14) inches in diameter. Section 3312 sweeps every other wheeled object that is not a bicycle or a Vehicle Code vehicle into the wheeled toy category, naming roller skates, skateboards, coasters, scooters and toy vehicles. Section 3320 bans using or operating either one on a sidewalk in a business district, adjacent to a place of public assembly, or on a public recreation court.

Ord. No. 2407, adopted July 15, 2025, changed the section title from tennis court to recreation court. Business district takes its meaning from the state Vehicle Code (§ 3313), and a place of public assembly means buildings or areas where persons congregate from time to time, excluding business districts (§ 3314). Section 3321 goes further for wheeled toys: none can be used, operated, parked or left on the travelled way of any public street or alley. Section 3322 is the obstruction rule. No bicycle or wheeled toy can be parked or left on a street, alley, business district sidewalk or sidewalk beside a place of public assembly in a way that obstructs or hinders the free passage of pedestrians or other vehicles or devices permitted to use it.

The Police Department can impound the item and return it to the owner under reasonable conditions set by the Chief of Police. Section 3323 exempts devices used solely to carry infants, invalids or incapacitated persons, and devices used to carry merchandise to or from the place of purchase. The City Traffic Engineer posts signs under § 3324. A bicycle owned by a City resident can be registered with the Police Department under § 3330, and the registration lasts for an indefinite period and does not transfer to a new owner (§ 3331).