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

Chapter 12.64 (Driving Rules) of the Cathedral City Municipal Code sets the core bicycle rules. Section 12.64.040 prohibits driving a vehicle, expressly including any bicycle or unicycle, within any sidewalk area or parkway except at a permanent or temporary driveway, unless another provision of Title 12 or other applicable law allows it. Section 12.64.042 supplies the exception: bicycles and unicycles can be ridden along portions or segments of sidewalks wherever the city council expressly permits it by resolution, but not until the city engineer has designated those sidewalk areas with signs or markings giving notice to the pedestrian and cycling public. Subsection B adds a safety standard: no person shall ride, operate or use a bicycle or unicycle on a sidewalk or bikeway in wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.

Section 12.12.060 gives a person riding a bicycle on a highway all the rights, and subjects them to all the duties, of a vehicle driver under Title 12. Section 12.64.030 bars attaching a bicycle, skateboard or similar device to any moving vehicle, and § 12.64.080 prohibits operating a bicycle on a street established as a freeway.

Chapter 11.50 adds public-property rules. Section 11.50.030 makes it unlawful to ride a bicycle, skateboard, roller skates, roller blades or scooter over a public sidewalk, public pedestrian walkway or public parking area in a non-residential zone where the city has posted signs prohibiting it. Section 11.50.035 bans riding over any public lawn in the city. Section 11.50.050 excepts devices operated by the disabled, tricycles ridden by children under five, devices carrying infants, small children or goods, and city employees on duty.

The chapters read print no stand-alone rule on obstructing or parking in an on-street bike lane. The one printed reference to bicycle lanes is § 12.28.130(C)(8), which covers parking on private property or business premises.